The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall

Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first-ever Dragonriders of Pern short-story collection. Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships, aided by intelligent, talking dolphins, braves the dreadful currents of the Pernese ocean... Building a new life on a distant world, braving the dreaded Thread that falls like silver rain from the sky only to destroy every living thing it touches, flying heroically on the wondrous dragons: The Dragonriders of Pern!

This is a collection of short stories: * "The Survey: P.E.R.N." * "The Dolphins' Bell" * "The Ford of Red Hanrahan" * "The Second Weyr" * "Rescue Run" (originally appeared in Analog)