RIP Terry Pratchett

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

http://www.pjsmprints.com/%5B/url%5D

I’m genuinely saddened – I love his books.

will be missed

You sure? As in are you sure he’s fallen off the turtle.

RIP.

You sure?

what, that he’ll be missed?

Really, really saddened by this news.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156

A great shame – many happy memories of reading his books and the greatest admiration for the honesty with which he faced his illness.

Never read any of his books but blimey he could write proper complex prose.

Any language/literature “artist” will be greatly missed and Terry for sure is up there with the best of the classics.

oh god you’re joking, but but but but Rincewind never graduated and Carrot never became king… and now never will. So sad.

Has anyone checked?

I grew up on his books. I loved ‘Death’ in the Reaper Man.

That bloke had a ‘knack.

**** shit. RIP Sir.

🙁

BUGGER!

I shall be raising a pint of scumble to you in “the Mended Drum”.

…..OK maybe not a pint, I’m not sure I’d survive.

Oh no!!!!!
[Five exclamation marks]

Oh. Bugger.

Can just imagine Death creeping up on him & them having a straight down the line ‘so, this is it…’ kinda conversation…..

Gutted. Have read all of his books & enjoyed them all immensely. Since he announced his illness, they have tailed off a bit in terms of content; you could tell that the spark was going.

But…..but…..proper gutted…. 😥

No more Rincewind, no more Luggage, Nanny Ogg, CMOT Dibbler…….The Librarian…..OOK!!!

Goodbye to a genius and top bloke.

( and Blackboard Monitor )

Not unexpected, given his illness 🙁

RIP, will re-read Mort in his honour, it seems appropriate.

🙁

Gutted i love his books i read the kids a chapter a night before bed they love the stories 🙁

RIP… Loved the books and just a really nice guy to boot, gutted 🙁 So many stories that I’d love to know how they end.

Just dawned on me, that’s the 3 writers that most got me into reading, all passed away within a handful of years- Iain Banks, Terry Pratchett and Anne McCaffrey. Debts you can’t repay, these. Now officially morose.

Just bought myself Death in the Kitchen Clarecraft figurine off eBay.

Always wanted it when I was younger (along with ‘Death swinging his scythe’) and never got round to buying it.

Seemed like the right thing to do now…..!

Life’s so unfair. Terry Pratchett and Iain Banks gone, Dan Brown and Jeffrey Archer still with us 😥

What a shame. Genuine talent.

I was taken with his campaigning about Alzheimer’s and assisted suicide. Had some really hard thought provoking views on it.

Some great quotes;

The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues. — from Moving Pictures

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. – from Hogfather

I’d rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.

Terry Pratchett: ‘Fantasy is uni-age’

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it. – from Monstrous Regiment

It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done. – from A Hat Full of Sky

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story. – from The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to. – from Snuff

I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible.

So much universe, and so little time.

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

I’m so upset. A great author and human being. RIP.

I love his books, the guy was a genius….very saddened by this news.

“YOU FEAR TO DIE?”
“It’s not that I don’t want… I mean, I’ve always…it’s just that life is a habit that’s hard to break…”

sad, sad news … 🙁

The world has lost a very funny author, very very sad. I loved his portrayal of the City Watch. I often see folk I can compare to Nobby Nobbs

From the BBC website

“The author died at home “with his cat sleeping on his bed, surrounded by his family,”

I think we can take some comfort from this comment.

RIP Sir Terry and thank you for all the books.

“I would like my pudding now nurse. And then I think I’d like to… write… something… I don’t remember what.”
Standing in the corner, he waits. The sand slowly flows, but it nears it’s end. The old man still glows, as thousands of threads spread away from him.
SQUEAK.
I AGREE. IT IS A SHAME TO SEE HIM THIS WAY.
SQUEAK.
NO. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN…. BUT I CANNOT WAIT TO ASK HIM HOW IT ALL ENDS.
The old man looks up, through them at first… and then he sees them. For once, the smile on the hooded figure’s skull is genuine.
“I… I remember you. The anth… ant…”
ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATION.
“Yes, that. We knew each other?”
ONCE. AND WILL AGAIN, SIR.
He so rarely said it, and these feelings… remembering his young aprentice, and beloved daughter. The beautiful child they have.
“There… is a girl, yes?”
SHE IS SPEAKING TO THE AUDITORS, SIR. THEY ARE UNWILLING TO LISTEN.
“Well then. You know what they say, two things you cannot avoid. Taxes and…” He looks into the firey blue eyes, and becomes aware.
SQUEAK.
“Quite right. Is it time already? I have so much left to do.”
YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL YOU CAN SIR.
“No, not cancer. Alzheimers.”
I AM AWARE.
“So, where is the boy? I remember a boy.”
CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
“Ahh. Never much trusted cars. Or horses.”
THEY GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
“Must I?”
SOON. BUT WE MAY SIT HERE AWHILE.
SQUEAK
DO YOU HAVE ANY BISCUITS?
“No. Shame really.”
YES.
“Is it truely turtles?”
ALL THE WAY DOWN. I HAVE SEEN THEM.
“Ahh. I would love to see it. Perhaps a small trip before?”
IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE.
“The light is slower there… and there’s a monkey….”
ORANGUTAN. SAME PRINCIPLE.
“Yes… will they remember me?”
SQUEAK.
“What was that? I could not hear you.”
HE SAYS WE WILL, SIR.
“I never much liked the trouble people had with you. You seem like a nice fellow.”
I HAVE MY DAYS.
“Don’t we all?”
SOME LESS THAN OTHERS.
“Is it quick?”
YES. AND I BROUGHT THE SWORD. CEREMONY DICTATES IT.
“Ahh. How about a cup of tea?”
I WOULD ENJOY IT. DO YOU PLAY CHESS?
“No. how about checkers?”
And so they sat, two old friends regaling each other, though the old man could not remember all of the details, the cloaked man and his rat filled him in, when it was needed.

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Stolen from /tg/ on 4chan years back and came to me via FB.

Lost for words.

Met him once when I worked at Forbidden Planet in Dublin back in the late 90’s. He was one of the nicest men I’d met, a huge idol of mine, I made him tea.

Really quite sad now.

I like to think of him as pausing in Death’s mansion. To share one last fry-up with Albert.

Genuinely saddened by the news

I loved the discworld books and my son is just getting into the Carpet People.

His take on life was wonderful and he had a magnificent turn of phrase

He has provided me with so many smiles throughout the years!

I’m looking forward to experiencing them again with my son as he reads the books, although this time there will be tinge of sadness

Such sad news. RIP Sir Terry.

Very sad news, the man had a fantastic imagination and made me laugh a lot. RIP Terry Pratchett

I met him at s book signing in Colchester years ago at the release other fifth elephant… Really nice down to earth chap, spent ages talking to people and even let me try on his hat!!! Rip Mr Pratchett

It’s bloody dust in here..

My dad introduced me to Discworld years ago, now, his collection of Terry Pratchet books sit unread at home with my mum, whilst my dad sits in a nursing home for those with Alzheimers.

I can’t even tell him the news

I’m going to go get those bloody books though

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