Prolific science fiction and fantasy author Anne McCaffrey died Monday at her home in Ireland shortly after suffering a stroke. She was 85.McCaffrey published nearly 100 books in her lifetime and was ...

Precocious twin selkies Ronan and Muriel set out for their heroic third mission (after 2007’s Maelstrom): rescuing an old friend who’s been wrongfully imprisoned. Petaybee has been invaded by troops ...

In McCaffrey and Scarborough's action-packed, kid-friendly sequel to 2005's Changelings, Murel and Ronan Shongili, telepathic 10-year-old twins with the ability to change into river seals, rescue the ...

Anne McCaffrey, author of the "Dragonriders of Pern" series, has died. She was 85 years old. Her publisher Random House reportedly announced that the author passed away after suffering a stroke.

DUBLIN - Anne McCaffrey, whose vision of an interstellar alliance between humans and dragons spawned two dozen "Dragonriders of Pern" novels, has died in Ireland aged 85, her publisher and family ...

Territorial disputes among landed gentry. A ruling class threatened by the increasing importance of skilled craftsmen. Swords and sandals. And, most importantly, fire-breathing dragons—along with the ...

Harry Potter, The Hobbit and now … Dragonriders Of Pern? On an endless search to find big-scale fantasy books that lend themselves to global franchises, Warner Bros has optioned the Pern book series ...

The very first thought I had when the wonderful dragons in James Cameron's Avatar appeared on-screen was that Cameron must do a Pern movie. Because his dragons were Anne McCaffrey's dragons made real.

“Dragonflight,” the first in the series of novels, follows an elite group of warriors who take to the skies on the backs of giant, fire-breathing, telepathic dragons to save the wondrously exotic ...

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