It is with a certain sadness that I learned of Anne McCaffrey’s passing. I have not read any of her novels, but my mother, who introduced me to Science Fiction and Fantasy and greatly encouraged and nurtured my love for the genres, is an enormous fan. This loss means that the Fantasy and Science Fiction community is now a poorer place than it once was, though enriched greatly by McCaffrey’s contributions to our beloved literature.
RIP, Anne.
Sad, sad news. One of my earliest genre-related memories is of seeing the early Anne McCaffrey covers on my sister’s bookshelf – Dragonflight, The Ship Who Sang… I have great memories of reading her works, they were one of my early inspirations when I started writing.
A great loss. My thoughts with her family.
I haven’t read the books for years but I was a huge fan…her idea of dragons telepathically linked to readers prefigured Philip Pullman’s daemons. They’re magical books really, though I admit I never got to read them ALL…
Sad sad …