 First edition | |
| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gene Szafran[1] |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | August 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 243 pp |
| ISBN | 0-345-23417-0 |
| OCLC | 440120697 |
To Ride Pegasus is a collection of four science fiction stories by American writer Anne McCaffrey, published by Ballantine Books in 1973 and later under its Del Rey imprint.[2] "To Ride Pegasus" is also the title of the novella, the first of the four stories that was original to the collection.[3][4]
To Ride Pegasus originates the fictional premise of the Talents universe, the setting for seven novels published 1990 to 2000: two more "Pegasus" books and five "Tower and Hive" books.[2] All eight books feature so-called Talents, people with psionic powers such as empathy, telepathy, teleportation, telekinesis, clairvoyance, precognition, and the ability to find what is lost ('finders').
Pegasus is a symbol for Talent, early adopted by Henry Darrow: "You'd see a lot from the back of a winged horse ..." (p. 11). "When you ride the winged horse, you can't dismount. ... We'll find our bridle, I think, with time and training and more practice at riding".[5]
- ^ isfdb
- ^ a b The Talents Universe series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ To Ride Pegasus first edition publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ^ Anne McCaffrey (1973). To Ride Pegasus. New York: Ballantine. 11th printing, December 1985. Pages 1–56.
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