| Nerilka's Story | |
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Herder cover of early US editions[lower-alpha 1] |
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| Author(s) | Anne McCaffrey |
| Illustrator | Edwin Herder |
| Cover artist | Edwin Herder (first) Steve Weston (UK)[lower-alpha 1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dragonriders of Pern |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
| Publication date | March 1986 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 182 pp (first hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-33159-1 |
| OCLC Number | 15353896 |
| Preceded by | Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern |
| Followed by | Dragonsdawn |
Nerilka's Story is a fantasy or science fiction novella[1] by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the eighth book published in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey.[2]
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Taking a different approach from all previous books in the series, Nerilka's Story has a non-dragonrider non-harper as its major viewpoint character. It is set during the events detailed in Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. Nerilka is the daughter of a Lord Holder who turns her back on her life of luxury and sets out to fight the disease that threatens to kill all humans on Pern. According to a critic for the Chicago Tribune, Nerilka makes for an "intelligent, resourceful, selfless and, alas, homely" heroine.[3]
Critics have called Nerilka a story with "terse power."[1] It was first published in 1985. The novel reached #7 on TIME Magazine's Best Sellers list for fiction on April 7 and 21, 1986.[4][5] On the New York Times Best Seller list for paperbacks, it first appeared on February 22, 1987, at #12,[6] and reached #11 the week after.[7]
Nerilka's Story publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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