The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern is a companion book for the series Dragonriders of Pern. It's written by Jody Lynn Nye in collaboration with Anne McCaffrey. Was first published by Del Rey / Ballantine in November 1989.
Chapters (First Edition) [177 pp.][]
The first edition of the Guide was published in 1989 (reprinted in 1992) and includes information on the Pern world based on novels published before 1991 (up to and including All the Weyrs of Pern).
- Chapter I: Overview
- Chapter II: Fit for Human Habitation
- The EEC Exploration
- Colonial Landing, the Ships and Commanders
- Native Flora, Native Fauna
- Dragonets
- Imported Flora
- Imported Fauna
- Adaptations
- The First Stakeholds
- Chapter III: The Red Star
- Thread!
- Defense
- Appearance and Behavior of Thread
- Chapter IV: From Dragonets to Dragons
- Untapped Potential
- Mentasynth
- Five Toes From Three
- Dragons
- The First Hatching
- The First Weyrs
- Between
- Mating
- Watch-whers
- Ruth
- Chapter V: Weyrlings
- The Impression — A Short Story
- The Care and Feeding of a Young Dragon
- Chapter VI: Training and Fighting Dragons
- Weyrling Training
- The Fighting Wings
- Wing and Flights
- Threadfighting Tactics
- Shoulder Knots
- Chapter VII: Threadfall Charts
- Chapter VIII: Fort, the First Hold
- The Move North
- Fort Hold
- Holdcrafts
- Harpercraft
- Healercraft
- Fort Weyr
- Chapter IX: Benden, the Second Weyr
- Chapter X: Holds, Crafthalls and Weyrs
- Introduction
- Hold Structure
- Craft Structure
- Means of Exchange
- High Reaches Hold
- High Reaches Weyr
- Balen Hold
- Tillek Hold
- Fishercrafthall
- Nabol Hold
- Ruatha Hold
- Southern Boll Hold
- Weavercrafthall
- Crom Hold
- Minecrafthall
- Greenfields Hold
- Telgar Hold
- Smithcrafthall
- Starcraft
- Telgar Weyr
- South Telgar Hold
- Ista Hold
- Ista Weyr
- Igen Hold
- Tannercrafthall
- Igen Weyr
- Big Bay (Igen Sea Hold)
- Katz Field Hold
- Keroon Hold
- Beastcrafthall
- Lemos Hold
- Woodcrafthall
- Bitra Hold
- Greystones Hold
- Nerat Hold
- Farmcrafthall
- Half-Circle Sea Hold
- Southern Hold
- Southern Weyr
- Cove Hold
- The Ancient Timers’ Plateau (Landing)
Chapters (Second Edition) [213 pp.][]
The second edition of the Guide was published in 1997 and supplemented by information. The chapters have been added:
- Chapter XI: The End of Thread
- Process Initiated
- Window of Opportunity
- Restoring Power to Pern
- Learning New Skills
- Plastics
- Opposition Arises
- The Project Begins
- The Face of the Red Star
- «Project Overkill»
- The Window Open
- Chapter XII: Life After Thread
- Chapter XIII: Dolphineers
- The Dolphin Contract
- Communication
- The Dunkirk Crossing
- Rubicon River Hold
- Dolphineers Hall
- Dolphin Medicine
- Chapter XIV: New Life for the Dragons
- Honshu Weyrhold
- Eastern Weyr
- The Ninth Weyr/Xanadu Weyr
- The Future of Dragonkind
- Chapter XV: Pronunciation Guide to Names on Pern
- Chapter XVI: Dragons and Their Riders
- ABBREVIATIONS
- THE COMPLETE CAST