Both books were Ballantine paperback originals. He did a fine job, and was subsequently hired for the next four volumes in the series.īut I still admit a great fondness for the early 70s covers of the first two books (above), both painted by Gino D’Achille. The White Dragon became the first bestseller in the series, and Whelan was hired by Ballantine to create new covers for the first two novels, Dragonflight and Dragonquest, late in 1978. The artist most closely associated with it is probably Michael Whelan, who was hired to paint the cover for the third novel, The White Dragon, published in June 1978. All told there are sixteen novels, written between 19, the last two in collaboration with her son Todd. Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern is one of the most famous and bestselling science fantasy series of all time.
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