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Nerilka's Story 
Herder cover of early US editions[a]Author(s) Anne McCaffrey Illustrator Edwin Herder Cover artist Edwin Herder (first)
Steve Weston (UK)[a]Country United States Language English Series Dragonriders of Pern Genre(s) Science fiction novel Publisher Del Rey Books Publication date March 1986 Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 182 pp (first hardcover) ISBN ISBN 0-345-33159-1 OCLC Number 15353896 Preceded by Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern Followed by Dragonsdawn Nerilka's Story is a fantasy or science fiction novella[1] by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the eighth book published in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey.[2]
Contents
Plot summary
Taking a different approach from all previous books in the series, Nerilka's Story has a non-dragonrider non-harper as its major viewpoint character. It is set during the events detailed in Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. Nerilka is the daughter of a Lord Holder who turns her back on her life of luxury and sets out to fight the disease that threatens to kill all humans on Pern. According to a critic for the Chicago Tribune, Nerilka makes for an "intelligent, resourceful, selfless and, alas, homely" heroine.[3]
Reception
Critics have called Nerilka a story with "terse power."[1] It was first published in 1985. The novel reached #7 on TIME Magazine's Best Sellers list for fiction on April 7 and 21, 1986.[4][5] On the New York Times Best Seller list for paperbacks, it first appeared on February 22, 1987, at #12,[6] and reached #11 the week after.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b Nerilka's Story publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists Edwin Herder cover artist for four early US editions. ISFDB does not identify an illustrator but the cover states "Illustrated by Edwin Herder" (see image).
ISFDB lists no UK edition except in Nerilka's Story & The Coelura. Listings for that collection include 1987 hardcover and paperback, evidently the first UK editions, and reference to all four listings reveals Steve Weston cover artist for all.
References
- ^ a b J.R. Wytenbrock, "Review of Anne McCaffrey, The Coelura", in Collins, Robert A.; Robert Latham, Catherine Fischer (1988). Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual. Greenwood. p. 254. ISBN 9780887362491. http://books.google.com/books?id=EJ2BvOQUf0oC&client=firefox-a.
- ^ Dragonriders of Pern series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ Sloan, James; Eugene Sloan (1986-07-13). "Return to Pern Looks at Future in Words of Past". Chicago Tribune. p. 42. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DB1F3CF932A35750C0A961948260. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Best Sellers". TIME. 1986-04-07. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,961019,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Best Sellers". TIME. 1986-04-21. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,961130,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Paperback Best Sellers: February 22, 1987". New York Times. 1987-02-22. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DE1E3FF931A15751C0A961948260. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Paperback Best Sellers: March 1, 1987". New York Times. 1987-03-01. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DB1F3CF932A35750C0A961948260. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
External links
Nerilka's Story publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey The Dragonriders of Pern trilogy The Harper Hall trilogy Other novels Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern · Nerilka's Story · Dragonsdawn · Renegades of Pern · All the Weyrs of Pern · The Dolphins of Pern · Dragonseye · The Masterharper of Pern · The Skies of PernShort Story Collections The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall · A Gift of DragonsOther publications Novels with Todd McCaffrey Novels by Todd McCaffrey Companion books The Atlas of Pern by Karen Wynn Fonstad · People of Pern by Robin Wood and Anne McCaffrey · Dragonlover's Guide to Pern by Jody Lynn Nye and Anne McCaffrey · Characters in Dragonriders of Pern
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