The Terry Pratchett Thread: For the sake of prisoners and the flight of birds

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DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

Pterry's Twitter posted:

AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.

Terry took Death�s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.

The End.

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Vermain: Sep 5, 2006

Teared up this morning. I'm going to miss him.

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Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

Goddammit.

Every time I saw some new Alzheimer's treatment hitting the news I was holding out hope for him, even though I knew it was likely futile.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:24

effervescible: Jun 29, 2012; i will eat your soul

Oh, no. This is far, far too soon. I'm getting teary.

I hope it was like getting to see an old friend.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:25

El Grillo: Jan 3, 2008; Fun Shoe

Oh man

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:26

Log082: Nov 8, 2008

drat it. RIP

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:27

Kea: Oct 5, 2007

Literally just saw this, worst news I have had in a while, sad to see him go.

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Mr Shiny Pants: Nov 12, 2012

This sucks

RIP The world is worse off without you.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:28

kanonvandekempen: Mar 14, 2009

It's going to be difficult to read the final novel now, I think it was supposed to come out soon.

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Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

This is terrible.

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Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

Wow, this caught me off guard

In his honor I'm finally going to finish all the Discworld books.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:29

AXE COP: Apr 16, 2010; i always feel like

somebody's watching me

What a bummer. RIP

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:30

Pesky Splinter: Feb 16, 2011; A worried pug.

Oh god.

At least he went peacefully. :unsmith:

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Tardigrade: Jul 13, 2012; Half arthropod, half marshmallow, all cute.

RIP. You will be sorely missed

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Foxhound: Sep 5, 2007

RIP

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Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Pesky Splinter posted:

Oh god.
At least he went peacefully.

It's Alzheimer's so you can't really be sure of that, unfortunately.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:32

YggiDee: Sep 12, 2007; WASP CREW

Goddamn it.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:33

Inspector Gesicht: Oct 26, 2012; 500 Zeus a body.

Terry Pratchett is gone but...

WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:33

supermikhail: Nov 17, 2012; "It's video games, Scully."
Video games?"
"He enlists the help of strangers to make his perfect video game. When he gets bored of an idea, he murders them and moves on to the next, learning nothing in the process."
"Hmm... interesting."

Well, drat. Good timing on my part... I really should have hurried my reading up! For some reason I expected to have all the time in the world to catch up and keep up with the current releases. Now there's really nothing but the back catalogue.

Well, we parted on a really good note, though.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:34

Pesky Splinter: Feb 16, 2011; A worried pug.

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

It's Alzheimer's so you can't really be sure of that, unfortunately.

Yeah, I guess...for his sake I hope it was though. :smith:

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Kesper North: Nov 3, 2011; EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY

Inspector Gesicht posted:

Terry Pratchett is gone but...

WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN

I was wibbling, but this broke me.

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Fans: Jun 27, 2013; A reptile dysfunction

I first found one of his books in a guest room of the Hotel I grew up in when I was only six, they captivated me then and I've kept reading and enjoying them my entire life. I'm thankful for all he gave us and hope he's found some peace now.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:36

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

The worst of news.

RIP Terry

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Trin Tragula: Apr 22, 2005

I was just reading this this morning.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/12/alzheimers-breakthrough-as-ultrasound-successfully-treats-disease-in-mice

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Vermain: Sep 5, 2006

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/12/terry-pratchett-author-of-the-discworld-series-dies-aged-66

quote:

He passed away in his home, with his cat sleeping on his bed surrounded by his family on Thursday.

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Kea: Oct 5, 2007

My cousin lent me "The colour of magic" and it kicked off my love of reading that has continued ever since, hundreds of books later, Discworld is still like an old friend to me and I reread the books a lot and will continue to do so.
For putting me onto a hobby I will continue for the rest of my life I thank Terry Pratchett.

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Darth TNT: Sep 20, 2013

Far too soon.

RIP

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toasterwarrior: Nov 11, 2011

It'll be one of my biggest regrets in life to have been one book away from reading the entire Discworld series before Sir Terry left us. Seven years since I first picked up Thud! on a lark...rest in peace, Sir Terry.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:43

Jekub: Jul 21, 2006; April, May, June, July and August fool

So utterly sad.

My Dad lent me The Colour of Magic when I was thirteen, 25 years ago. So much of everything I have come to love came from that.

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Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

kanonvandekempen posted:

It's going to be difficult to read the final novel now, I think it was supposed to come out soon.

Discounting diaries, there's two more books to come. The fifth Tiffany Aching novel is the last one he finished - I'm not sure when that comes out - and the fourth Long Earth novel is out in June.

Pterry passed at home with his family, which is good. He'd made it clear that he'd go to Switzerland if he fell apart too much to bear, so it was just the physical side that took him away. He was getting frail when I last saw him in 2012, but when he sent his apologies for absence to the Discworld Convention in August he was still cheerful and mentally only very slightly looser than he had been before the PCA.

In a way I'm glad he's gone now. He'd lost most of his vision and he probably wouldn't have been able to write much more. At least this way his life can be defined by his writing, rather than him having time to watch everything else slip away from him too.

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Spigs: Jun 5, 2008

�No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...� -Reaper Man

RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

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scaterry: Sep 12, 2012

At some point I was prepared for this news. At some point i was expecting this would hit and hit me hard. At some point I was expecting to see this go with a heavy heart.

Man oh man I was not prepared for this news.

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mila kunis: Jun 10, 2011

This was basically me as a kid. The colour of magic was the best thing I ever decided to randomly pick up one day, RIP the guy who brought thousands of hours of joy into people's lives.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:49

supermikhail: Nov 17, 2012; "It's video games, Scully."
Video games?"
"He enlists the help of strangers to make his perfect video game. When he gets bored of an idea, he murders them and moves on to the next, learning nothing in the process."
"Hmm... interesting."

Keep the quotes coming. I guess my brain is not good for this thing, or it's because I'm only on my first readthrough of the series, but I can never remember any good quotes, and they kind of make it all better.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:51

Baggins: Feb 21, 2007; Like a Great Wind!

All the little angels rise up, rise up!
All the little angels rise up high!

Rest in peace, Sir Terry.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:52

Convicted Bibliophile: Dec 2, 2004; I am the night.

Ook.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 16:55

Aleth: Aug 2, 2008; Pillbug

Ah bollocks, I remember meeting him at a book signing in Chester ~15 years ago, had to get permission to get out of school to go see him. The queue was massive and he was only meant to be there for an hour or so, but he made a point of sticking around until everyone who'd turned out for him got their signing so was there way longer than that.

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