The Girl Who Heard Dragons

About this book

Anne McCaffreys dragons are the stuff of which SF/fantasy legends are made. All of her dragon books for many years have been national bestsellers. She is one of the most popular writers ever in fantasy and science fiction. The Girl Who Heard Dragons is a feast for McCaffrey fans and for all readers - a big satisfying compilation of her fiction never before collected in book form. Best of all it opens with an original short novel of Pern "The Girl Who Heard Dragons." In addition the book contains 24 beautiful black and white drawings by award-winning artist Michael Whelan. Romance humor colorful description and affecting characters are Anne McCaffreys 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." "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" is the story of Aramina a teenage girl of Pern who hears dragons - a skill which does not seem likely to help solve her familys problems. They are "holdless " and must constantly roam the land trying to hide from bandits. Araminas mother fears losing her daughter completely to the life of a dragonrider but McCaffrey has another fate in mind for her young heroine. The fourteen other stories - all just as good - are: Velvet Fields Euterpe on a Fling Duty Calls A Sleeping Humpty Dumpty Beauty The Mandalay Cure A Flock of Geese The Greatest Love A Quiet One If Madam Likes You... Zulei Grace Nimshi and the Damnyankee Cinderella Switch Habit Is an Old Horse Lady-in-Waiting The Bones Do Lie