donch@teklabs.UUCP (Don Chitwood) (09/19/85)
My wife and I both enjoy Anne McCaffrey's books. From her writing style it seems she is a "humanist", i.e. concentrates on feelings, emotional aspects of people, and human interpersonal relationships. This makes me wonder if her personality is being reflected in her stories. In other words, is she a warm, loving human being, interested in and interesting to others? Anyone in netland know Anne personally? I'd be fascinated to know what kind of a person she is. Don Chitwood Teklabs Tektronix, Inc.
tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (09/22/85)
I don't know McCaffrey personally, but I did have the chance to see her live at a reception in Toronto put on my Bantam celebrating the publication of DRAGON DRUMS. She certainly came across as a warm, loving human being interested in others. rjs
ZELLICH@SRI-NIC.ARPA (09/26/85)
From: Rich Zellich <ZELLICH@SRI-NIC.ARPA> Having met her at multiple conventions, I think I can say unequivocally that yes, she is a warm, loving human being, interested in and interesting to others. She is also a delightfully bawdy woman, and a hell of a raconteur! To catch her act, look into attending Norwescon 9 in Seattle, 20-23 March 1986; right now, that's the only place I know of her appearing in the US in the next year (their other guests are Kelly and Polly Freas, Spider & Jeannie Robinson, & Greg Bennett; see publicly-accesible SRI-NIC file <ZELLICH>CONS.TXT for more information). She is subsidized by the Irish government (paid to stay home and write, essentially), and only gets to take 2 trips a year out of the British isles (as I understand her situation, anyway). -Rich -------
days@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP (Judge Dredd) (10/03/85)
> Having met her at multiple conventions, I think I can say unequivocally that > yes, she is a warm, loving human being, interested in and interesting to > others. Hear Hear, she was at Albacon (SCOTLAND) a couple of months ago, with Harlan Ellison. What a contrast. -- Stephen Day, Comp Sci Dept, University of Glasgow, Scotland seismo!mcvax!ukc!glasgow!days If time were like a treacle bun, I would enjoy it so, But now it seems it's on the run, I'd really better go.