My review is broken into pieces following each individual story in the order I read them in. I read all the stories from this anthology. You may clap.
“The Survey: P.E.R.N.”: I enjoyed it. Actually kind of interesting to see an off-planet team evaluation of Pern.
“The Dolphin’s Bell”: Really nice to get some idea as to what “Dolphineering” was like in the beginning of Pern’s occupation. I was not expecting the Dunkirk reference. I’m honestly not sure what I was expecting, but this was a nice story following The Crossing’s water route.
“The Ford of Red Hanrahan”: Liked it well enough. Felt like it got a little too into the details of moving from Fort to the new holding. I was pleasantly surprised at which holding this turned out to be, so I won’t spoil it.
“The Second Weyr”: Teared up a bit when the Weyr was named, even though I knew it was coming. The rest of the story was just a lot of “ah yes, these things need to happen” but it was entertaining enough.
“Rescue Run”: Honestly, really weird to be thrown back into the hardcore Sci-Fi part of the the Pern universe after being out of it for a bit. I hate Kimmer. I think it was ultimately irresponsible of Benden and his crew to not do some more investigating of the Northern Continent, but, ya know, Pern can just exist outside of the broader human empire or whatever.
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