More like a loosely connected novel than a short story collection, First Fall does a good job of filling in the blanks that remained at the end of Dragonsdawn. Rading them back to back was one of the smarter things I've done. Anyway, what McCaffrey chose to write about was deeply satisfying - the founding of the Holds and Weyrs in particular were something I was curious about. Overall, a nice addition to the series and the intricacies of the universe she created.