tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post1018005001716448150..comments2024-02-06T07:55:24.303+00:00Comments on Pai: RIP Anne McCaffreySarangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-17970443724715189542011-12-08T22:55:48.453+00:002011-12-08T22:55:48.453+00:00good that you mentioned the gender politics, becau...good that you mentioned the gender politics, because that is something that i always think about those books: lots of strong female characters interacting in the world of Pern. For all the manly men doing stuff, Lessa and Moreta and Menolly do a huge amount of stuff and we get to live in their heads for quite some time. She built an amazing world, one that i've never left behind given how many times i've read those books!inkdestroyedmybrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037083364689982443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-73935516719733143042011-11-23T13:30:22.717+00:002011-11-23T13:30:22.717+00:00So, the Dragonrider books were the first ones that...So, the Dragonrider books were the first ones that I stole from my mom. I still have those copies--taped together with duct tape, masking tape, medical tape and gaff tape (you can tell where I was in my life by the tape). I have new copies of them, but I still reread the old ones at least once a year; usually more.<br /><br />I didn't really know what sci-fi/fantasy was until these books; I'd read other stuff but didn't identify with them like I did the Pern books.<br /><br />When I first read them, it was the romance that I loved (F'nor + Brekke forever). In college, it was the language development, and the world building--the 'science' of doing that.<br /><br />Now, when I read them, it's the gender issues, still the world building. The romance part, meh. I see the faults, but I have so many discussions with friends about them. <br /><br />Basically-this makes me really sad.CraftyReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075230115633285144noreply@blogger.com