Barr, Marlene. "Science Fiction and the Fact of Women's Repressed Creativity: Anne McCaffrey Portrays a Female Artist." Extrapolation 23 (1982): 70-75.

This scholarly article examines Dragonsong's theme from the perspective of recent feminist thought.

Brizzi, Mary T. Anne McCaffrey. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1986.

(Starmont Reader's Guide 30) The only book-length study on McCaffrey gives an in-depth analysis of all her major fiction. In addition to considerable biographical information, it traces literary influences upon her work, discusses various interpretations of her fiction, and provides a list of primary and secondary sources.

Contemporary Authors. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985, New Revision Series, vol.

15. The entry on McCaffrey gives biographical data, further sources, and a good overview of her Pern novels.

Searles, Baird, et al. A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction. New York: Avon, 1979.

A short summary of her published work through 1979. For those who find McCaffrey's style and themes especially...