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Anne McCaffrey, The Passing of an Icon

Posted on November 23, 2011 | 3 comments

It is with great sadness, I pass the news that Ann McCaffrey has passed on. She died Monday at age 83 as a result of a stroke. I’m crying as I write this.

Ann McCaffrey has been my all time favorite science fiction writer. I devoured her books and loved the adventures she took me on. I remember reading her Dragon singer trilogy out loud to the kids during family reading.

I admired her spunk. Her bio made me laugh and filled me with dreams. She lived in Ireland. She loved horses, just like me. She loved dragons, just like me. You could her her laughter in her words. Her books inspired me to write. Her life inspired me to be a fun self determined woman.

2011 announced that the Dragon Riders of Pern series would be made into a movie with David Hayter of Xmen fame writing the screen play and Don Murphy of Transformers as executive producer. David’s wife is a big fan and the pressure is on to make the movie amazing.

I bought a first edition of one of her stories in big book format “A Diversity of Dragons”. The whole thing is illustrated by the amazing artist “John Howe“. I wrote to Anne McCaffrey and requested a signed book plate for the book as gift for my daughter. Yes, I wrote her fan mail but tried not to gush too much. She graciously sent me an autographed book plate.

On her website, Her son extends her regrets in April, 2011 for not being able to make it to Dragon Con this year. He tells fans that she said “Sorry that old age came up and bit me on the a**.”

I’m sorry too Anne, I really am.

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Whatcha readin?

Posted on January 22, 2009 | 1 comment

I was an avid reader as a kid. Maybe you were too. Perhaps you have recently found a niche in literature that you really enjoy.

I started out the love affair with books through my parents. Our entertainment was family reading in the evenings. I don’t really even remember learning. One of my earliest memories was. . . probably in first grade, you know when teacher has all the kids go around the circle taking turns reading a line from a book, “Run Dick Run”. ( Now I’m dating myself.)

I vividly remember reading what ever the line was and agonizing while the others struggled to make out the sounds. Buh Buh Buh Awe Awe bub. OMG Bob for crying out loud. I had no patience as a child.

I was also too shy to say anything. I know, those of you who know me are thinking. ” SHY? What are you talking about, girl!” However, I was PAINFULLY shy.

So you can see by the time the class made it around the reading circle and back to me, I wanted to poke my eye out with the pencil. “Go Spot Go” and the agony began all over again. I also faintly remember that teacher didn’t like it that I already knew how to read when I started school. I guess I skewed with her data.

When I did a book report in, oh, I think second or third grade on “The Fox and The Hound”. The teacher actually asked me if I really read the book. (That was of course before the Disney Movie version of the story.)

“No, I got the ending from the K-3 cliff notes version.” I wasn’t nearly this snarkey as a kid either.

So you see books and I have always had a love affair. My first romance was Majesty’s Rancho by Zane Grey. I think that was the title. I fell in love with Zane Grey westerns. I then graduated to the fantasy and science fiction genre. Of course I loved the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings before they were cool outside the academic community.

Anne McCaffrey became a favorite author in my teens. She has strong romantic elements woven through her writing. A love of reading is something I have passed down to my children in our own reading night tradition.

Now I have a long list of favorite romance writers. That is a discussion for another post.

Share with us your favorite book copy-of-heart-drink . What are you reading now?