Thanks, as I said, it has been a long time (literally 30 years or more) since I read, and really thought hard about Pern and McCaffrey, so thank you for the more indepth commentary.
I tend to prefer fanworks set in Pern (but usually then have their own take on the worldbuilding) to actual books by McCaffrey.
A lot of my like of the Pern Novels came from just the fact that DRAGONS! and they weren't mindless beasts or always evil characters just waiting to kill the hero.
(it also helped that for my family had most of the novels, so they were easier to reach)
Re: Deladria#242017
I tend to prefer fanworks set in Pern (but usually then have their own take on the worldbuilding) to actual books by McCaffrey.
A lot of my like of the Pern Novels came from just the fact that DRAGONS! and they weren't mindless beasts or always evil characters just waiting to kill the hero.
(it also helped that for my family had most of the novels, so they were easier to reach)