The White Dragon
| First published | June 1978 |
|---|---|
| Type | Novel |
| Series | Federated Sentient Planets › Dragonriders of Pern #3 |
<br>Lord Jaxom, heir to Ruath Hold, has Impressed a dragon, the oddly colored and under-sized Ruth. Holders cannot be dragonriders and dragonriders cannot Hold. The adolescent Jaxom must face the political fallout of his inadvertent Impression, a world-altering theft and his age, with the support of Ruth the White Dragon of Pern.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Balrog Award | Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1979 | Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award | Best International Long Fiction | Winner |
| 1979 | Gandalf Award | Book-Length Fantasy | Winner |
| 1979 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Runner-up |
| 1979 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Fantasy Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1978 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| July 1978 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| August 1978 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| October 1978 |
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The Dragonriders of Pern | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | Omnibus | 445 |
| March 1979 |
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The White Dragon | Sidgwick & Jackson | Novel | |
| May 1979 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| May 1979 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| June 1979 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| June 1979 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| September 1979 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| September 1979 |
|
The Dragonriders of Pern | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | |
| November 1979 |
|
Il drago bianco | Fanucci Editore | Novel | |
| November 1979 |
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Il drago bianco | Fanucci Editore | Novel | 13 |
| 1980 |
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The White Dragon | Corgi | Novel | 9 |
| 1980 |
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The White Dragon | Corgi | Novel | 9 |
| September 1980 |
|
The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| 1981 |
|
The White Dragon | Corgi | Novel | 9 |
| 1982 |
|
O Planeta dos Dragões, 3º volume | Livros do Brasil | Novel | |
| November 1982 | Der weiße Drache | Heyne | Novel | ||
| December 1982 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| 1983 |
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O dragão branco, 2º volume | Livros do Brasil | Novel | |
| 1983 |
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O dragão branco, 1º volume | Livros do Brasil | Novel | |
| 1983 |
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The White Dragon | Corgi | Novel | 9 |
| July 1983 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| March 1984 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| July 1986 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 11 |
| November 1986 |
|
The Dragonriders of Pern | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | |
| November 1988 |
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The Dragonriders of Pern | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | 482 |
| September 1989 | The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | ||
| November 1989 |
|
Le dragon blanc | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| 1990 |
|
Der weiße Drache | Heyne | Novel | 7 |
| March 1990 |
|
The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| July 1990 |
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Le dragon blanc | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| February 1991 |
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Le dragon blanc | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| August 1991 | The Dragonriders of Pern [boxed set] | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | ||
| 1992 |
|
De witte draak | De Boekerij | Novel | |
| 1993 | The White Dragon | Corgi | Novel | 9 | |
| 1993 |
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The White Dragon | Brilliance Audio | Novel | |
| October 1993 |
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The White Dragon | Brilliance Audio | Novel | |
| April 1994 |
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Le dragon blanc | Presses Pocket | Novel | 7 |
| October 1995 |
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Le dragon blanc | Presses Pocket | Novel | 7 |
| 1997 |
|
Der weiße Drache | Heyne | Novel | |
| September 1997 |
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The White Dragon | Ballantine Books | Novel | |
| February 1998 |
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Il drago bianco | Editrice Nord | Novel | 5 |
| 1999 | The White Dragon | Ballantine Books | Novel | ||
| 2001 |
|
De witte draak | Het Spectrum | Novel | |
| April 2001 | The White Dragon | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | ||
| January 2002 |
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Le dragon blanc | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| 2007 |
|
Fehér sárkány | Delta Vision Kft. | Novel | |
| 2008 | O Dragão Branco | Gailivro | Novel | ||
| June 2008 |
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The White Dragon | Brilliance Audio | Novel | |
| April 2012 |
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La ballade de Pern: Intégrale 5 | Presses Pocket | Omnibus | 9 |
| July 2012 |
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The White Dragon | Transworld Digital | Novel | |
| April 2013 |
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The White Dragon | Brilliance Audio | Novel | |
| April 2014 |
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The White Dragon | Brilliance Audio | Novel | |
| March 2015 |
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The White Dragon | Brilliance Audio | Novel | |
| August 2017 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey | Novel | 1 |
| August 2017 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey | Novel | |
| September 2023 | Pern Series & More | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |11 | |
| January 2025 |
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The White Dragon | Penguin Books | Novel | |
| April 2025 |
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The White Dragon | Del Rey | Novel |