Science fiction
'fragon Drums. By Anne McCaffrey. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980. 240 pp., $16.95.
Anne McCaffrey’s books about the arid,.of. Pern and its magnificent dragonriders continue; to /attract a large; and devoted following. Last year’s ; publication in the series,,'“The White .Dragon” headed best-seller lists in American for' some weeks, in: spite its complicated .plot and the lengthy, intricate? details rof society in /the, nails and holdings of Pern. Thio new novel “Dragon Drums” is simpler in story and setting and, unlike some, can be easily followed by readers who have not read the first volumes in the series. It tells of Piemur, boy soprano in the great Harperhall of Pern, who, when his voice breaks, finds new employrnent and adventure, as a messenger ' for the Mabterharper. An exciting and. taut storyline, and the well-realised background , of' the country Mrs McCaffrey has imagined so long and so make this one of the-better books in her . series, —Margaret Quigley*
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Press, 9 August 1980, Page 17
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