Dragon of Gold

"Make no judgements where you have no compassion."

- Anne McCaffrey

Today I am sad. Anne McCaffrey, whose Pern novels I read and re-read most avidly in my younger years, has died.

As Justine Larbalestier put it on twitter: "When I was a tween I wanted to be a dragonrider more than anything else in the world." Just reading that makes me tear up. Every time.

So here's a dragon - a gold dragon, even - for Anne McCaffrey.

Large version here.

Unprocesed version (and processing details) here.