All the Weyrs of Pern

All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

Publisher: Del Rey (October 24, 1992)
ISBN-10: 0345368932

From School Library Journal
YA-- AIVAS, the Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System that was a part of the original colonists' settlement, is unearthed on the Southern continent after having been buried for generations. This latest volume in the Pern saga deals with the reactions of the various lords, dragonriders, and craftsmen as they realize the impact the artificial intelligence will have on their culture and traditions. With its help, F'lar, Robinton, Lessa, Menolly, and all of the other characters YAs have come to care about devise a risky plan to eliminate a serious threat to their environment. While All the Weyrs of Pern is not as tight and exciting as the earlier dragonrider books, it is a well-written novel that's sure to appeal to McCaffrey's many fans.

I can't remember when I read this book last... and so about a week into February, I though I needed to reread something instead of taking something new.   Then the unthinkable happened and David died.

I forced myself to begin to read again... hoping against hope that, even if only moments at a time, my mind would get a little relief from thinking.   I guess my mind warped out and I forgot an import part of this book... 

Mostly it was about finding a "computer" from their ancestors and Aivas (the computer) telling them they could end the threat of thread on Pern.  For 98 percent of the book.. it was good to be back on Pern, to be among the characters and dragons I have come to love for so long..

What I had forgotten was a very important thing... Masterharper Robinton.  He was one of those characters I fell in love with.  Through many of the Pern books Robinton is a force you can't ignore ..nor do you want to!  In this book  Robinton's  life ends.   Not a good thing for me to read since I've lost so many in my life in such a short time.  After a meltdown I talked out loud to myself and said, "self... you can pick up another Pern book and Robinton will be alive and well".  

Maybe we all need to be characters in a book.

But the book is a good extension in the many volumes of Pern and it's inhabitants and their dragons.. If you ever read the series, they need to be read in order, but this is a good part of the history of their ancestors.. a good thing to know and a good book to read. You'd have to break all my fingers for me to type anything but good about Pern, the characters , or the dragons.