RIP Terry Pratchett

DDC1990 · 12-03-2015 4:20pm #1

Just heard the news that Terry Pratchett has died at the Age of 66.

A wonderful Author. He will be sorely missed.

jimgoose · 12-03-2015 4:22pm

Aw, RIP Pterry.

Korat · 12-03-2015 4:23pm

I read a lot of his books and loved them. RIP Terry.

JP Liz V1 · 12-03-2015 4:23pm

RIP

Blackhorse Slim · 12-03-2015 4:25pm

Very sad news, I'll drink to Sir Terry tonight.

savemejebus · 12-03-2015 4:25pm

RIP Terry, you will be so missed

Just saw this on Reddit, it's one of those things that just seems to fit:

NovaLoveScore wrote:

YOU KNOW, TERRY. SOMETIMES I COME FOR HUMANS WHO MAKE ME LOVE MY JOB. SOMETIMES I COME FOR HUMANS LIKE YOU AND SUDDENLY I FEEL TIRED. VERY TIRED.

miamee · 12-03-2015 4:26pm

I'm genuinely sad about this, what a wonderful and witty mind he had. Rest in peace, Terry.

Son0vagun · 12-03-2015 4:34pm

From his twitter.

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

Sad News!

Mickeroo · 12-03-2015 4:34pm

In my teens when all I read was Discworld I was genuinely terrified of this happening one day. RIP old friend

RedXIV · 12-03-2015 4:37pm

heartbroken

paulusdu · 12-03-2015 4:38pm

I've read all his books, watched him in documentaries, and followed him on Twitter. Genuinely sad to hear of his passing.

pixelburp · 12-03-2015 4:53pm

Ah shít.

Even knowing of his well-documented illness, I still hoped we'd get a few more years of his genius and wit. I came to Pratchett's work in my teens, my mum suggesting his Discworld novels as something interesting I might like to read. She gave me 'Reaper Man' from the library and I approached it a little cautiously, knowing nothing of the man. Boy was she right. I've loved nearly all his work and even his missteps often contained the kind of humanist sparkle and insightfulness that typified his style that you'd find nowhere else.

A genuine modern great of literature, regardless of genre, and the world of writing and language is the poorer for his passing. Of course our thoughts first and foremost are with his family. Pratchett had often spoken of his desire to pass before the illness overtook his capabilities, and I can't help wonder if that was the case. Either way, sorry you had to go Terry

RIP

The_Minister · 12-03-2015 5:13pm

RIP.

Can't find the words.

Gbear · 12-03-2015 5:22pm

His work was a constant during my childhood, through thick and thin.

Whatever specks of wit and humour I have are entirely down to the impact he had on me growing up.

I'd be a very different person if I hadn't been given a handed down copy of The Colour of Magic when I was 9 years old.

MissFlitworth · 12-03-2015 5:32pm

No words, I guess he took them all with him.

angelll · 12-03-2015 5:49pm

He will be sorely missed

Rip sir terry.

sasco · 12-03-2015 5:57pm

Today is a dark day. He was one of my all time favourite authors. He'll be sorely missed.

johnnyskeleton · 12-03-2015 6:06pm

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/mar/12/terry-pratchett-in-quotes-15-of-the-best

RIP

Uno my Uno. · 12-03-2015 6:27pm

20 years I've been reading Terry Pratchet, I have some of my most cherished memories are in fact things I read in his books. His writing was both fuel and salve to my over active imagination. He also elevated the humble footnote to the literary position it deserved.*

*Which ironically enough was at the bottom of the page.

12-03-2015 6:28pm

This on reddit, from /u/poem_for_your_sprog says it best:

The sun goes down upon the Ankh,
And slowly, softly fades -
Across the Drum; the Royal Bank;
The River-Gate; the Shades.

A stony circle's closed to elves;
And here, where lines are blurred,
Between the stacks of books on shelves,
A quiet 'Ook' is heard.

A copper steps the city-street
On paths he's often passed;
The final march; the final beat;
The time to rest at last.

He gives his badge a final shine,
And sadly shakes his head -
While Granny lies beneath a sign
That says: 'I aten't dead.'

The Luggage shifts in sleep and dreams;
It's now. The time's at hand.
For where it's always night, it seems,
A timer clears of sand.

And so it is that Death arrives,
When all the time has gone...
But dreams endure, and hope survives,
And Discworld carries on.

Pawwed Rig · 12-03-2015 7:18pm

I'm devastated by this. I suppose we all knew it was coming but I feel like I've lost a friend

RIP Terry Pratchett you have a permanent spot on my bookshelf

Nadser · 12-03-2015 9:43pm

I'm so upset by this news. Never have I been this effected by the passing of someone I never met. RIP

DubiousV · 12-03-2015 11:00pm

R.I.P.

rere · 12-03-2015 11:13pm

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

dr.fuzzenstein · 13-03-2015 9:25am

I was very fortunate to meet the man in 2009 at the Ennistymon Discworld convention.
He stood there with us, drinking pints and talking for hours. He had time for everyone, he was witty, he was funny and you would have never known about his illness from talking to him. He was a genius and an inspiration for my outlook on life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuwcZJLgMUY

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TERRY PRATCHETT IS, LET ME SEE, THERE ISN'T AN ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE HUMAN WORD, SO LET'S SETTLE FOR GONE...

Gaspode · 13-03-2015 2:14pm

RIP Terry...... sorry I mean Woof woof woof.

Uno my Uno. · 13-03-2015 2:20pm

Am i the only one picturing the disk at a standstill while its inhabitants quietly mourn, the Great A'tuin swimming ever on?

ectoraige · 13-03-2015 2:24pm

My favourite character of his was Death, today, a little less so.

Geniass · 13-03-2015 2:38pm

How cruel that a person with such great imagination and intellect was to be struck down by alzheimers.

I imagine there are some small gods getting a witty rebuke right about now.

Morag · 13-03-2015 2:41pm

The 1st Octocon the national scifi convention was 25years ago this year.
Terry was the 1st guest on honour, people will be gathering to remember him at this years octocon in October.

dr.fuzzenstein · 13-03-2015 3:49pm

ectoraige wrote: »

My favourite character of his was Death, today, a little less so.

THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE IS JUST ME

RIP Terry Pratchett

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