Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926 – November 21, 2011), was an American science fiction writer, and the first female Hugo Award winner. She was best-known for the Dragonriders (Pern) series. She died November 21, 2011, at her home in Ireland, "Dragonhold".[1]



Bibliography

Pern Novels

Dragonrider Series

Harper Hall Series

Selected Short Works


Homages, Intertextuality, References

  • The character Molly Anne Caffrey in the TV series Threshold was likely named in homage to Anne McCaffrey.


Quotes

McCaffrey tent peg quote

Infamous Anne McCaffrey quote regarding male homosexuality[2]:

It’s a proven fact that a single anal sex experience causes one to be homosexual. The hormones released by a sexual situation involving the anus being broached, are the same hormones found in large quantities in effeminate homosexual males. For example, when I was much younger I knew a young man who was for all intents and purposes, heterosexual. He was mugged, and involved in a rape situation involving a tent peg. This one event was enough to have him start on a road that eventually led to him becoming effeminate and gay.

See also the Impression entry on Wikipedia, and the discussion for the entry "Perturbed on Pern" at the FSF Blog.



See also the Impression entry on Wikipedia, and the discussion for the entry "Perturbed on Pern" at the FSF Blog.

External links & references


notes

  1. Margalit Fox, "Anne McCaffrey, 'Dargonriders' Author, Dies at 85", NYT 2011/11/24.
  2. Transcript of a Q&A with Anne McCaffrey, at the Weyr Horror Stories message board thread, message dated Thurusday Jan 22, 2004.