Terry Pratchett has died

LenaClaire

This makes me so sad. I have read all of his books and loved them for years.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156

I can't imagine no more discworld books

Mickeroo

I hope Death treated him to a curry

midlandsmissus

It has just been reported that the great author has died.

Terry transported me as a child and many other people to another world in his series of Discworld books.

A highly talented Author. Rest in peace.

BeerWolf

**** no - I loved his books!

Dr Strange

RIP

Meathlass

First Tony now Terry.

It's like my teenage years have been obliterated in one afternoon :-(

jasonb

Ah no... While I wasn't a massive Tony Fenton fan, I was sad to hear of his passing, but Terry Pratchett too? I love Discworld books, I read 'Moving Picture' while on holiday and just loved it, so I went and read the whole series from the beginning, and in recent years have loved spotting a new one in Eason when it came out. Such sad news, an amazing writer and satirist with a cool imagination...

J.

Slicemeister

My sympathies but can we not have a Notices Forum for this stuff?

bodice ripper

HELLO TERRY.

Shenshen

And here I was hoping he'd eventually turn into Rincewind and become Death's hobby.

RIP, you were one of the few writers who actually forced me to put down their books from time to time to wipe away the tears of laughter.
And brilliantly, behind all the funny, you were quite an insightful philosopher.

deconduo

Tabnabs

“Words are the litmus paper of the mind.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

RIP

Gatling

A true litteray Legend

Brought many a tear of joy over the 25+ years


RIP SIR

Ghost Buster

Oook

Korvanica

“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING," said Death. "JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”

Dan Chipowski

Must confess to having never read any of his literary works, however I did see his documentary 'Choosing to Die' which was interesting viewing and he came across as a genuine and interesting fellow.

Rest in peace.

StompToWork

Such a unique mind with a singular ability to make every sentence of every novel he wrote filled with humour and meaning. That, or he was simply stone mad. Either way, he will be missed.

Terry : "Oh, I see. It's time is it?"
Death : "YES. I'M AFRAID SO"
Terry : "You're shorter than I wrote you"
Death : "SHORTNESS IS JUST A PERCEPTION CAUSED BY THE ETHEREAL EFFECT OF THIS CROSSOVER PLANE. IN FACT I AM NEITHER SHORT NOR TALL. I AM JUST HERE. OR THERE. I GET MIXED UP SOMETIMES"
Terry : "You talk a terrible load of drivel"
Death : " WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? YOU WROTE ME"
Terry : "Lead the way, my firend"
Death : "CERTAINLY. BUT FIRST, FANCY A CURRY?"

Cantona's Collars

Grew up reading his books and laughing out loud at a lot of the content.

R I P.

robindch

A genius. And a funny one. Not many people can be both with panache.

Gbear

I started reading his work at 8 or 9 and never stopped. He basically taught me how to read and write.

He was so wonderful.:(

daheff

Sad day

I remember the first of his books I read was Good Omens (with neil gaiman). that turned me into a fan...the humourous footnotes, the quick wit, and the satirical stories.


Small Gods is my favourite of his books.

The Backwards Man

Only got around to reading his books a week or two ago, already have gone through twelve and in danger of maxing the credit card, great writing style, wish I'd discovered it sooner. RIP.

robindch

Yeah, Small Gods is excellent - even mentioned it to mini-robindch the other night when she mentioned some kids book which had the same central idea. Which might not have been original with pTerry either.

Links234

My favourite author by far, sad day indeed

biko

RIP Terry and thanks for all the laughs.

Steve King

An old colleague of mine used to praise his stuff to the heights but Ive yet to indulge. What order should the Discworld series be read in? Or could I just jump to the acclaimed "Small Gods" for example?

GLaDOS

Have read about three quarters of the discworld books, as well as Good Omens and had recently finished the first Long Earth book.

Absolutely one of my favourite authors.

The world is a little bit darker today.

Thanks for the laughs Terry.

daheff

Steve King wrote: »

An old colleague of mine used to praise his stuff to the heights but Ive yet to indulge. What order should the Discworld series be read in? Or could I just jump to the acclaimed "Small Gods" for example?

you could. All of the books can be read on their own or in order (or not as I've done). There are a number of characters (DEATH for example) who appear regularily in books.

Small gods doesn't have so many of the recurring characters as other books.


Personally I don't think you lose much not reading the books in order...there may be a couple of jokes you don't fully get, but to me when you read those books you get one of those "ah that's what the other joke was all about" moments...and makes the reading all the more enjoyable.

BBDBB

Thank you Terry for the hours of reading pleasure you gave me and countless millions. You and your writing will be sadly missed


RIP

daheff

ScienceNerd wrote: »

had recently finished the first Long Earth book.

I read 2 of the Long Earth Books...but felt they never really had a proper ending and haven't bothered with the 3rd one.....yet!

friend and foe

this makes me very sad

Meathlass

Steve King wrote: »

An old colleague of mine used to praise his stuff to the heights but Ive yet to indulge. What order should the Discworld series be read in? Or could I just jump to the acclaimed "Small Gods" for example?

The first one was The Colour of Magic but it's certainly not the best.

There tends to be groups of books which deal with the same characters - the witches, the wizards and the University, and Vimes, Vetinari and the Watch.

Others then like Small Gods, Moving Pictures are stand alones.

I'd maybe start with the Vimes ones as they're the best but definitely try and read them in order they do follow on from each other.

GLaDOS

Meathlass wrote: »

The first one was Equal Rites but it's certainly not the best.

There tends to be groups of books which deal with the same characters - the witches, the wizards and the University, and Vimes, Vetinari and the Watch.

Others then like Small Gods, Moving Pictures are stand alones.

I'd maybe start with the Vimes ones as they're the best but definitely try and read them in order they do follow on from each other.

First one is The Colour of Magic.

I just read them in order personally.

Meathlass

The Terry Pratchett website www.terrypratchett.com has crashed with all the traffic

vetinari

Very sad news, RIP

he was by far my favorite author. Very funny, great turn of phrase and adept at creating the Ankh Morpork world.

I've been reading his books for nearly 2 decades. It's like loosing someone you knew.

Mickeroo

Meathlass wrote: »

The first one was Equal Rites but it's certainly not the best.

There tends to be groups of books which deal with the same characters - the witches, the wizards and the University, and Vimes, Vetinari and the Watch.

Others then like Small Gods, Moving Pictures are stand alones.

I'd maybe start with the Vimes ones as they're the best but definitely try and read them in order they do follow on from each other.

The first two books were The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, I thought, then Equal Rites?

I'd certainly advise reading the Rincewind, Death, City Watch or Witches books in their proper order. It's not a necessity by any means but there's little things that will make more sense.

NewCorkLad

Time to start re reading book.

Boskowski

Ye sad news. I basically learned my conversational English through him.

Was Dodger his last book then? I thought it was excellent (again).

Boskowski

vetinari wrote: »

Very sad news, RIP

he was by far my favorite author. Very funny, great turn of phrase and adept at creating the Ankh Morpork world.

I've been reading his books for nearly 2 decades. It's like loosing someone you knew.

Especially with that username.

Tony H

R.I.P Terry thanks for all the wonderfull memories ,I'm so sad,it feels like I've lost a best friend.

Fratton Fred

I'm half way through "Moving Pictures" at the moment. As all the others I've read so far, it is brilliant.

Mort is probably my favourite so far, DEATH is such a brilliant character.

RIP Terry, you were a true genius. Bonkers, but brilliant.

Sonics2k

I've grown up with Pratchett as my absolute favourite and most beloved author. His books helped me through tough times as a teenager, and also helped me get through years of insomnia simply by listening to his audiobooks.

Today, the world lost it's most gifted author and most brilliant world creator since Tolkein himself.

Pumpkinseeds

I'll miss his books, a man after my own heart.





“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”

jimgoose

Where would I be without Granny Weatherwax. "Hah! Flowers and suchlike. Dancing about without yer drawers on." RIP Pterry.

Slow Show

RIP. I've never read any of his novels, but I watched his documentary on euthanasia a few years ago and it really stayed with me, well worth a watch by anyone, and shows how interesting a man he was.

GLaDOS

Slow Show wrote: »

RIP. I've never read any of his novels, but I watched his documentary on euthanasia a few years ago and it really stayed with me, well worth a watch by anyone, and shows how interesting a man he was.

Warning: Will turn you into a blubbering mess

Lollipops23

Never read any of his books, but loved his attitude to life and his illness.

The world will be a less interesting place without him.

MetalDog

Sad to hear of this. Loved everything of his that I read.
I never watched that documentary he did about euthanasia but I suppose now's a good a time as any.

Day Lewin

Death's eye sockets glowed bluer than usual.
WE MEET AT LAST, SIR TERRY.
I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU.
MORE THAN ONE, IN FACT.

donfers

I thought he was coping with the alzheimers quite well and it wasn't progressing to fast. He has given interviews in recent times where he was coherent and articulate. I wonder what the specific cause of death was - a tremendously sad loss!

Knex*

The George Carlin of authors, in a way, although Pratchett was far more charming. Many a time he wrote something that put tears in my eyes from laughter, only to later provoke deep, cognitive, thought.

I was devastated when I first learned that he had Alzheimer's. A true genius at work.