The People of Pern (Hardcover)

by Robin Wood (Author), Anne McCaffrey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 151 pages
• Publisher: Walsworth Pub Co (November 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898656354
• ISBN-13: 978-0898656350
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #972,548 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have volume for McCaffrey fans!, August 30, 2002

By	Dawn M. Smoker (Mechanicsburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews

I cannot praise highly enough this wonderful companion book to Ms. McCaffrey's Pern books. This book is a collection of portraits of the many characters in Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, Moreta, and the Harper Hall trilogy.

There are artist renderings of almost every character, from Menolly, Lessa, and F'lar; to C'gan, Dorse, Moreta, even Dunca and Pona are in here! Main characters and minor ones--they are all here, and many are uncannily just as I had pictured them in my head! As a bonus, Ms. McCaffrey supplied little commentaries on each portrait that are fascinating to read.

All the portraits are works of true art, but the masterpiece of the book is the portrait of Robinton! You've got to see it--Robin Wood captures him perfectly! Anyone who loves the Pern books should have this in their collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's fun putting a face to some of your fave dragon-people!, April 16, 2000

By A Customer

While I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I did have a few issues with it. Some of the characters were great, some were....hmmmm! Piemur and F'nor look like total dweebs, Sharra wasn't as "unpretty" as described in "The White Dragon", and Lady Gemma looked way way way too old to be having children. She looked danged near 75 or older! Fax looked properly villanous, while I expected a less portly looking fellow.

However I *loved* the portraits of F'lar and T'gellan! Whatta couple of hunks! While Lytol was a surprise(I always pictured him with a beard and a bit more portly) the artist did capture the look of a "dragonless man" fairly well. Mirrim and Path looked absolutely precious together.

All in all, I'd still say it's worth the effort to track down this out-of-print book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, October 13, 1999

By A Customer

This is a beautiful collection of portraits of the People of Pern! Intros by Anne and by Robin - Robin also talks about her painting technique. I found a mint condition copy in the Amazon auctions.