Anne McCaffrey, author of the Dragonriders of Pern series has passed away at the age of 85. Over the course of her 46 year career she won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award. Her book The White Dragon (available on inter-library loan) became one of the first science fiction novels ever to land on the New York Times Best Seller List.
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