Last Call

One of my favorite authors has passed away yesterday and I just found out about it, Anne McCaffrey, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series, has died at the age of 85.

Anne McCaffrey, legendary SF and fantasy author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series, has passed away. Random House has confirmed that McCaffrey died of a stroke at her home in Ireland on Monday, November 21. The initial word arrived through author Alan Baxter reporting on behalf of Trent Zelazny.


McCaffrey was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction, the first woman to win a Nebula Award, and the first author to hit the New York Times bestseller list with an SF title (The White Dragon).

McCaffrey leaves behind a tremendous legacy. She was active in the science fiction and fantasy fields right up to her passing and will be greatly missed.

I have a ton of her work and devoured any Pern books I could find as a kid.  As far as I'm concerned, she was one of the Big Three authors in my life, along with Isaac Asimov and Piers Anthony.

Fly with your creations, Anne.  The sky was always yours.