Sad news: Terry Pratchett dies, age 66.

[Bowler1]

Fun books written by an interesting character. He will be missed.

 

[Fishbowl Helmet]

Bugger.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Millennium and Shrimp. Where did I put the -ing potato?

 

[crystal haven]

Very sad.

 

[Cascade]

So very sad. Since 2007 I have been (selfishly) dreading this day.

 

[Culhwch]

Speechless. And so sad.

He will be missed.

 

[Overread]

Very very sad news indeed!

Yet as another said also good news; good for (having seen others suffer with the disease) at least he got to die peacefully and with a degree of his mind and dignity left. At 66 he could have gone on for many more years in a hellish suffering most would not wish upon their enemies - and not just him but his family as well. So a part of me is glad that he did not have to live the end of his life suffering.


Also I kinda think I'll be reading one of his books this evening.

 

[StormFeather]

Incredibly sad news, but somehow lightened by the fact that he was desperate not to suffer the full weight of Alzheimers, and therefore now knowing that he was spared the worst. Am not a follower on twitter, but saw this earlier, and it choked me up

http://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/

 

[Rodders]

Sad news. Terry's name is legendary. RIP Terry. You will be missed

 

[Kylara]

saw the twitter ending screenshotted in the news articles. Very apt. I am unable to put into words how sad this has made me, one of my very favourite authors. Such an awful disease, but glad he went before it could fully destroy him. He will be missed so very much by so very many people.

Oook

 

[Culhwch]

I don't tend to be much for remembering quotes, but this one from I Shall Wear Midnight always stuck with me, and seems appropriate now when I can't seem to find my own words to express how I feel:

She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?'

'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.'​

 

[Cascade]

I'm going to use the weekend to re-read and to celebrate. I think I will start with 'Thud', I have only read it once, but I think of all his books it most speaks to the Human, the Humanist and on a more fundamental level the father in me.

 

[StormFeather]

From my earliest readings of the Colour of Magic, I always wanted something made of Sapient Pearwood - alas, this will never happen, but I found this tonight and it warms my heart that others loved the Luggage as much as I did

To be scrupulously fair, the creators of such a wonderful confection are

http://www.sugarpetals.co.uk/celebration-cakes/

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Updated Obit.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/0...olkeins_imagination_and_the_wit_of_wodehouse/

 

[JoanDrake]

Poor man, but how fortunate for all of us that he was born with such a wondrous talent. RIP

 

[BAYLOR]

He was one of best writers who ever lived. His books made so many laugh. Made me laugh .

 

[portman]

At last his hour glass is empty...

RIP TP - I have loved your books all my adult life - thankyou for the laughs and the tears, The nightwatch and all the other memories....

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Good though his books were, I suspect it is his work for Assisted Suicide and Alzheimer's that will be more remembered.

RIP Terry.

 

[cyberpunkdreams]

Very sad. Those last tweets show that he was really there until the end though.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

His agent did the last tweets, but I think he wrote them.