The literary world has lost one of its greats. Anne McCaffrey, the author of nearly 100 science-fiction and fantasy books, died Nov. 21. She was 85.


http://airlockalpha.com/node/8787/dragonriders-of-pern-author-anne-mccaffrey-dies.html

http://blastr.com/2011/11/anne-mccaffrey-dragonride.php

I remember so many years ago first reading "Weyr Search" which eventually became Part One of "Dragonflight" and being just blown away - that's gotta be thirty years ago now...

I love her "Pern" series. I've read a couple that her son has done and don't like them. She'll be missed.

My very first "Pern" book was "The White Dragon" and I was completely hooked from then on. "Pern" has to be one the very best fantasy worlds ever invented. She will be very greatly missed. Unfortunately I to have read a couple that her son has done and they just are not the same.