To Ride Pegasus [Short Story]
by Anne McCaffrey
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Apparently written to fill out To Ride Pegasus, and explain the beginning of the story. The second and third stories in the collection are the first and second ones written. This one explains who Henry Darrow is, and the accident (in several senses of the word) that gave scientific proof of psychic talent; also, how the land for the Center was obtained. Like most of the Talent stories, there are very interesting characters with lovely scenes between them - the telekinetic display, invading the Commissioner's office, at least two - no, all three of the scenes with George Henner. The whole thing with the precog of the ship disaster and how they handled it. And so on. The final scene is great, and it's nice to get an early glimpse of op show more Owen. I like. show less
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Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 1, 1926. She received a degree in Slavonic languages from Radcliffe College. She worked in advertising for Helena Rubenstein from 1947 to 1952. Her first publication was a short story in Science Fiction Magazine, and her first novel, Restoree, was published in 1967. She is a well-known show more author of over 100 books, mostly science fiction, including the Dragonriders of Pern series, the Crystal Singer series, Acorna's Children series, The Twins of Petaybee series, and Barque Cats series. She won numerous awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novella for the short story Weyr Search in 1968 and the Nebula Award for Best Novella for Dragonrider in 1969. In 2006, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. She has also written books under the pseudonym Jody Lynn. She died of a stroke on November 21, 2011 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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