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Title: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Six on March 12, 2015, 11:42:42 am

Terry Pratchett was one of my favourite authors, one of the most well known and well respected authors in Britain and the guy that inspired me to start writing, although I've never been very good at it. I grew up reading his discworld series and his death is almost a personal matter to me.

Terry was battling with an early onset of Alzheimers for many years, he even still wrote a few books while struggling through it and brought a lot of attention to the disease in the hopes of finding a cure for it one day. He'll be sorely missed by me and many others.

April 28 1948 - March 12 2015 Aged 66
Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.

— Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015


 

Title: Re: Rest in peace Terry Pratchett
Post by: Wayward Pilgrim on March 12, 2015, 11:44:36 am

H-holy shit, he...
I actually think I need a moment, god damn.

Rest in peace, you wonderful man.

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Flame on March 12, 2015, 11:48:28 am

*tear*

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Stopsignal on March 12, 2015, 11:51:26 am

Dang, just when i was thinking about reading Discworld. Rest in peace.

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Perigrin on March 12, 2015, 11:52:27 am

Fuck. Why is everyone dieing lately? First Kitty, then Mounty Oum, then Leonard Nemoy, and now Terry Pratchet.
damn, I loved his books.

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Caconym on March 12, 2015, 03:01:18 pm

Well that's kinda weird I just started reading The Colour of Magic today...

RIP Pratchett

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Flame on March 12, 2015, 03:20:15 pm

Is Raising Steam or whatever the next book is ever going to come out?

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Super Level Furaotic on March 12, 2015, 03:21:50 pm

Quote from: Flame on March 12, 2015, 03:20:15 pm

Is Raising Steam or whatever the next book is ever going to come out?

We can always hope.

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: yonsisac on March 12, 2015, 03:22:49 pm

rest in peace Pratchett....*Sniff*

Title: Re: Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett
Post by: Six on March 12, 2015, 04:45:55 pm

I believe he's mostly been relying on co-writers for the last few due to the severity of his Alzheimers, so it's unlikely that anything will affect whatever he was currently writing.