Apparently Anne McCaffrey died

[Eerongal he/him]

That kinda sucks. Dragonriders of pern is one of my favorite series, personally. She will certainly be missed. Anyone else read any of her works?

[PeterAhlstrom he/him]

Who hasn't? If you haven't, you must. Her books are in the fantasy canon.

[Eerongal he/him]

Who hasn't? If you haven't, you must. Her books are in the fantasy canon.

That was my thoughts exactly on the subject, but I didn't want to assume everyone knew her works.

[CrazyRioter she/her]

I've read most of the older Pern books and enjoyed them quite a bit, RIP.

[Emeralis00 she/her]

Read a bunch of the older Dragonriders of Pern books as well. Its a shame that another important writer of fantasy died.

[EHyde she/her]

She wasn't my introduction to the genre but she was one of my first favorite sci-fi authors. I loved Pern as well as the Talents series. In fact, I think the first internet forum I ever joined was an Anne McCaffrey fansite. She will definitely be missed but she has left a great legacy.

[Ryan he/him]

I loved the Pern books in middle school. They still have a place in my heart, though I haven't read one in ages. Maybe I should.

It's sad that she's gone, but I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise. She was already pretty old when I first started reading her, and that was, like, 16 years ago.

I just realized, all of the authors I grew up loving are now dead. Dr. Seuss, Shel Siverstien, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkein, Robert Jordan, Brian Jacques, Arthur C Clarke, Roald Dahl, John Bellairs, Lloyd Alexander, and now Anne McCaffrey. Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's. Orson Scott Card better watch out—he's the only one left.

[Joe ST he/him]

I've read about 7 of the Pern books, and enjoyed them muchy, though I was into scifi back then rather than fantasy...

[Eerongal he/him]

I loved the Pern books in middle school. They still have a place in my heart, though I haven't read one in ages. Maybe I should.

It's sad that she's gone, but I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise. She was already pretty old when I first started reading her, and that was, like, 16 years ago.

I just realized, all of the authors I grew up loving are now dead. Dr. Seuss, Shel Siverstien, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkein, Robert Jordan, Brian Jacques, Arthur C Clarke, Roald Dahl, John Bellairs, Lloyd Alexander, and now Anne McCaffrey. Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's. Orson Scott Card better watch out—he's the only one left.

yeah, she was like 80-something. Like i told my fiancee, it's sad, yes, but surprising, no.

[Aradel he/him]

So I was browsing the internet after work today (as is my custom) and I stumbled onto a notice that Anne McCaffrey, most famous for her "Dragonriders of Pern" books, passed away last month. I loved her as a writer, and enjoyed nearly all of her books. In fact, "Dragonsinger" was the first book of hers that I read, and it was the book that spring-boarded me into my love of Sf/Fantasy.

I'm sorry to hear that she's gone.

Edited December 2, 2011 by Ookla the Abstracted

[Arcanist Lupus he/him]

I've read a huge number of her Pern series, and a decent number of some of her other series. (Acorna, the Talents, and Petaybee).

I was sorry to hear that she died.

[PeterAhlstrom he/him]

There's already a thread here:

[Eerongal he/him]

There's already a thread here: http://www.17thshard...mccaffrey-died/

Yup, moved and merged (and now commented so others don't think peter's comment looks silly in here, referencing the same topic...)

[Aradel he/him]

Thanks for the merge, I don't know why I couldn't find this earlier. I thought it was weird that no one would've started a thread by now.

Also, I composed a short poem in her honor! (Using the statement her son made for her when she couldn't make it to dragoncon.)