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Thread: Terry Pratchett
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Scots lass
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Sir Pterry's death has just been announced.
Time to go and re-read as much of the Discworld as I have in the house, I think. He'll be missed.
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Stumbling Pilgrim
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![[Frown]](frown.gif) ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Sandemaniac
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What can one say?
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St Everild
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Buggrit. Buggrit. Buggrit.
Thanks for all the joy you brought, Sir Terry.
I shall now go and find my fav Pratchett books and re-read them.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Very rarely has one man brought so much joy and laughter into the world. He created an entire alternative existence and populated it with people you wanted to know - even Havelock Vetinari. There are many times when I have wished that the world was ruled by Vetinari - it would be a far better place.
Goodbye, Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax. Farewell, Sam Vimes, Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs. Adieu Angua, Detritus and Cheery Longbottom. And the all the others...... ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
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Adeodatus
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I found this, from Going Postal -
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Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?
Terry will be with us always, and Granny Weatherwax still ate'nt dead.
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Lord Jestocost
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
Goodbye, Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax. Farewell, Sam Vimes, Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs. Adieu Angua, Detritus and Cheery Longbottom. And the all the others......
Not forgetting YOU KNOW WHO HIMSELF.
Putting it in this perspective actually makes me want to cry.
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Oscar the Grouch
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I love the way it was announced via Sir Terry's Twitter account:
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"AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER,"
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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
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Boogie
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I bet he had a few things to say to DEATH.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Carys
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My brother and I used to tease our dad about the line in the author biography on the books "born in 1948 and still not dead" and now it's not true for either of them and it's just not fair. Neither made their 67th birthday. Just after Christmas I bought Mrs Bradshaw's guide to be dad's birthday present and told him he couldn't read it until then never thinking he'd be dead first nor that PTerry wouldn't be far behind.
Really not a fan of 2015
Carys
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O Lord, you have searched me and know me
You know when I sit and when I rise
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IngoB
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I have about two dozen Pratchett books of my shelves. The man was profoundly hilarious and hilariously profound. It takes a special kind of man to create even one lovable hero, and he created so many...
It is unfortunate that he was an atheist. Nevertheless, I certainly pray that he will find that not all gods are small.
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They’ll have me whipp’d for speaking true; thou’lt have me whipp’d for lying; and sometimes I am whipp’d for holding my peace. - The Fool in King Lear
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Boadicea Trott
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![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
I really, really did not expect him to die so soon, even though he had not been particularly well for a while and had had to cancel his appearance at the last Discworld Con.
I have all the Discworld books at home. I shall start reading them all again in order and try to be thankful for the wonderful world he created rather than grieving over the stories as yet untold.
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Ags
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Oh bugger!
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I think that we are most ourselves at our best, because that is what God intended us to be. The us we really like, the us that others love to be with. Moth
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Og: Thread Killer
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Those characters were and will remain some of the most joyful discoveries of my life.
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I wish I was seeking justice loving mercy and walking humbly but... "Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, And study help for that which thou lament'st."
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LeRoc
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Respect.
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Arabella Purity Winterbottom
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There were tears in our house this morning.
I don't think there's another author I've re-read as regularly and gained so much enjoyment and interesting ideas from.
I will always thank him for Sam Vimes, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, DEATH, Vetinari, and Tiffany Aching, among the many friends I've made reading his books. Seeing things as they really are.
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Hell is full of the talented and Heaven is full of the energetic. St Jane Frances de Chantal
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Jack o' the Green
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quote:
Originally posted by IngoB:
It is unfortunate that he was an atheist. Nevertheless, I certainly pray that he will find that not all gods are small.
Shortly following his diagnosis of Posterior Cortical Atrophy, there was a persistent internet rumour that he had undergone a religious experience in which he knew that all would be well, and "found God". His retort was that he couldn't even find his keys never mind God.
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Arabella Purity Winterbottom
Trumpeting hope
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Forgot my all time favourites, the Feegles, probably the most quoted literary characters in our house.
He wrote deeply moral books without having to believe in God. The last few are among the best books written with a specifically anti-racism agenda, and they're funny. His devotion to writing wonderful female characters (another favourite is Glenda) has rarely been matched in fantasy.
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Hell is full of the talented and Heaven is full of the energetic. St Jane Frances de Chantal
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Badger Lady
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His daughter's twitter posts made me
""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."
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Dafyd
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RIPterry.
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Kitten
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Thank you Sir Terry for many happy hours of reading.
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Never accept a ride from a stranger, unless they are in a big blue box
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Kelly Alves
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quote:
Originally posted by Badger Lady:
His daughter's twitter posts made me
""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."
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Nice.
Should we adopt him as a patron?
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Lothlorien
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RIP . He will be very much missed. On a more practical note, what will I buy #3 son as a birthday present! There was always a new book each year, just in time.
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luvanddaisies
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quote:
Originally posted by Badger Lady:
His daughter's twitter posts made me
""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."
The range of different people lamenting his passing show the wideness of the appeal of his books. He'll be much missed, but at the same time, he's going to continue to be read and laughed with for a long time. And yes, the way they tweeted his death was perfect. I wonder if that was him in advance, or if his children have acquired his sense of humour.
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Paul.
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There are lots of quotes of his writing being shared at the moment, but I've always liked this:
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PEOPLE’S WHOLE LIVES DO PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED ‘LIVING’.
The Last Continent
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Leorning Cniht
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Originally posted by luvanddaisies:
I wonder if that was him in advance, or if his children have acquired his sense of humour.
There was talk at some point that the PDaughter (Edit: Rhianna) was going to continue the Discworld in some form. I don't know whether that will happen, but I'm pretty sure she shares his sense of humour.
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Nicolemr
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I met him once and he was wonderful.
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saysay
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The first Terry Pratchett book I read was Good Omens because a friend recommended it. From there, I discovered the vast worlds created both by Gaimen and Pratchett. Sad there will be no more from Pratchett.
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I'll tell you all about it when I see you again"
"'Oh sweet baby purple Jesus' - that's a direct quote from a 9 year old - shoutout to purple Jesus."
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dj_ordinaire
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That is all...
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Flinging wide the gates...
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Lyda*Rose
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Wonderful writer. I'll miss the additions to his shelf that will never come.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Golden Key
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May he find light, and peace, and wonderful surprises. And may all who care about him be blessed and comforted.
I draw on many sources for my theology and philosophy, and Terry Pratchett has been my favorite theologian for some time. He *got* just about everything--and expressed what he learned with bluntness, honesty, compassion, wicked wit, and wickeder puns.
His books have gotten me through all sorts of times. I reread them often. Fortunately, there are still a bunch I haven't read yet.
Tolkien said, in the essay "On Fairy Stories", that all stories are true somewhere, or will be. So may Terry's creations--Granny, Nanny, the other Lancre witches, Lord Vetinari, Sam Vimes and his family, the Nightwatch, the Seamstresses, Tiffany Aching, Rincewind, Twoflower, Gaspode, all the wizards, Susan, all the other characters, and DEATH himself--meet and greet their creator...and escort him to meet and greet his.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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A sad loss. Rest in peace, Terry.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Heavenly Anarchist
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a sad passing. Sir Terry wrote the first chapter, about living with dementia, in a book on a health course I teach. Not only was he a wonderfully witty writer of fantasy but he worked tirelessly to get dementia into public discussion, not a hidden disease, and to improve funding for research whilst knowing it was too late for himself.
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Dog Activity Monitor
My shop
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Fredegund
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All rather weepy in our household - a writer we all loved. I remember him awarding honorary doctorates of Unseen University to Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen when he received an honorary award from Warwick. It was marvellous to watch them with their knobbly staffs.
If anyone's on Reddit, there's some wonderful tributes, and alternative treatments of Sir Terry's encounter with Death.
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Pax et bonum
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Bishops Finger
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Ook?
(One of my favourite characters is Mrs. Cake, who IIRC foresees the future backwards.....).
Ian J.
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St. Gwladys
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Wonderful writer. I'll miss the additions to his shelf that will never come.
One obit I've read said that he'd finished a book called The Shepherd's Crown lastr year and which would be released later this year
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
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Palimpsest
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I'll miss him. Stephen Sondheim said "Children and Art" are what matter and persist. He certainly left us a great deal of art to comfort us.
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Golden Key
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Hmmm...I wonder if "The Shepherd's Crown" is a Tiffany Aching book? (She's a witch from a shepherding background, and has her own branch of the Disc World series.)
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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Bugrit!
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Bishops Finger
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Millenium hand n' shrimp!
(I used to have a regular patient I nicknamed Foul Ole Ron - you can imagine why!)
Ian J.
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Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. (Wilkie Collins)
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QLib
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Cottontail
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I am very sad. TP was a great human. I respect his honest and generous atheism, yet I also think that God has been pursuing him mightily all this time - and occasionally he seemed to get a glimpse of that. He understood faith; he understood much of the heart of it.
And speaking of 'mightily', I have pondered long on The Rev. Mightily Oats and his double-edged axe called Forgiveness. Thank you, Sir Terry.
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Bishops Finger
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Someone, somewhere, somewhen (if they haven't done so already*), is going to write a thesis on The Theology Of Discworld.
![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
(*if they have, please, please, pretty please - let me know!).
Ian J.
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Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. (Wilkie Collins)
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balaam
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I thought it was called Small Gods.
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Bishops Finger
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Yes, but I want to know more about exactly how and why the essence of the sausages is actually more pleasing to Offler than the taste thereof.....
Ian J.
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Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. (Wilkie Collins)
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QuakerCub
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Safe journey home, friend
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