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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45409015/ns/today-books/#.TsxtqGOP5nI
For those who were fans of her well known Dragonriders of Pern
Also good was the Crystal Singer stories which in part were based on Pat Benetar who was trained in opera but was told she could never become good at it because of the "burr" in her voice
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Oh no 
Dragonriders of Pern is one of my very favorite fantasy series.
I HUGE loss for the fantasy/sci-fi community.
Well, she will be immortal through her wonderful books.
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Anne McCaffery wrote far more than those as well, although those are some of her best.
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Some great books from my childhood.. RIP.
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Fedup23 posted:
Some great books from my childhood.. RIP.
The books remains great when you're an adult, trust me... I've read all of them several times. It's just like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, if you liked it once, you like it forever.
Anne created a believable world, just like Tolkien did. More than just 2 or 3 books in a series. Many Dragonriders books are actually what in a computer RPG would be a "secondary quest" which is tied to the main quest, and it makes her world of Pern living and breathing.
To me, Anne is more than your random "modern" fantasy writer, she's one of the "GREAT ONES", along with Tolkien, Moorcock, Howard and that kind of authors. Not saying that there aren't good "modern" authors, but she's something greater.
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Another of the great writers gone......
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