Sir Terry Pratchett has died at the age of 66.

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It is with immeasurable sadness that we announce that author Sir Terry Pratchett has died at the age of 66.

 

Larry Finlay, MD at Transworld Publishers:

 

"I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett has died. The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds.

 

In over 70 books, Terry enriched the planet like few before him. As all who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirize this world: he did so brilliantly, with great skill, enormous humour and constant invention.

 

Terry faced his Alzheimer's disease (an 'embuggerance', as he called it) publicly and bravely. Over the last few years, it was his writing that sustained him. His legacy will endure for decades to come.

 

My sympathies go out to Terry's wife Lyn, their daughter Rhianna, to his close friend Rob Wilkins, and to all closest to him."

 

Terry passed away in his home, with his cat sleeping on his bed surrounded by his family on 12th March 2015. Diagnosed with PCA1 in 2007, he battled the progressive disease with his trademark determination and creativity, and continued to write. He completed his last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014, before succumbing to the final stages of the disease.

 

We ask that the family are left undisturbed at this distressing time.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!

 

 

i am so sad :(     i read all 40 discworld novels at least 3 times!  i love his work a lot.

 

R.I.P.

 

 

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never heard of him

 

He wrote Discworld.  He was an extremely witty and had a brilliant mind.

 

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English writer Terry Pratchett, set on the fictional Discworld, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or take inspiration from, J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft and William Shakespeare, as well as mythology, folklore and fairy tales, often using them for satirical parallels with current cultural, political and scientific issues. The series is popular, with more than 80 million books sold in 37 languages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man, I am so unbelievably sad :/

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i am surprised there is not much feedback...    no fans of discworld at neowin?   i am disappoint.

Big diskworld fan here.  It was the point and click game on the playstation that got me into those books :(

totaly gutted that Sir Pratchett has passed on he was truly a great writer and will be missed by thousands.

 a round of :beer at the broken drum for every one

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totaly gutted that Sir Pratchett has passed on he was truly a great writer and will be missed by thousands.

 

millions! :)  or at least hundreds of thousands!

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Not a fan of Discworld, but you can't deny how important that series was to so many people. I heard of him in other regards as well, seen interviews with him. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy and super intelligent.

 

RIP Sir Terry Pratchett.

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

 

 

 

Bye Sir Terry; really going to miss you. :(

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^ You and me both, and quite a lot of other people I know, too.

 

Kinda hits me extra hard, as in a few days, it's the 8th anniversary of my mum passing away from the same horrible disease.

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He was my favorite writer. Still few more discworld novels that I have to go through, but it doesn't matter as you can just read the books again and again. I am genuinely sad with the realization that there will be no more words, sentences written by the genius that he was.

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Sad, sad news. He was the author that got me reading outside of school, I had the chance to meet him once at a book signing a great man and also a great loss to the world of writing.

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This made me smile, if a little sadly.  Thought I'd share it with you guys:

 

 


Original by Marie-Luise Lubich in Discworld Monthly:

"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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Oh man really sad news ;)

 

Started with The Colour of Magic and never stop reading the Discworld series.

 

An amazing guy.

 

R.I.P

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