Originally posted by AmberLee
Are runner-beasts horses or camels? Every time I convince myself they're horses, I start second guessing myself again.
They are descendent of the horse.

A great book is 'The Dragon Lovers Guide to Pern' . It has gorgeous illustrations, recipes, charts, ect. And there are two editions. The second edition has an added chapter to reflect the events in 'All the Weyrs of Pern'.

(If you click on the image of the book at the Amazon link, you can see 36 pages of 'the Guide'. )

Here is Anne McCaffrey's official site.

http://www.annemccaffrey.org/

Enjoy!