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Anne McCaffrey RIP

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Very sad to hear that Anne McCaffrey died today at the age of 85. Renown for her Pern series she had a serious impact on scifi fiction. I really like all her stories.

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Indeed, Drew already wrote a very touching blog on the subject.

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Sad news indeed! Her "Dragonriders of Pern" series were one of the first sci-fi series of my Dad's that I appropriated and began adding to; he had the older ones, I read them and bought the latest ones. Some fond memories of reading them out on the bench in the garden in the sunshine, eating apples...
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Mauiby de Fug wrote:
Sad news indeed! Her "Dragonriders of Pern" series were one of the first sci-fi series of my Dad's that I appropriated and began adding to; he had the older ones, I read them and bought the latest ones. Some fond memories of reading them out on the bench in the garden in the sunshine, eating apples...
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Very sad to hear - all my sci-fi/fantasy heroes seem to be dying. Although the Belgariad was my induction to fantasy, Ms. McCaffrey was my introduction to heroic sci-fi.

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This is really turning out to be a rough year for people I respect passing on :(


I found Pern through the school library - and spent ages trying to work out which order to read the blasted things in :) Still one of my all-time fave series, at least, until they re-discover their past.

Liked her other series as well.

RIP indeed, Anne McCaffrey.
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To Be Sure, it is a sad, sad day for Sci fi readers.
The Pern series were always close to my heart but she also wrote the pegasus series about Talent and The ship that Sang ... about putting humans into space ships who then act as the "soul" of the ship. To be sure, the Dinosaur planet books brought to our vision of a superior, non fallible, lifeform, The Thek, and how they even managed to screw things up... I loved her humor on that.

Anne is right up there with EE smith, Heinlen, and all the other greats. Rest in peace and may your home: Dragonhold-Undeerhill in Ireland live on as a memorial to your great talents.
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One of my favorite authors - I've lost count at how many times I've read/reread the Dragonriders' series.
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I'm with Micha on preferring the earlier Pern books, but brilliant yarns throughout. I just adore the characterisation and try to emulate some of that myself. Blog entry here, btw.

Shame how many of our formative 'greats' are passing on. Passage of time is inevitable of course. :cry:

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Nice piece Drew - well worth the read.

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drew wrote:
I'm with Micha on preferring the earlier Pern books, but brilliant yarns throughout. I just adore the characterisation and try to emulate some of that myself. Blog entry here, btw.
Shame how many of our formative 'greats' are passing on. Passage of time is inevitable of course. :cry:
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That was an ingesting piece on your blog Drew. I have to admit that I have made the same mistake as you did, until now that is, I thought the Pern books were more fantasy related. I have read her Talent series and enjoyed them. I'm now going to pop over to Amazon to order the Pern books. Thanks.
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drew wrote:
Blog entry
Nice post!

Also, incidentally, I very much liked the earlier Pern books (Landing, etc). as well.
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I just found the last couple a bit too unbelievable that (a) a feudal society could re-learn advanced technology in the space of a couple of years (even under the tutelage of a Master Control Program, as it were), and (b) that aforesaid technology survived the ravages of how many millenia? In space, possibly, but -hastily- buried in a tropical climate.. well.
Anyway, it was a damn good yarn regardless, one which I should re-read sometime (I have all the books at home in Oz).
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