Dragons with folded wings....

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 24th November 11, 03:57 PM

Anne McCaffery, author of the Dragon Riders of Pern series, passed away at her home in Co. Wicklow, Ireland on Monday, the 21st.

**McClef** · 24th November 11, 04:13 PM

Yes I was aware of this from elsewhere.

I am a big fan of her books and cannot understand why they have yet to be filmed, even given today's technology.

There were so many similarities to a Clan system if you look closely enough.

She has gone between.

**Barb T** · 24th November 11, 05:20 PM

Anne McCaffrey's books were a huge part of Carolyn's and my life when she was a little girl. We read the Pern books every night for many years, and the 5 stuffed dragons of various colors that I sewed for Carolyn one Xmas are still perched high on the beams in her room at home. I hope she has a little girl some day who will treasure them (and Anne's books) as much as Carolyn did when she was a girl.

**Sir William** · 24th November 11, 05:23 PM

Read the first half-dozen in the Dragon Rider series many years ago and have been meaning to go back and read the entire series.

Sorry to hear of her passing.

**sevenoaks** · 24th November 11, 05:45 PM

I read many of her books. We have lost a person who was connected to her roots and history. I offer my happy wishes for her in the Unfolding Universe.
Let your imagination flow and change the world!

A tear will fall but you know you will go upwards; as you will know you will have touched the hearts of many.

**Mikewood** · 24th November 11, 07:44 PM

It is truly a shame that so many good stories stay on paper while so many poor stories are filmed.

**piperdbh** · 24th November 11, 08:49 PM

I read the series when I was in junior high, and really enjoyed them.

Let all the drummers of Pern beat the tattoo.

Did you know Ms. McCaffery, M of R?

**ThistleDown** · 24th November 11, 09:17 PM

Yes, I knew that, but never thought to post it here. Thank you, Scott. I will always remember her for The Ship Who Sang as well as for the Pern series.

**Laird_M** · 25th November 11, 05:48 AM

A sad day for literature.

Found the Pern series went on rather too long, but enjoyed what I read of her.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 1st December 11, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

I read the series when I was in junior high, and really enjoyed them.

Let all the drummers of Pern beat the tattoo.

Did you know Ms. McCaffery, M of R?

Annie and I were near neighbors for over twenty years, and I used to swim at her place almost every day. She was an amazing lady, and is sorely missed by her friends and legions of fans.

Back in the 90s Warner Brothers offered $1m for the rights to the Pern series (an offer that Anne would have been well advised to accept); unfortunately her "financial adviser" talked her out of it, and from this point on things became murky with the result that the proposed film never happened. Nor, in my opinion, is it likely to happen in the foreseeable future; I could be wrong, but it's my guess that James Cameron's film AVATAR has staked out the dragon riding turf, and that DRAGON RIDERS OF PERN will probably remain on the book shelf rather than soar across the big screen.