Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey at the 63rd World Science Fiction Congress ( Worldcon ) in Glasgow in August 2005

Anne [Inez] McCaffrey (* 1. April 1926 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ; † 21st November 2011 under in Dragon Hold the Hill, County Wicklow ) was an American science fiction - and fantasy - writer . She is best known for her series Drachenreiter von Pern .

Life

Anne McCaffrey was born to George Herbert McCaffrey and Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey. She had two brothers: Hugh McCaffrey and Kevin Richard McCaffrey. She went to school in Staunton , Virginia and studied Slavic languages and literature at Radcliffe College until 1947 . She then worked as a copywriter and studied singing and opera directing in the USA and Düsseldorf . She later worked at the Delaware Opera .

Anne McCaffrey married in 1950 and had three children: Alec Anthony (1952), Todd (1956) and Georgeanne (1959). The marriage was divorced in 1970; then she emigrated to Ireland . There she founded Dragonhold Ltd. and bred horses. She last lived in County Wicklow , Ireland , where she owned several racehorses and a property called "Dragonhold under the Hill".

Anne McCaffrey published her first short story in 1953, but she only became active as a writer after her first novel came out in 1967. At that time she began the cycle about the Dragon Riders of Pern , to which she owes her worldwide fame. During her lifetime she had already transferred the writing of the Pern novels - at least in part - to her son Todd, so that an end to this cycle is not in sight. She was still active until the end, even if she mostly only worked with co-authors - especially Elizabeth Ann Scarborough .

Anne McCaffrey died on November 21, 2011 at the age of 85.

Awards

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Anne McCaffrey has worked extensively with a number of authors, including Margaret Ball , Mercedes Lackey , Elizabeth Ann Scarborough , Jody Lynn Nye , Elizabeth Moon , SM Stirling and with her son Todd McCaffrey .

The Federated Sentient Planets Universe

Much of McCaffrey's works are set in a government- dominated Federated Sentient Planets (FSP) universe.

The Chronicles of Pern

The planet Pern is a forgotten and thus isolated colonial world of the FSP.

One can argue about the order in which one should read the books. The author herself speaks of the two trilogies in the cycle

  • The Dragonriders of Pern (Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon)
  • The Harper Hall Trilogy (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums)

and describes the remaining volumes as "Individual Pern Novels".

For a good understanding, the order given by Heyne-Verlag today (at least up to volume 16) is optimal. The first six volumes build on each other, the others deal with the events mentioned in the previous volumes and describe them in more detail.

  • Dragonflight. 1968.
Volume 1: The world of dragons. Heyne, 1972, DNB 850091233 (red cover)
Volume 1: The world of dragons. Bertelsmann, 1976
Volume 1: The world of dragons. Heyne, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30693-7 (illustrated new edition)
Volume 1: The world of dragons. Heyne, 1994, ISBN 3-453-07436-X (one-time special edition)
  • Dragonquest. 1970.
Volume 2: The Dragons' Search. Heyne, 1973, DNB 850091217 (dark brown cover)
Volume 2: The Dragons' Search. Heyne, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30784-4 (illustrated new edition)
  • Dragonsong. 1976.
Volume 3: Dragon song. Heyne, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30693-7 .
Volume 3: Dragon song. Cbt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-30612-3 .
  • Dragonsinger. 1977.
Volume 4: Dragon Singers. Heyne, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30778-X .
Volume 4: Dragon Call. Cbt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-30613-0 .
  • Dragondrums. 1979.
Volume 5: Dragon Drums. Heyne, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30932-4 .
Volume 5: Dragon Masters. Cbt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-30614-7 .
  • The White Dragon. 1978.
Volume 6: The White Dragon. Heyne, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30844-1 .
  • Moreta: Dragon Lady of Pern. 1983.
Volume 7: Moreta - The dragon mistress of Pern. Heyne, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31171-X .
  • Nerilka's story. 1986.
Volume 8: Nerilka's Adventures. Heyne, 1988, ISBN 3-453-03137-7 .
  • Dragonsdawn. 1988.
Volume 9: Dawn of the Dragon. Heyne, 1990, ISBN 3-453-03933-5 .
  • Renegades of Pern. 1989.
Volume 10: The Renegades of Pern. Heyne, 1993, ISBN 3-453-03137-7 .
  • All the Weyrs of Pern. 1991.
Volume 11: The Weyr of Pern. Heyne, 1994, ISBN 3-453-07751-2 .
  • The Dolphins of Pern. 1994.
Volume 12: The Pern Dolphins. Heyne, 1996, ISBN 3-453-11884-7 .
  • The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall. 1993 (Collection)
Volume 13: The Chronicles of Pern - Arrival. Heyne, 2000, ISBN 3-453-17108-X .
  • "The PERN Survey". 1993 ("The exploration: PERN")
  • "The Dolphin's Bell". 1993 ("The Dolphin Bell")
  • "The Ford of Red Hanrahan" ("The Ford of Red Hanrahan")
  • "The Second Weyr" ("The Second Weyr")
  • "Rescue Run" ("rescue mission")
  • Red Star Rising. also: The Chronicles of Pern: Second Pass and Dragon's Eye. 1996.
Volume 14: Dragon Eye. Heyne, 2001, ISBN 3-453-17950-1 .
  • Masterharper of Pern. 1998.
Volume 15: Dragon Sounds. Heyne, 2002, ISBN 3-453-19673-2 .
  • The Skies of Pern. 2001.
Volume 16: The sky over Pern. Heyne, 2002, ISBN 3-453-21351-3 .
  • Volume (17) 7–9: Dragon Dreams (anthology)
(Original compilation by Heyne-Verlag)
A real annoyance was the book Dragon Dreams , called Volume 17 of the Pern Cycle for marketing reasons . Many German fans believed in a new Pern novel and were disappointed because it was only an anthology. The collectors weren't happy either, as the book contained hard-to-get volumes of the series at the time. In the meantime the anthology itself is a small rarity.
Volume 18: Dragon Paths. Heyne, 2004, ISBN 3-453-87895-7 .
Volume 19: Dragon's Blood. Heyne, 2006, ISBN 3-453-52131-5 .

further German anthologies:

  • Volume 3, 4, 6: Dragon Song / Dragon Singers / The White Dragon. Bechter coin, 1998.
( The white dragon was long listed as volume 5 by Heyne-Verlag.)

The cycle also includes the stories:

  • "The Girl Who Heard Dragons". 1986 (included in the Drachenkind collection )
  • "The Runner of Pern" (included in the collection "The Sea and Small Fish" by Robert Silverberg)
  • "Beyond Between" (included in the collection "Legends - The Secret of Otherland and Other Adventures" by Robert Silverberg)

Brain & Brawn Ship Series

The series is based on a peculiar rehabilitation program of the FSP: The brains of children with severe physical defects are integrated as control brains in spaceships and space stations.

After almost 25 years, Anne McCaffrey took up the topic from The Ship Who Sang again and developed the idea into the spaceship or brainship cycle with the participation of several authors .

  • Vol. 1: The Ship Who Sang. 1969.
Volume 1: A spaceship called Helva. Heyne, 1973, DNB 740086065 .
Volume 1: Helva - The spaceship that sang. Bastei-Lübbe, 1995, ISBN 3-404-24198-3 .
Volume 2: Nancia - the spaceship that was a human. Bastei-Lübbe, 1993, ISBN 3-404-24173-8 .
Volume 3: Tia - the spaceship that fell in love. Bastei-Lübbe, 1993, ISBN 3-404-24175-4 .
Volume 4: Channa - the woman who protected a computer being. Bastei-Lübbe, 1994, ISBN 3-404-24182-7 .
Volume 5: Carialle - the spaceship that won. Bastei-Lübbe, 1995, ISBN 3-404-24196-7 .

The cycle continued with two novels written by other co-authors Jody Lynn Nye and SM Stirling .

Edited volumes:

(Original compilation by Bechtermünz-Verlag)

Ireta

Dinosaur Planet

Whatever the research team from the FSP hoped to find on Ireta - dinosaurs were probably not expected.

  • Vol. 1: Dinosaur Planet. 1978.
Volume 1: Dinosaur Planet. Heyne, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31130-2 .
  • Vol. 2: Dinosaur Planet Survivors. 1984.
Volume 2; The survivors. Heyne, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31357-7 .
  • Vol. 1-2: The Mystery of Ireta. 2003 (anthology)
Planet Pirates

Not everything is peace, joy, pancakes in the FSP: Pirates are attacking the space routes. This cycle portrays the fate of survivors of such attacks and of survivors of Ireta who joined the FSP's armed forces.

Volume 1: Sassinak. Heyne, 2001, ISBN 3-453-17943-9 .
Volume 2: Spaceman Yarn. Heyne, 2001, ISBN 3-453-17948-X .
Volume 3: The Generation Ship. Heyne, 2001, ISBN 3-453-17952-8 .

crystal

Crystal Singer
  • Vol. 1: Crystal Singer. 1982.
The crystal singer. Bastei, 1984, ISBN 3-404-24057-X .
  • Vol. 2: Killashandra. 1985.
Killashandra. Heyne, 1990, ISBN 3-453-04314-6 .
  • Vol. 3: Crystal Line. 1992.
  • Vol. 1-3: The Crystal Singer Trilogy. 1996 (anthology)
  • Vol. 1-3: The Crystal Singer Omnibus. 1999 (anthology)
Coelura Series
  • Vol. 1: The Coelura. 1997.
  • Vol. 2: Nimisha's Ship. 1998.

Single novels from the FSP universe

  • Restoree. 1967.
The born again. Heyne, 1973, ISBN 3-453-30239-7 .
The born again. Argument, 2000, ISBN 3-88619-985-1 .

Doona Series

After almost 25 years, Anne McCaffrey took up the topic from Decision at Doona again and expanded the idea into the Doona cycle with the participation of Jody Lynn Nye .

  • Vol. 1: Decision at Doona. 1969.
Volume 1: Decision Planet. Heyne, 1972, DNB 730100642 .

The talent universe

Pegasus Trilogy (Talent Series)

  • Vol. 1: To Ride Pegasus. 1974.
Volume 1: Wild Talents. Heyne, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31297-X .
Volume 1: Wild Talents. Heyne, 1998, ISBN 3-453-14876-2 .
  • Vol. 2: Pegasus in Flight. 1990.
Volume 2: The Flight of Pegasus. Heyne, 1999, ISBN 3-453-14877-0 .
  • Vol. 3: Pegasus in Space. 2000.

Rowan cycle (Tower and Hive Series)

  • Vol. 1: The Rowan. 1990.
Volume 1: Rowan. Heyne, 1997, ISBN 3-453-12641-6 .
  • Vol. 2: Damia. 1991.
Volume 2: Damia. Heyne, 1997, ISBN 3-453-12642-4 .
  • Vol. 3: Damia's Children. 1993.
Volume 3: Damias Children. Heyne, 1997, ISBN 3-453-12649-1 .
  • Vol. 4: Lyon's Pride. 1994.
Volume 4: Lyon. Heyne, 1997, ISBN 3-453-12650-5 .
  • Vol. 5: The Tower and the Hive. 1999.

The Petaybee Universe

Ice Planet Trilogy (Petaybee Series)

Volume 1: The songs of the ice planet. Bastei-Lübbe, 1994, ISBN 3-404-24190-8 .
Volume 2: The Heart of the Ice Planet. Bastei-Lübbe, 1995, ISBN 3-404-24203-3 .
Volume 3: The Power of the Ice Planet. Bastei-Lübbe, 1996, ISBN 3-404-24215-7 .

The Twins of Petaybee

Catteni cycle (Freedom Series)

  • Vol. 1: Freedom's Landing. 1995.
Volume 1: The Catteni Colony. Bastei-Lübbe, 1997, ISBN 3-404-24226-2 .
  • Vol. 2: Freedom's Choice. 1997.
Volume 2: The Settlers of Botany. Bastei-Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-24252-1 .
  • Vol. 3: Freedom's Challenge. 1998.
Volume 3: The servants of the Eosi. Bastei-Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-24261-0 .
  • Vol. 4: Freedom's Ransomware. 2002.

The Acorna Universe

Acorna

Volume 1: Acorna - unicorn girl from another planet. Goldmann, 1999, ISBN 3-442-24853-1 .
Volume 2: Acorna - The Journey to the Stars. Goldmann, 1999, ISBN 3-442-24924-4 .
Volume 3: Acorna's Homecoming. Blanvalet, 2000, ISBN 3-442-24970-8 .
Volume 4: Acorna's World. Blanvalet, 2001, ISBN 3-442-24142-1 .

Acorna's Children

Single novels

  • An Exchange of Gifts. 1995.
  • Black Horses for the King. 1996.
  • No One Noticed the Cat. 1996.
  • A Diversity of Dragons. with Richard Woods , 1997
  • If Wishes Were Horses. 1998.

Romances

  • The Mark of Merlin. 1971.
  • Ring of Fear. 1971.
  • The Kilternan Legacy. 1975.
  • Stitch in Snow. 1985.
  • The Year of the Lucy. 1986.
  • The Lady. 1987.

Three Women contains the first three novels in one volume.

Anthologies

  • The Girl who Heard Dragons. 1994.
Dragon child. Heyne, 2003, ISBN 3-453-87053-0 .
  • "Introduction: So You're Anne McCaffrey" ("Introduction: Oh: You are Anne McCaffrey")
  • "The Girl Who Heard Dragons". 1986 ("Dragon Child")
  • "Velvet Fields". 1973 ("The Velvet Fields")
  • "Euterpe on a Fling" ("Euterpe is having fun")
  • "Duty Calls". 1988 ("Duty calls")
  • "A Sleeping Humpty Dumpty Beauty". 1990 ("The Battered Sleeping Beauty")
  • "The Mandalay Cure". 1990 ("The Mandalay Cure")
  • "A Flock of Geese". 1985 ("Geese in Flight")
  • "The Greatest Love". 1977 ("A Love Service")
  • "A Quiet One". 1991 ("The Still Water")
  • "If Madam Likes You ...". 1989 ("The Game")
  • "Zulei, Grace, Nimshi and the Damnyankees". 1992 ("Zulei, Grace, Nimshi and the Damn Yankees")
  • "Cinderella Switch". 1981 ("The Cinderella Trick")
  • "Habit Is an Old Horse". 1979 ("The Power of Habit")
  • "Lady-in-Waiting". 1978 ("The Court Ladies")
  • "The Bones Do Lie" ("Stranded")

literature

Web links

Commons : Anne McCaffrey  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anne McCaffrey, Author, Dies at 85, November 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ Life and Work of Anne McCaffrey - The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey at mccaffrey.srellim.org
  3. ↑ Fantasy author Anne McCaffrey is dead , obituary on Spiegel Online Kultur , November 23, 2011, accessed on August 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Alison Flood: Anne McCaffrey, Pern creator, Dies Aged 85 - Writer of Bestselling SF Novels Featuring “Good Guy” Dragons Passes Away in Ireland Following a Stroke. Obituary in the Guardian November 23, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME McCaffrey, Anne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCaffrey, Anne Inez (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge, Massachusetts , USA
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2011
Place of death Dragonhold under the Hill, County Wicklow , Ireland