Instead, they are a heavily genetically modified species based on one of Pern's native life-forms, the fire-lizard. Furthermore, they are not magical at all. Unlike most dragons in previous Western literature, Pernese dragons are entirely friendly to humanity. Pernese dragons are similar to traditional European dragons in the fact that they can breathe fire and resemble great lizards or dinosaurs with wings, but the resemblance ends there. In creating the Pern setting, McCaffrey set out to subvert the clichés associated with dragons in European folklore and in modern fantasy fiction. The Dragons of Pern are a fictional race created by Anne McCaffrey as an integral part of the science fiction world depicted in her Dragonriders of Pern novels. Fictional race of dragons in Anne McCaffrey novels
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