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Anne McCaffrey Passes Away At 85

Posted by Soulskill on from the rest-in-peace dept.

JSC writes "Anne McCaffrey died Monday at her home after suffering a stroke. 'In the late 1960s she became the first woman to win a Hugo Award for a work of fiction and the first woman to win a Nebula Award. She was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006.' She will be missed by Dragons and their Riders the world over."

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  1. Re:with regret... by bluefoxlucid · · Score: -1, Troll

    Death of an obsessed dragonwench.

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  2. Re:with regret... by cheekyjohnson · · Score: -1, Troll

    You might care, but I certainly don't. I don't see the point in trying to ward off criticism/things you don't like by claiming that someone is dead.

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