Girl Who Heard Dragons

#12 Pern

Anne McCaffrey, McCaffrey

$30.95 $28.07

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

St Martins/Tor
05 June 2012

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Science Fantasy; Dragons Fantasy

Series: Pern

"A new, beautifully illustrated edition of the anthology that collects some of Anne McCaffrey's short fantasy and science fiction, including the title story set in the world of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern series.

Anne McCaffrey's dragons are the stuff of which SF/fantasy legends are made. All of her dragon books have been national bestsellers.

The Girl Who Heard Dragons is a feast for McCaffrey fans and for all readers--a big, satisfying compilation of her fiction. Best of all, it opens with an original short novel of Pern, ""The Girl Who Heard Dragons,"" the story of Aramina, a teenage girl whose special skill does not seem likely to help solve her family's problems. They are ""holdless,"" and must constantly roam the land, trying to hide from bandits. Aramina's mother fears losing her daughter completely to the life of a dragonrider, but McCaffrey has another fate in mind for her young heroine.

Romance, humor, colorful description, and affecting characters are Anne McCaffrey's hallmarks and the fifteen stories herein have these virtues in abundance. No wonder the Chicago Sun-Times described her as a ""master of the well-told tale."" In addition, The Girl Who Heard Dragons contains twenty-four beautiful black and white drawings by award-winning artist Michael Whelan."

By: Anne McCaffrey, McCaffrey
Imprint: St Martins/Tor
Edition: 2nd
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9780765333643
ISBN 10: 0765333643
Series: Pern
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 05 June 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Girl Who Heard Dragons (#12 Pern)

Anne McCaffrey, with her dragons, says something very valuable about humans and their interplay with the world around them. Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of The Mists of Avalon Few are better at mixing elements of high fantasy and hard science fiction in a narrative that disarms skepticism by its open embrace of the joys of wish fulfillment. The New York Times Book Review