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On winterhart's LJ, I just found out that Anne McCaffrey passed away:

Random House Books has also acknowledged the writer's death. A post now up at the publisher's site reads, "McCaffrey died at her home in Ireland on November 21st shortly after suffering a stroke."

The first SF book I ever read was 'Restoree', and the Pern books followed soon after - I wore out several paperback sets of the original trilogy. She had such an influence on me when I was a teenager; she was the doorway into a whole new world. I met her once at Norweson back in the 80s, and remember it vividly. She was so full of joy, and had a sparkle about her. She'll be missed.

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I first came across her works in the fall of 1974 when the short story "Weir Search" showed up in a collection. I have been following her ever since and have infected my wife and children with reading her.

We are all saddened by this loss, but as Ann said back in August when it was announced that she had to cancel this year’s appearance at Dragon*con: “Sorry that old age came up and bit me on the a**.” We all agree.