Title: The White Dragon

Title: The White Dragon Title Record # 861
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Date: 1978-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Dragonriders of Pern
Series Number: 3
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Lord Jaxom, heir to Ruath Hold, has Impressed a dragon, the oddly colored and under-sized Ruth. Holders cannot be dragonriders and dragonriders cannot Hold. The adolescent Jaxom must face the political fallout of his inadvertent Impression, a world-altering theft and his age, with the support of Ruth the White Dragon of Pern.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1982	Portuguese	O Planeta dos Dragões, 3º volume
1982^ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch	German	Der weiße Drache
1983	Portuguese	O Dragão Branco, 1º volume
1983	Portuguese	O Dragão Branco, 2º volume
1989^ⓘTranslated by Simone Hilling	French	Le dragon blanc
1992^ⓘTranslated by Karin Langeveld	Dutch	De witte draak
1998	Italian	Il drago bianco
2007^ⓘTranslated by Gábor Emma	Hungarian	Fehér sárkány
2008	Portuguese	O Dragão Branco

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1979 Ditmar	Best International Long Fiction
Win	1979 Gandalf	Book-Length Fantasy
2	1979 Hugo	Best Novel
3	1979 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1979 Balrog	Novel
23	1987 Locus	All-Time Best Fantasy Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The White Dragon	1978-06-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27567-5	$8.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 497	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1978-07-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27567-5	$8.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 497	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1978-08-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27567-5	$8.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 497+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Dragonriders of Pern	1978-10-00	Anne McCaffrey	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	5293	$4.98^?$: US dollar	[7]+ 750	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Ron Dilg
The White Dragon	1979-03-00	Anne McCaffrey	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98501-1	£5.95^?£: UK pound	497	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The White Dragon	1979-05-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25373-6	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1979-05-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25373-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar	x+ 468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1979-06-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25373-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar	x+ 468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1979-06-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25373-6	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	x+ 468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1979-09-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25373-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Dragonriders of Pern	1979-09-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine		$6.75^?$: US dollar		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1980-00-00	Anne McCaffrey	Corgi	0-552-11313-1	£1.50^?£: UK pound	477	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Roe
The White Dragon	1980-00-00	Anne McCaffrey	Corgi	0-552-11313-1	£1.50^?£: UK pound	477	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Roe
The White Dragon	1980-09-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29525-0	$2.50^?$: US dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1981-00-00	Anne McCaffrey	Corgi	0-552-11313-1	£1.95^?£: UK pound	477	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Roe
The White Dragon	1982-12-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29525-0	C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1983-00-00	Anne McCaffrey	Corgi	0-552-11313-1	£1.95^?£: UK pound	475	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Roe
The White Dragon	1983-07-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31336-4	C$3.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	x+ 468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1984-03-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31336-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1986-07-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34167-8	$3.95^?$: US dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Dragonriders of Pern	1986-11-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-00568-6	$14.35^?$: US dollar		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Michael Whelan
The Dragonriders of Pern	1988-11-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34024-8	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 820	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Michael Whelan , Michael Whelan , Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1989-09-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34167-8	$3.95^?$: US dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The White Dragon	1990-03-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34167-8	$5.95^?$: US dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Dragonriders of Pern [boxed set]	1991-08-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34045-0	$27.96^?$: US dollar		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni
The White Dragon	1993-00-00	Anne McCaffrey	Corgi	0-552-11313-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound	475	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Roe
The White Dragon	1993-00-00	Anne McCaffrey	Brilliance Audio	1-56100-513-4	$25.95^?$: US dollar		audio cassette^?Cassette tape	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1997-09-00	Anne McCaffrey	Ballantine Books	0-345-41940-5	$12.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 497	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	1999-00-00	Anne McCaffrey	Ballantine Books	0-345-91749-9	$2.22^?$: US dollar		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The White Dragon	2001-04-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34167-8	$6.99^?$: US dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mychael Maier
The White Dragon	2012-07-31	Anne McCaffrey	Transworld Digital	978-1-4481-2795-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Les Edwards
The White Dragon	2017-08-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey	978-0-8124-2889-6	$18.80^?$: US dollar	xx+ 441	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Mychael Maier
The White Dragon	2017-08-00	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey	978-0-345-34167-9	$7.99^?$: US dollar	468	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The White Dragon	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34167-8	$6.99^?$: US dollar	445	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mychael Maier
The White Dragon	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34167-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar	x+ 468+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mychael Maier
The White Dragon	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Corgi	978-0-552-11313-7	£7.99^?£: UK pound	475	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Les Edwards
The Dragonriders of Pern	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	978-0-345-45739-4	$9.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Michael Whelan , Michael Whelan , Michael Whelan
The White Dragon	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	978-0-345-45397-6	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Mychael Maier
The Dragonriders of Pern	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	1005291		750	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Ron Dilg
The Dragonriders of Pern	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	05293		[7]+ 750	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Ron Dilg
The White Dragon	date unknown	Anne McCaffrey	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-34167-8	$7.50^?$: US dollar	x+ 468+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mychael Maier

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Reviews

Review by Charles N. Brown (1978) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July-August 1978
Review by Susan L. Nickerson (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1979 , reprinted in:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Review by Chris Morgan (1979) in Vector 94
Review by Gary K. Reynolds (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, July 1979 , reprinted in:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
Review by Martin Morse Wooster (1979) in Science Fiction Review, August 1979
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1980) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 3, Number 5