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Anne McCaffrey has died.
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/anne-mccaffrey-has-died_b42826

Her books had a lot of problematic elements to them, and I will never deny that.

Still, they formed the core of my adolescence, and I will never not love her for how she treated the military in her books — neither wholly good nor wholly evil, but the sum of the people within.

RIP, Dragonlady.

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	cmdr_zoom 2011-11-23 01:05 am UTC (link)
	It was PernMUSH that got me to finally read the series (for research). Starting, chronologically of course, with Dragonsdawn and its more sci-fi narrative before diving into the fantasy romances of the first-written books. I was Mastertailor of Benden for a while, if memory serves - but that was years ago. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2011-11-23 01:11 am UTC (link)
	I never really could get a handle on PernMUSH. I think it was just too big. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	annathepiper 2011-11-23 03:26 am UTC (link)
	I've got several side characters I wrote about as Crafters in the offline group I was in. Man, now I feel like I need to go re-read a bunch of her books! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	brennalarose 2011-11-23 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	I wasn't on PernMUSH, but I did write for a sanctioned FanZine when I was 13. I'd like to think Derra's green (who never got named sadly) is keening, and that my two PCs are getting smashed in her honor. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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