Pegasus in Space

by Anne McCaffrey

Book Overview

For an overpopulated Earth, whose resources are strained to the breaking point, there is only one place to look for relief: straight up. With the successful completion of the Padrugoi Space Station,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345434668
• ISBN13: 9780345434661
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Not Disappointed

I'm 27 and have Read Anne McCaffrey since I was in Grade Eight. My first book of hers was Dragonsdawn and I've been hooked ever since. At first I only wanted Pern but as I've matured I grew to love all her work. The talent series (both Rowan and Pegasus) have become my favorites. With Pegasus in Space I was enchanted from start to finish. I didn't intend to read it until my fiance had left town for a week but ended up reading it in one 2 to 3 hour sitting. I didn't feel a lack in the older characters because Peter was essentially the focus of this book. Just as Tirla was more evident in Pegasus in Flight. I simply loved it. And I can't wait for the next installment. {The way she linked the Rowan and Pegasus series was just plain wonderful).

A bridge to the Talent series

The Pegasus series is not only an interesting series in itself, but is naturally the bridge into The Rowen and follow-on Talent books. I particularly like the way she portrays telepaths and their often rocky relationship with "normal" people.I, too, fear that Anne may be wrapping up the series. I hope not, because I would definitely like to know just how Peter sets up FT & T, and learn about the Talents who help colonize the worlds portrayed in the other series.While I adored the Pern series, the Pegasus and Talent series are my favorte McCaffrey books. If you like people stories, instead of technical science fiction, you'll enjoy these books. They do read better in sequence, but I think you'll like them any way you can get them.

On the whole, excellent

I enjoyed this sequel immensely. I recommend this and the entire series for page turning fun and excitement and really great character development. However, I do have one little nit to pick. In the naming of the various sections of First Base it was somehow forgotten that Aaron starts with an 'a'! I have read all the Pegasus and Talent series - most many times and enjoyed them all. I also have read (and will continue to read) the other McCaffrey series (Dragons, Brain Ships, the whole works). Ms McCaffrey has provided me with many hours of reading enjoyment and even more hours of contemplating my own extensions to her various stories. Thanks.

Pegasus In Space

This book picks up where Pegasus in Flight ends, with the addition of new psychics and old friends of Peter, who help him in unexpected and startling ways. Once I started reading the book I got to page 114 before tired eyes forced me to go to sleep. The following day I finished it, so gripped by it's action was I.I am looking forward to more sequals to it.All characters come alive right from page one. Joseph T. Gabus ham@morgan.net & Extra Class amateur radio operator AB5RE

Another brilliant McCaffrey Work

In the not so distant future, Earth has become so overcrowded that its people are forced to search outer space for planets to inhabit just so they can survive. A space station is erected so ships can be built and launched to other galaxies. Passengers will be in suspended animation until the crew finds a world they can colonize. The Talents, people with scientifically proven psychic powers play a pivotal role in the new world order. They teleport heavy items from earth to the space station, saving a fortune in fuel and transportation costs.The most powerful teleporter is Peter Reidenger, a paralyzed individual who remains mobile because of his psychic powers. The people running the space station eagerly accept Peter as a full team member even though some fear his power. On a space shuttle journey to the moon, someone sabotages the ship computers, forcing Peter to use his powers in ways he never knew he could in order to keep everyone alive. A full-scale investigation occurs to uncover the traitors who would rather destroy Peter for reasons of revenge rather than allow the people of earth to have a future in space.Although PEGASUS IN SPACE can stand alone as a superb work of science fiction, the novel is part of a trilogy (see PEGASUS IN FLIGHT and TO RIDE PEGASUS). This book links this saga with the Rowen collection as it shows the beginnings of a space-based society. Although the story line is classic space opera filled with action, there is great characterization in this work as well. The great Anne McCaffrey makes the people populating her novel feel complete, real and very much alive. The hero is not a marvelous rendition of Professor Xavior though some similar traits exist. Instead, he is a unique and special person who will not allow his true physical condition to stop him from enjoying life to the fullest. The talented Ms. McCaffrey, one of the top authors of the twentieth century, demonstrates she will also become one of the most beloved writers of the new millennium.Harriet Klausner