RIP Terry Pratchett

[BBassic]

BBC Breaking:

Fantasy author Pratchett dies aged 66

UK fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publisher says

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

 

[seagully]

Very sad news indeed. Way too young.

 

[fruitnveg]

Day ruined. RIP Mr Pratchett.

 

[BBassic]

Honestly I was never a huge fan of Discworld but my girlfriend took me along with her to an appearance he made last year (or the year before) at the Dome and his humour towards his disease really made him difficult to not like!

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

I was never a fan of the Discworld series but the documentary he made on assisted suicide (Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die) was fascinating to watch. RIP

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Oh no.... a great supporter of orangutan conservation....and I never got to meet him

 

[TonyW]

Sad, Sad, :-(

 

[TonyW]

Wife devastated.
She has read just about every word he has written.
Spent a fortune on Discworld things over the years too.
Met him in the late 90's, really lovely bloke.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Massive gutpunch after reading that. Bloody bloody horrible news, love the discworld series.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Terrible news. The Discworld novels are my favourite books. Death, take good care of him.

 

[vegster]

RIP Terry Pratchett, cut down too soon by a horrible disease. An amazingly gifted fantasy/satire writer who will be sadly missed.

 

[leigull]

I keep meaning to start on the Discworld series, need to find out which one to start with first though as I currently know next to nothing about them.

 

[BBassic]

I keep meaning to start on the Discworld series, need to find out which one to start with first though as I currently know next to nothing about them.

The Colour of Magic is the first one, I think.

 

[vegster]

I keep meaning to start on the Discworld series, need to find out which one to start with first though as I currently know next to nothing about them.

The Colour of Magic is your entry point, It wasn't that brilliant but he improved with time. Later books are a satire on a genre or sub-genre such as Opera, Movies,Newspapers, or a place such as Australia or Egypt. Some characters are a one off but many reappear frequently such as Cut Me Own Throat Dibler, DEATH, The Patrician, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch.Very good observational comedy too. Dive in, a wonderful time awaits.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I loved reading the Discworld books. He was a very talented author, with great humour and satire. Alzheimers is a dreadful disease

 

[leigull]

The Colour of Magic is your entry point, It wasn't that brilliant but he improved with time. Later books are a satire on a genre or sub-genre such as Opera, Movies,Newspapers, or a place such as Australia or Egypt. Some characters are a one off but many reappear frequently such as Cut Me Own Throat Dibler, DEATH, The Patrician, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch.Very good observational comedy too. Dive in, a wonderful time awaits.

Thank you! Really knew nothing about them at all until recently. Not sure why I have waited so long to read one of them, but this weekend I shall begin with the Colour of Magic

 

[backson]

Now that is really really crappy news, I'm not normally affected by celebrity deaths, but this one has really got to me. Love his books, only consoled by the fact that there are few I still have left to read.

Can just imagine Death waiting for him with his timer....

IT IS TIME

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I am so unbelievably gutted. I'm sitting in the dentist. It's not really the right place to wail, but I think I might.

 

[backson]

I'm enjoying searching on #pratchettquotes on Twitter at the moment

 

[catfish]

It's a cruel, cruel disease for anybody to have to suffer. RIP Terry.