Anne McCaffrey, sci-fi author of Pern series, dead at 85

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Anne McCaffrey, sci-fi author of Pern series, dead at 85 #582936 11/23/11 11:59 AM
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gone Active G Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 710 gone	She died at her home in Ireland of a stroke. Despite how I felt about "The Skies of Pern" and "Red Star Rising", she was a brillient author who forever changed how women were written as characters in Science Fiction and will be sorely missed.

Re: Anne McCaffrey, sci-fi author of Pern series, dead at 85 #582937 11/23/11 07:05 PM
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Mystery Lad Legionnaire! Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,906 Knoxville, TN	Pern is one of my favorite 'pretend' universes ever! I'm thankful to her for her creation and hope she knows how many readers she touched and or entertained over her long years of writing.

Re: Anne McCaffrey, sci-fi author of Pern series, dead at 85 #582938 11/24/11 08:37 AM
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Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,084	My mom was a huge fan of Anne McCaffrey, Andre Norton, Tanith Lee, Linda Bushyager, Patricia McKilip, etc. so I grew up on their books. To Ride Pegasus was my favorite Anne McCaffrey book, although I also liked The Ship Who Sang and the first six Pern books. Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!