Anne McCaffrey 1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011
All the dragons of all the Weyrs keened their grief to the stars. Pern lost it’s greatest heart.
Bon Voyage Ann
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“The thing is, emotion – if it’s visibly felt by the writer – will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it” – Anne McCaffrey
Aaaaah, I hadn’t heard. Wow, she was a writer and will be missed.
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She’s one of those pioneer writers who brought dragons and women SF/F authors to center-stage.
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For many years I would go to my favorite bookstore where the first thing I did was see if Anne McCaffrey had a new Pern book on the shelves.
I will miss her greatly.
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Hi there Harry. Thanks for stopping by.
A few years ago I wanted to do a re-read of the Pern books, so I got all of them from our library and had a wonderful McCaffrey-fest. it took me right back to the wonder I felt when I first discovered them.
I’ve been reading various blogs about her and there’s a common theme that she may not have been everyone’s first love, but once they discovered her, they were always in love with her.
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