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Topic: Anne McCaffrey is dead (Read 2614 times)
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luckton
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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SurfD
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Darwinism is the Gateway Science.
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Evildrider
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That sucks, although I have to say, I've never read any of her books.
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Selby
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She was really nice and encouraging when I met her 3-4 years back. Sad to hear.
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Trippy
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 Dragonsong and Dragonsinger are two of my favorite books of all time. Edit: are |
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« Last Edit: November 22, 2011, 10:59:06 PM by Trippy »
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Merusk
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 She wrote some damn fine novels that my teenaged self loved. They don't stand up as well when you're older but I still enjoy rereading 'em.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Numtini
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Yeah, a lot of adolescent memories here. RIP.
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If you can read this, you're on a board populated by misogynist assholes.
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Ingmar
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The very late books eventually end up being rather boring due to lack of any kind of conflict, but yeah, extremely important author in the genre. RIP.
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Khaldun
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Loved the early books. Kind of wish she hadn't decided to just churn out crap later on to give her kid a nest egg, but gotta do what you gotta do. Imaginative writer, at any rate.
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schild
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When I was younger and had finished all the Dragonlance stuff, I jumped over to it. It paled in comparison but I look back on it fairly fondly. Eighty five is a good run though.
Can Stephanie Meyer be next? Please?
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Ironwood
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Shame, but as Schild said, it's a good run which left an imprint.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Murgos
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I read those books as a tween, I enjoyed them very much. Sorry to hear she has passed.
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"You have all recieved youre last warning. I am in the process of currently tracking all of youre ips and pinging your home adressess. you should not have commencemed a war with me" - Aaron Rayburn
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RhyssaFireheart
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Heard this last night.  I still periodically reread my Pern books, even if some of them don't stand the test of time too well, a few are still outstanding. |
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Bzalthek
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"Use the Soy Sauce, Luke!" WHOM, ZASH, CLISH CLASH! "Umeboshi Kenobi!! NOOO!!!"
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I remember reading a lot of her books way back in the day. Like someone said, they don't stand up well over time but they certainly held my imagination for many years. Sad to see such a fixture go down, but she had an amazing run.
For a second I thought she was the one who never finished the Exiles books, but then I remembered that was Melanie Rawn. (No idea why that needed saying).
RIP Good Lady.
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"Pity hurricanes aren't actually caused by gays; I would take a shot in the mouth right now if it meant wiping out these chucklefucks." ~WayAbvPar
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Khaldun
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Really, the first two main Pern books hold up, the first two Harper books are fantastic for any teen feeling persecuted, the Ship Who Sang is still a great book, and even Decision at Doona is kind of good. She also wrote a weird rape fantasy short story that I remember being in the middle of a bunch otherwise pretty vanilla stuff including a Pern-series short about a kid who gets to be a dragonrider even though he's bullied. After that it all became pretty fanfic at best.
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Fraeg
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Sad to hear, some great books that I loved as a Teen
Crystalsingers!!!!!
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"There is dignity and deep satisfaction in facing life and death without the comfort of heaven or the fear of hell and in sailing toward the great abyss with a smile."
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