Pegasus in Flight [Import] [Paperback]

Anne McCaffrey (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Corgi; New Ed edition (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0593022211
• ISBN-13: 978-0593022214
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction's most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A cinemagraphic style of writing - hard to put down, April 21, 1999

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This review is from: Pegasus in Flight (Talent, Bk. 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was my first encounter with the work of Anne McAffery and initailly I found the plot confusing and hard to follow - particularly as the environment, characters and even the language were described but not explained. After a short while however, the pieces began to fit together and the world of the Talants started to take shape so that by the end of chapter 2 I was spellbound, caught up in the high tension and pacy plot. For me reading the book was like watching a movie. I put this down to the effective use of 3 writing techniques. First the extensive use of dialogue - either in the form of thought or words gave the impression that I was observing rather than being told throught narrative what was going on between the characters. Second the use of "sets" which drew largely on the familiar but with plausible futuristic twists enabled the writer to create a new world without the need to give lengthy descriptions. Lastly the use of short chapters which cut into each other like scenes, heightened the whole cinema feel to this book, particularly toward the end of the book when the plot began to move more quickly towards its final climax. I will definately read more of her works.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy successor to To Ride Pegasus, July 19, 2001

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"byrkit" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pegasus in Flight (Talent, Bk. 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

This one is even better than the first Pagasus book - tighter writing, characters drawn with more assurance, the implications of life in a society where some have Talents more carefully explored.

DON'T read this book first. They must be read in order to get the full impact of McCaffrey's rare ability to create a consistant and delightful premise, then work out all the implications logically.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The stuff of legends, September 16, 2000

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Bm Levitan "brucelevitan" (Glossop, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pegasus in Flight (Talent, Bk. 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

This, the second book in the Pegasus series, which predates (in timeline) the Rowan and its successors, is a good book an many levels. As pure, nail-biting adventure it rates highly in any genre. Add Anne McCaffrey's unique blend of the personal elements and the SF/Fantasy which she does so well and you get a real winner. It is, as the other reviewers here point out, about the "early history" of the Talented (i.e. people with telekinetic, telepathic and other realted abilities). I must say I found the first book in the series a little disappointing - I think because it was rather disjointed. However this one is much better and really whets one's appetite for more. Pegaus in Space comes next...