RIP Anne McCaffrey

A well-known and well-loved author in science fiction / fantasy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/arts/anne-mccaffrey-dragonriders-author-dies-at-85.html

 

I don't often respond in these threads, but Anne was my very introduction to science fiction and fantasy with her Pern novels. I still have the very copies, battered and torn, that were bought for me when I was 8 or 9. May she ride dragons of gold and bronze in the next life.

 

I have no idea who she is, but RIP Anne.

 

Awww, that's a shame. I've not heard of her, or read her works, but it's always a shame to lose a fellow scribbler.

 

Ha. I just realized this was a November 2011 piece. I must have missed the original announcement and thought it was current when it came up in my news stream.

Carry on

 

It's fine!

 

Well, it was news to me, so 'twas not in vain.

 

Really? You need to read some good Pernography. Her dragonriders of Pern novels are a delightful blend of science fiction and fantasy.

 

I should see if her books are available for the kindle.

 

They are, and as regards the oft asked question of fantasy without magic, her books are some of the better examples.

 

Think dragons.

 

The more time passes, the more it becomes harder to sometimes remember who is alive and who is dead.