Dragonflight

The book that created the modern dragon tropes of science fiction and fantasy.  This was a book club read and I was looking forward to rereading this book again.  I read this book and many of the McCaffrey Pern books at least once before, the last time being about fifteen years ago. This time, I had a lot of trouble getting into it, partly because I was late in beginning reading it (starting only two days before), and partly because I realized how some parts did not hold up with time.  Fortunately, book club discussion helped me understand some of the antiquated parts.  I finally finished it a few days after book club, enjoying it with new insight.  This is basically a bodice-ripper romance, written with a Victorian mindset, but still featuring a strong, independent woman.  A lot of the men are pigs concerning sex and sex roles.  And adverbs abound.

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