Dragonflight
Anne McCaffrey · 1968
McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern established the template for dragon-bonding fantasy, and she fought the classification debate herself, insisting it was SF because the dragons are genetically engineered. Whatever the category, it remains the most beloved dragon book in genre fiction.
The case against
F'lar shakes Lessa when he is angry, beds her because the dragons are mating, and the book files it under romance; the sexual politics have aged terribly. Stitched from two separately published novellas, the seams gape, and the time-travel fix at the climax has the convenience of an author escaping her own corner. The dragons deserve better humans.
Science Fiction & Fantasy · the Pro canon
The case for it and the rest of the canon open with Pro.
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