![]() ![]() But when an ancient threat to Pern reemerges, Lessa will rise-upon the back of a great dragon with whom she shares a telepathic bond more intimate than any human connection. Lessa is an outcast survivor-her parents murdered, her birthright stolen-a strong young woman who has never stopped dreaming of revenge. On a beautiful world called Pern, an ancient way of life is about to come under attack from a myth that is all too real. In response, McCaffrey wrote a third story titled «Crack Dust, Black Dust», which was not published separately, but provided crucial material for the novel. ![]() Campbell asked «to see dragons fighting Thread », Pern's menace from space, and he also suggested time travel. Dragonrider features the growth of Lessa's queen dragon, Ramoth, and their training together. Weyr Search features a young woman named Lessa being recruited to establish a telepathic bond with a queen dragon at its hatching, thus becoming a dragonrider, and the leader of a Weyr community on the fictional planet Pern. The second segment, Dragonrider, appeared in two parts, beginning in December 1967. ![]() The first segment, Weyr Search, illustrated by John Schoenherr, had been the cover story for the October 1967 issue. Two components of Dragonflight were award-winning novellas published by Analog science fiction magazine. ![]()
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