The White Dragon

by Anne McCaffrey

The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey was a finalist or poll selection for the 1979 Hugo Award for Best Novel and the 1979 Locus Award for Best Novel.

On the planet Pern, which was colonised hundreds of years ago by Earth folk looking for a more agrarian lifestyle, "dragons" help humans to fight a deadly Thread that falls from a neighbouring planet as it cycles past once every couple of hundred years.

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Finalist, 1979 Hugo Award for Best Novel · Source ↗

Locus poll selection, 1979 Locus Award for Best Novel · Source ↗