Dragonseye

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Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern and (US) Dragonseye
Eric Peterson cover of Del Rey eds. (US)
Author(s)	Anne McCaffrey
Cover artist	Steve Weston (first) Eric Peterson (US)[a]
Country	United Kingdom US (cover image)
Language	English
Series	Dragonriders of Pern
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Bantam UK Del Rey Books (US)
Publication date	August 1996 January 1997 (US)
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	335 (first) 353 pp (first US)
ISBN	0-593-03770-7
OCLC Number	35650833
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Classification	PS3563.A255 D77 1997
Preceded by	The Dolphins of Pern
Followed by	The Master Harper of Pern

Red Star Rising or Dragonseye is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the fourteenth book published in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey.^[1]

Red Star Rising, or Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern, was published by Bantam UK in 1996. For release in the United States next year it was retitled Dragonseye.^[2]

Plot introduction

[After the events of All the Weyrs of Pern, The Dolphins of Pern, and The Skies of Pern, Thread is less of a threat to the planet.] Returning to an earlier time in Pernese history, the author brings the earlier conflict of Thread reappearing in the Second Pass.

Following in the footsteps of the novels that established the background of the colony, the book exposes the incremental loss of technology due to the hardships of thread, and inevitable progress towards the more feudal society shown later in the series timeline. It answers such questions as:

• What happened to the computers?
• What happened to the technology?
• Who created the Star Stones?

It also shows more about the process of caring for a newborn dragon than is shown in any of the other Pern books, and explores the ramifications of male riders of green dragons.

The main characters are Clisser (college head, Fort Hold), Chalkin (Lord Holder, Bitra), K'vin (weyrleader, Telgar), Zulaya (weyrwoman, Telgar), Iantine (journeyman artist) and Debera (green rider, Telgar)

Notes

1. ^ Red Star Rising publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists cover artist Steve Weston alone for UK editions (Red Star Rising), three ISBN; Eric Peterson alone for US editions (Dragonseye), three ISBN. Retrieved 2011-10-23.

References

1. ^ Dragonriders of Pern series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
2. ^ Red Star Rising publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

External links

• Dragonseye publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Red Star Rising publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database