Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 657 Location: Washington (not DC) Anne McCaffrey died Nov 23rd, 2011 at 5:18am Print Post She died yesterday of a stroke at 85. Not many writers blended fantasy and science as well as she did. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: Anne McCaffrey died Reply #1 - Nov 23rd, 2011 at 11:58am Print Post I hadn't realized she was that old. I hope she knew how much her readers loved her! The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Yuchtar Lieutenant Offline Where are my glasses? Posts: 82 Location: Earth Re: Anne McCaffrey died Reply #2 - Nov 24th, 2011 at 3:15am Print Post The name sounds familiar, but I don't think I've read anything she wrote ... Yeah, I'm a smutty-minded perv - what of it? WWW IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 657 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: Anne McCaffrey died Reply #3 - Nov 24th, 2011 at 3:36am Print Post She wrote the Dragons of Pern series, among a lot of other things. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Blue Shrew Lieutenant Offline Did I wake you, Alec? Posts: 55 Location: Alec's Bedroom Re: Anne McCaffrey died Reply #4 - Nov 26th, 2011 at 9:12am Print Post Crystal singer, The Spaceship that Sang, The Dragon Riders, The White Dranon, etc And my Fave The Master Harper. Robinson was my fave character when he died in her story I gave up reading her stories from that age onward. Pass ages was OK. IP Logged