Todd mccaffrey is ruining pern!

[kdf_333]

Originally Posted by pakhet

I read Dragonheart and don't understand it. Where is the part about the cure for the sick and dying dragons? Who is the gold rider? Wasn't there supposed to be something about 500 years in the past and the original settlers? Could someone explain the ending for me?

you need to go the the dragonheart topic where like every single detail of the book is discussed. it is the one that is more than 4 pages and has a spoiler alert.

[sielah]

I think a big part of the problem is the size and length of the Pern series. It's been going for so long, and so many novels have been written, that it's all getting a bit old and tired (IMHO). It's hard to find anything new and innovative in it any more.

The books probably sell like hot cakes, and probably still have a lot of fans, but I honestly think it's time for McCaffrey to retire Pern, and to let Todd find his own way as an author, with his own world and his own characters.

[dustinzgirl]

Setting all the writing talent aside, if I were Anne and my so called fans kept writing me about how crappy of a job my son was doing taking over, I'd write them back a nice long letter about where they can stick it and not to ever, never, ever buy one of my books again.

That's her son, peeps--not just some fly by night author that got the job from a hat drawing.

Absolutely no amount of fans, nor amount of disdain, could possibly ever change her decision.

So you better get used to it.

Hint: Pretend you never read any of Anne's versions.

[AE35Unit]

Well I've only read one of her books(tho my sister is a HUGE fan) but I'm with dust. Todd is her son,and is not some young kid. She's getting on in years now and wants to pass the baton on to someone competent and she feels her son is that someone. They may be good,they be crap but thats just the way it is.

[Ainethedragon]

I read alot of Anne McCaffery as a teen (note my SN, my obsession with dragons started with Pern, and had persisted ever since) and then picked up Dragonblood and another on audio book a few months ago (after a long time not having read any Pern books) By the time I got to the end of it, I was thinking "did I really love this series that much? what the heck?" So, I went ahead listened to the other book, and I felt like "hey, this is what I remember" and it was not until afterwards that I noticed Dragonsblood was written by someone else, and I figured that explained it. I just didnt get into it, or fall really in love with the characters the way I did with her books.