Comments | caffyolay: RIP

caffyolay

RIP

Nov 23, 2011 09:21

R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey. Probably the author I've loved the most over the last 35 years. Sad.

Comments 12

byslantedlight November 23 2011, 11:09:58 UTC

Oh no... she's one of my favourite authors too, though it's been years since I read her books...

caffyolay November 23 2011, 15:02:05 UTC

I haven't read anything by her in about 3 or 4 years. I used to reread the Harper Hall trilogy every now and then because I love it so. Maybe next year. And I need to kick-start the Pern books again, I came to a halt at All the Weyrs of Pern I think.

greengerbil November 23 2011, 11:55:40 UTC

Oh, no. One of my most-loved authors right from discovering 'The Ship Who Sang' in my teenage years. I met her at an SF convention some time ago - she was a lovely person as well.

RIP, Anne.

caffyolay November 23 2011, 15:04:49 UTC

Yes, I gather she was a lovely person who would entertain fans at home in Ireland. A friend of mine visited her. I must reread The Ship Who Sang and then read the subsequent books sometime. Restoree was a huge favourite when I read it as a teen.

Is that Golden Cap in your icon?

greengerbil November 23 2011, 19:23:14 UTC

Umm... I think so. I, erm, acquired it *whistles and looks shifty* from the photo gallery at work, and I'm pretty sure that the photographer said it had been taken while he was on holiday in Devon.

I liked it for the intense colours which give it an almost fairy-tale or mythic feel - it could almost be Pern, just needs a dragon or two in the sky!

caffyolay November 23 2011, 23:21:22 UTC

LOL. Well, I think it must be Golden Cap. It's just over the border in Dorset I *think* (not certain). Charmouth way. Lovely spot for walking.

calizen November 23 2011, 17:07:54 UTC

May she ride the great dragon in the sky.

caffyolay November 23 2011, 23:18:49 UTC

You know, I can actually picture it...

unsentimentalf November 24 2011, 00:26:37 UTC

Her books gave me a huge amount of pleasure as a teenager; I had all the then written Pern books and a scattering of the others. It's many years since I read one; tastes change, but I still remember them very fondly.

caffyolay November 24 2011, 10:01:47 UTC

I still read one occasionally, a few stand up still but some do not.

talloakslady November 24 2011, 02:45:59 UTC

Oh, that is too bad. I've loved her Dragonriders and Harper series a lot. Not so much those co authored with her , or by her son.

caffyolay November 24 2011, 10:02:51 UTC

I haven't read any of the ones co written with her son, but hear they're not quite as good as the early ones.