THURSDAY, August 15th at 9pm; WEYR SEARCH Begins!

Two components of Dragonflight were award-winning novellas published by Analog science fiction magazine. The first segment, Weyr Search, illustrated by John Schoenherr, had been the cover story for the October 1967 issue. The second segment, Dragonrider, appeared in two parts, beginning in December 1967.

Weyr Search features a young woman named Lessa being recruited to establish a telepathic bond with a queen dragon at its hatching, thus becoming a dragonrider, and the leader of a Weyr community on the fictional planet Pern. Dragonrider features the growth of Lessa's queen dragon, Ramoth, and their training together.

Analog editor John W. Campbell asked “to see dragons fighting Thread,” Pern's menace from space, and he also suggested time travel. In response, McCaffrey wrote a third story titled “Crack Dust, Black Dust”, which was not published separately, but provided crucial material for the novel.

Finn Zeddmore presents Anne McCaffrey's story in two parts, beginning tonight, as part of Seanchai Late Night - Live in Voice.

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