did she start out with them not riding dragons, then add content later that had them doing so? cuz that's what i was referring to. are those McCaffrey books any good?
She wrote about dragons before she wrote about dragonriders, that's true. If I recall correctly, however, those early dragons weren't the dragons of Pern. Pern dragons were genetically engineered, which is why she was always adamant that she was writing science fiction not fantasy.
They are definitely good books. Whether you would like them I cannot tell, of course.