Five episodes in the history of Pern, from the very first space survey recommending colonization, to the last, where the early world, its young dragon culture u... » 

Five episodes in the history of Pern, from the very first space survey recommending colonization, to the last, where the early world, its young dragon culture undetected, is condemned to be isolated in space. Anne McCaffrey has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. «