The Dragonriders of Pern

[Brian in Mesa]

Dragonriders of Pern to the Big Screen
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 25, 2006

Anne McCaffrey's best-selling and long-running sci-fi/fantasy series The Dragonriders of Pern is getting the big-screen treatment via Canadian production company Copperheart Entertainment, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Copperheart, which was behind the 2005 Oscar-winning animated short Ryan, has optioned the 19-book series, which began with the "Dragonflight" in 1968. The books are best known for having humans ride dragons with which they telepathically bond.

With "Dragonflight," McCaffrey became the first woman ever to win a Hugo for fiction, and she is one of the 2006 inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Copperheart, run by Steve Hoban, also has produced the IMAX 3D movie Cyberworld as well as the popular "Ginger Snaps" horror series. Hoban is in post-production on the remake of the 1970s horror cult classic Black Christmas.

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Anyone ever read any of these? I'm a big sci-fi geek, and I know I own a couple of these books, but I've never read any of them.

 

[Assface]

I have a ton of these books. I used to read them a lot as a kid. I'm not sure how many I have but it's a good chunk of the total collection.