Cheryl
McCaffrey Fanatic
Let's see if the third post will work...the first two attempts crashed my browser (grrrr!).
Dragonholder is best described as a biographical sketchbook about Anne. It's not a traditional biography, as it doesn't attempt to cover all her life and it doesn't proceed linearly through time, but it does hit the major events in her life which have shaped Anne and her career, and also contains a number of family photographs.
As to whether it's worth the high price you usually find it for... I think it's likely only worth it to a collector or someone really keen on learning more about Anne, but everyone must judge for themselves. Personally I find Anne's life remarkable and inspirational, so I likely would pay a premium if I didn't manage to buy a copy when it was in print.
If you are interested in Anne's life, another biography is Anne McCaffrey: Science Fiction Storyteller by Martha P. Trachtenberg. It's still in print, and is part of a series for young adults (People to Know Series), which you'll feel at times in the writing, but it is great bio of Anne.
Online you'll find the same one page biographical blurb about Anne in many places, including her own website. I have a biographical timeline of her life on my site; it makes for dry reading but covers all the key events in her life and career.
For a chance to win a copy of Dragonholder, all are welcome to enter a trivia challenge some friends and I are holding in October, called McCaffrey Quest. While it would be a help in part to already own a biography of Anne to have a good chance at winning, most if not all answers can also be found on the net by those good at digging up such facts (hint, my own general McCaffrey site is a good place to start). For more information visit http://mccaffreyquest.srellim.org/
Lily said:
Dragonholder is best described as a biographical sketchbook about Anne. It's not a traditional biography, as it doesn't attempt to cover all her life and it doesn't proceed linearly through time, but it does hit the major events in her life which have shaped Anne and her career, and also contains a number of family photographs.
As to whether it's worth the high price you usually find it for... I think it's likely only worth it to a collector or someone really keen on learning more about Anne, but everyone must judge for themselves. Personally I find Anne's life remarkable and inspirational, so I likely would pay a premium if I didn't manage to buy a copy when it was in print.
If you are interested in Anne's life, another biography is Anne McCaffrey: Science Fiction Storyteller by Martha P. Trachtenberg. It's still in print, and is part of a series for young adults (People to Know Series), which you'll feel at times in the writing, but it is great bio of Anne.
Online you'll find the same one page biographical blurb about Anne in many places, including her own website. I have a biographical timeline of her life on my site; it makes for dry reading but covers all the key events in her life and career.
For a chance to win a copy of Dragonholder, all are welcome to enter a trivia challenge some friends and I are holding in October, called McCaffrey Quest. While it would be a help in part to already own a biography of Anne to have a good chance at winning, most if not all answers can also be found on the net by those good at digging up such facts (hint, my own general McCaffrey site is a good place to start). For more information visit http://mccaffreyquest.srellim.org/
