Dragonriders of Pern - Patrice Sarath

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Anne McCaffrey — RIP

I just don’t know what to say. I am utterly bereft. One of my heroes, my major influence, Anne McCaffrey, has passed away.In high school my friends and I read her Pern series over and over. We read The Ship Who books, the short stories (there’s a wonderful collection called Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 12 years ago

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Where are the women writers at?

Two recent news controversies have come up surround women and writing. In one, famed author V.S. Naipaul opined that women write feminine tosh, and no female writer is his equal. From the Guardian: The author, who was born in Trinidad, said this was because of women’s “sentimentality, the narrow view Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 13 years ago