Dragonholder

Dragonholder is a pleasant, chatty biography of his mother from Anne McCaffrey's younger son. The book is a bit awkward in places, most notably when Mr. McCaffrey uses nicknames like "our Anne" to refer to his mother rather than simply using mum, mom, or whatever term of endearment he uses in private life. It’s a shame a good editor didn’t step in and clean it up a bit. Still, Dragonholder is nice, quick read for the avid McCaffrey fan.

A short but interesting biography of the life and writing of this very well-known author. Her early writing coincides well with my early days as a SciFi fan. I have read and enjoyed most if not all of her books and remember attending, with my brother Joe and friend Russ, the early SciFi conventions. We met many of the authors mentioned by the author.

I adore the Pern universe. The story behind the story creation. First review in 2002. Book was shorter than I remembered and it saddened me to realize there were so many more books and she is gone. This book covered the years before success and just at the very beginning when she could live on her writing.

I adore the Pern universe. The story behind the story creation. First review in 2002. Book was shorter than I remembered and it saddened me to realize there were so many more books and she is gone. This book covered the years before success and just at the very beginning when she could live on her writing.

Anne McCaffrey is the author of the Dragon Riders of Pern science fiction series. As related by her middle child, Todd, who has also collaborated with her on Pern books, this is Anne's story of how she became a writer and everything else in between. Told in an easy narrative and with plenty of antics, readers will breeze through this book and enjoy every minute of it.