Smart Pop Classics: Anne McCaffrey, Believer in Us

In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections. In “Anne McCaffrey, Believer in Us” from Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern, David Brin discusses how beloved science fiction writer Anne McCaffrey redefined the notion of dragons, science, and the fictional feudal era that placed Pern in a league of its own. Dive into the unique and unabashedly brilliant mechanisms that made Pern and its dragons legendary symbols for forward progress, ...