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4.4/5 Barnes & Noble Language English Publisher Del Rey/Ballantine Originally published 12 October 1983 Preceded by All the Weyrs of Pern | 4/5 Goodreads Country United States Series Dragonriders of Pern Publication date November 1983 (US) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cover artist Michael Whelan
Steve Weston (UK) Characters Robinton, Menolly, Jaxom, F'lar, AIVAS, Ramoth, Piemur, F'nor, Sebell, F'lessan, Mnementh, Readis, Sharra, Lessa, Ruth Followed by Nerilka's Story, Dragonheart, The Dolphins of Pern Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Anne McCaffrey books, Dragonriders of Pern books, Fantasy books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moreta dragonlady of pern abridged audiobook
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the seventh book published in the Dragonriders of Pern series, more than twenty books by Anne and eventually her son Todd McCaffrey.
Contents
With this book, McCaffrey jumped 1000 years back in Pern history from the setting of the first book, Dragonflight, to a time memorialized in song and rendered legendary from the standpoint of the previous books.
Plot summary
The story involves a deadly disease that nearly wipes out the Pernese population. Moreta is a weyrwoman at Fort Weyr who sets out to save the human population, racing against time itself. The follow-up novel, Nerilka's Story, tells the tale of the same event from a different perspective.
Themes
The book addresses such issues as quarantine, public response to emergency restrictions on travel and assembly, and also describes how "modern" forms of transportation, especially air travel, can spread a disease worldwide during its incubation period, allowing the disease to spread far more widely before pathologists are able to recognize the magnitude of the outbreak.
Awards
Moreta was one of five nominees for the annual Hugo Award for Best Novel and it placed sixth for the annual Locus Award for Best Novel.