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As soon as I start thinking
That I'm sensible and sane
The Random Hedgehog comes along
And fiddles with my Brain
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I read her books when I was a kid, and my oldest son reads them now.
I hope the movie still goes well without her...
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Drat. No more Pernography.
(Yes, I know Todd is carrying on the weirding ways.)Last edited by dalesys; 11-22-2011, 10:30 PM.I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.Comment
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NOOOOOOoooooooo.....Comment
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I can't really put it any better than Aethian has, so I'll simply leave you all with something from her own work, Menolly's Elegy for Petiron.
The tears I feel today
I'll wait to shed tomorrow.
Though I'll not sleep this night
Nor find surcease from sorrow.
My eyes must keep their sight;
I dare not be tear-blinded.
I must be free to talk
Not choked with grief, clear-minded.
My mouth cannot betray
The anguish that I know.
Yes, I'll keep my tears till later:
But my grief will never go."English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results."
- H. Beam PiperComment
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I grew up with her books and came across many many editions via the cover art. The last i knew was that the movie kept getting post phoned, not sure why. I knew she had given the series to her son and was guiding him...but after that i lost track
of all the authors I ever loved hers was the first seriesComment
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I loved her books growing up. After Masterharper I couldn't deal with the retconning so stopped reading them. One of my all time favorite books of hers was "The Ship that Searched"Lister: This is Crazy. Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma Flintstone?
Cat: You're right. We're Nuts! This is an insane conversation....
Lister: She'll never leave Fred and we know it.Comment
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This year has been cruel to awesome authors.
By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.
"What is unobtainium? To Seraph, it's a normal client. :P" -- Observant FriendComment
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She was easily one of my favorite authors of all time. She will be missed.
I first discovered her back in high school (late 80's) with the original dual-trilogy, and I was hooked. She had a gift for vivid descriptions of characters that I have never quite seen matched by any other -- When I picked up the art book (People of Pern, I think), I flipped thru the pages and stopped on one page and went O_O Holy Crap! That's Robinton!...Having never before seen any portrayal of him in any form other than text, McCaffrey's descriptions were just THAT vivid that the image in my mind tallied up exactly with his painting.
RIP, Madame.Last edited by EricKei; 11-23-2011, 02:03 AM."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - meComment
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I read some of her books in middle school and high school and greatly enjoyed them. She has some pretty impressive accomplishments -- first author to hit the New York Times Best Sellers list for a Sci-Fi title, among others. She will be missed.Comment
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