• "Read" is a 4-letter word.

• I was never a huge fan of her work, but her influence on the Fantasy Sci Fi community is undeniable. Rest well Mrs McCaffery.

• Well that totally sucks ass. I loved the Ship and Crystal Singer books. She will be missed.

• I just stared rereading the dragon riders of per a few weeks ago... In proper reading order. I love her storytelling style. She will be sorely missed. :'(

• The photo of Miss McCaffrey should be credited to the photographer, Greg Preston/ Sampsel Preston photography

• She shall be dearly missed.  I love the Pern series, and for a long time that was all I got from my library--just reading and re-reading the books, getting so excited every time they added another to the collection. She was not just a talented writer, she created an amazing world full of so much potential, endless possibilities. May she rest in peace.

• Read it. I have been on an Old School Anne McCaffrey kick for a couple years, reading Ship who Sang, Decision at Doona. I have Dinosaur Planet in my queue actually, should pick it up. Oo, I think I have a copy of The Crystal Singer too, epic win! Going to start it tonight.

• Wow, just wow. Very sad, and as with the passing of Charles M Schultz, I feel bad about criticizing their latter-day (crap) work. The Dragonriders of Pern books got me the fuck through high school. It's not like there were any girls in my life back then. 

• eh lighten up.

• May She Rest In Peace

• Ugh, while I was reading that some dust flew right in my EYE!

• <-----4chan is that way.

• I had no idea she passed, I love her work, she was one of the first writers I started reading, and it meant so much to me to read such wonderful books from a fellow female. I have a friend who once tripped over her at Dragon con while looking for used books. I wish it had been me. T_T

• Damn. That hit me harder than I expected; her books were a huge part of my childhood and teen years. Heck, I dug out Dragonsong just today due to an attack of nostalgia. I was absolutely dragon crazy as a kid due to her books. I even petitioned my high school lit teacher for permission to write a paper on her instead of an author from the pre-approved list. I once gave a boy a black eye and bloody nose for tearing off the cover of my Dragon Flight copy - the first and only time I was suspended from school. Her work will not be forgotten.

• “The tears I feel today I'll wait to shed tomorrow. Though I'll not sleep this night Nor find surcease from sorrow. My eyes must keep their sight: I dare not be tear-blinded. I must be free to talk Not choked with grief, clear-minded. My mouth cannot betray The anguish that I know. Yes, I'll keep my tears til later: But my grief will never go.” ― Anne McCaffrey, Dragonsinger

• Oh shit. I always meant to pick up more of her books.  I always have have had fond memories of her Dragonriders series.  She was and is and will forever be an amazing voice in the fantasy novel arena.

• I remember sitting in a library on a rainy Saturday and reading 'The Ship Who Sang' in one sitting.  RIP  You will be missed.

• well that depends on the angle of view, alien heads are a blend of genitalia. sexy beast! :9

• Funny, seeing that made me even more heterosexual.

• it was merely the sight of the xenomorph's inner mouth

• I'll bet they do! Was it a thermometer that got you, Dr. Abraxas?

• what about wedgies? what about anal thermometers? what about sitting, accidentally, on an erect <s>penis</s> PENIS. oh, wait, i don't think thermometers count.

• R.I.P, wonderful lady. Thank you for sharing your dreams and talent with all of us.

• I read once but that was by mistake.

• <em> I remember distinctly reading Dragonsdawn and discovering what I thought was a great fantasy series was secretly a science fiction story in disguise.</em> Amen, brother. She mashed it up before mash-ups were cool.

• One of my proudest moments ever was a chance to sit down to lunch and talk to Anne and Todd McCaffrey; they were wonderful, gracious people who were more than happy to accommodate a little nobody with a press badge.  She was incredibly smart, articulate, and sweet; she was the walking embodiment of all the ideas and ideals she put into her works.  It really pains me that she's gone, but she's left behind a legacy that few in the sci-fi community will match. http://radiodeadair.com/dc2k4/Anne_McCaffrey.WAV

• time to read Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern again...

• Nah, now that she's gone, nobody will remember anything bad about her.  And if you DO mention anything, her grieving fans will probably claw your eyes out.

• Dragonsong was my first exposure to Pern, and there will alway be a place in my heart for The Ship Who Sang. Thank you Mrs. McCaffery.

• You don't read, do you?

• Like many others here, Anne McCaffrey was one of my introductions to the world of sci-fi and fantasy. Sad day.

• RIP Anne McCaffery.....you were a great writer...with some odd ideas about tent poles.

• I know in my lifetime I will see the Dragonriders on the big screen.  It's now sad that she won't. For a while, Dragonriders Of Pern was being developed as a TV project, but it was dropped.  Now there are some serious scripting and other machinations happening to bring it to the cinema.

• Pfft, how crazy. Everyone knows that anything you do isn't gay till the balls touch. Even anal! ...Unless they get one of their Queer Wizards to put a Gaye Sex upon you, but those can be removed by being bathing in Unicorn Blood.

• RIP Ms. MCaffrey, I never read your books, but as a kid I couldn't walk into a Waldenbooks without realizing your impact.

• The dragons reeled me in, but Sassinak convinced me she was the real thing.  My thanks.

• Dragonweep

• I so wanted a fire lizard.  Okay, okay - I still do.  RIP Weyrwoman.

• You know what I never read any of her books but it's always sad when someone from the nerd community dies.

• Ahhhh yes I loved her stories of Vampires and eroticism

• The good Lady McCaffery may not have been a perfect writer, but she created some of the most interesting and vivid fantasy/sci-fi worlds I've ever seen.  This is a sad day, but she lived a decently long life and wrote a damn lot, and much of it was good.  Rest in peace.

• So sad. I loved Pern. Todd's books just aren't the same. Rest well, Anne.

• I'm heartbroken. I first started reading SF/F after my Mom brought me home Dragonsong when I was home sick from school when I was 10. Dearest Anne, thank you so much for building worlds I loved to visit and helping inspire my love of reading and writing. You will be sorely missed.

• Oh man what a shame. But It happens to everyone and she was a good age when she went. This news is sad but lets celebrate what a life she had and the influence she had on all our lives. I loved her books and when I got older I loved what she did for SF and later still I appreciated what she did for women in SF. What an awesome woman!!

• The Dragonriders of Pern books made me a lifetime fan of sci-fi and fantasy - Dragonflight is the only book I've bought more than once because I destoyed my original copy from reading it...

• This makes me legitimately full of sorrow.

• The really sad thing is that she'll probably be mostly remembered for her weird views on homosexuality later in life. Like the one stating that if anything penetrates a man's anus, he is instantly and irrevocably turned gay. She talked about someone she knew who accidentally sat on a tent peg as proof of this. INSTANT. THERE IS NO FREE WILL.

• I borrowed my dad's ominbus of Dragonflight, Dragonquest and White Dragon when I was around 12 and he never got it back. She was the author who got me hooked on spec fic. I did my thesis on Dragonflight. My handle is based on Rowan. I feel like I lost a friend...and I have 2 hours left in the work day. Goodbye productivity.

• WHO?

• McCaffrey was the one who got me hooked on spec fic. I did my thesis on Dragonflight. My internet handle is named after Rowan. I cannot express how much her books have meant to me over the years. I feel like I lost a friend...and I still have 2 flipping hours left of work.

• Well, that is just sad news.

• RIP Ms. McCaffrey. I got into fantasy and sci-fi mostly because of you. Thank you

• Thank you Mrs. McCaffery.  Your pioneering work not only helped shaped our Geeky/Nerd world but influences will be felt far into the future.  God bless.

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