RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

Post by **aliantha** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:14 pm

Not unexpected, but still very sad news.

Favorite quotes? Favorite Discworld novel?

Post by **SerScot** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:42 pm

A sad day. May he rest in peace.

Post by **Vader** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:42 pm

Godspeed, Mr. Pratchett.

Small Gods. Also love the witches and the wizards at UU. Ooook.

"The Hedgehog Can Never be Buggered at All"

"Dark in here, isn't it"

Post by **Vraith** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:55 pm

Sad.

I bet Death came in person to see him off...or at least sent Mouse-Death to represent.

Post by **Sorus** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:56 pm

Well, that's devastating.

I was saying just the other day that there's a Discworld quote to fit any situation.

I stand by that, yet I can't think of a good one right now.

Post by **MsMary** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:24 am

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:25 am

Sorus wrote:I stand by that, yet I can't think of a good one right now.

"There's no justice. There's just us."

Sad news indeed, although allegedly Disc World will live on, it will never be quite the same.

--A

Post by **TheFallen** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:44 am

I'm absolutely gutted. The man had that rarest of combinations, a razor-keen intelligence melded with a creativity that sparked more brightly than an arc-welder, all tempered by a gloriously funny sardonic self-deprecation.

No other prose has ever made me properly belly-laugh out loud so frequently. No other novels have entranced and held me captive so deeply. And no other author has ever just forced me to think so furiously and profoundly about the core issues of human existence - whether truth, crime, war, death, religion or whatever - wry examinations of which actually underlie all of Sir Terry's books.

Favourite books? Almost impossible to choose from such an embarrassment of riches, but Reaper Man,The Fifth Elephant, The Thief Of Time and Thud are all sheer masterpieces.

Favourite characters? Oh so many... Sam Vines, Lord Vetinari the Patrician, Granny Weatherwax, Arch-Chancellor Mustrum Ridcully, the Librarian and of course, DEATH Himself. Utterly brilliant creations.

I honestly believe that no other author has given us a more cogent, perceptive and simultaneously bitingly acerbic yet genuinely funny insights into the human condition. I will miss Sir Terry and his exquisite ironic imaginings dreadfully.

He is single-handedly resposible for getting at least two generations of children interested in reading and literature, a fact that numerous teachers and educational professionals have attested to. That's a legacy to be truly proud of

Today, the world is indeed a poorer place. Rest in peace, Sir Terry Pratchett.

Post by **Wosbald** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:37 pm

+JMJ+

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei.

Post by **Vader** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:21 pm

Vraith wrote:Sad.

I bet Death came in person to see him off...or at least sent Mouse-Death to represent.

From his official Twitter account:

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.

Post by **MsMary** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:53 pm

Yeah, I loved those last tweets.

xkcd's Terry Pratchett offering.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:30 am

Apparently Death is being petitioned to bring Sir Terry back.

Post by **Vader** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:14 pm

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

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:36 pm

Never read any of this stuff. Perhaps some day.

Still, RIP.

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:51 am

Fist and Faith wrote:Never read any of this stuff. Perhaps some day.

I envy that, a little. I'd like to have it all to read again for the first time.

Post by **MsMary** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:01 am

How to tell if you are in a Terry Pratchett novel.

Post by **Sorus** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:14 am

You have exclaimed “Pull the other one then!” or “With bells on!”

I hadn't even remembered that was where that came from.

Post by **Vraith** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:10 am

Fist and Faith wrote:Never read any of this stuff. Perhaps some day.

Still, RIP.

Seriously????@@@@!!!!!!????
Isn't it you that has read, for SOME damn reason, Warhammer books???
But NOT Pratchett?
F&F will now forever be, to me Flubber and Forlorn.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:12 am

Read them Fist.

--A

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:04 am

Vraith wrote:
Fist and Faith wrote:Never read any of this stuff. Perhaps some day.

Still, RIP.
Seriously????@@@@!!!!!!????
Isn't it you that has read, for SOME damn reason, Warhammer books???
But NOT Pratchett?
F&F will now forever be, to me Flubber and Forlorn.

Heh. The reason is psionics. Of course, like all areas of human creativity, there's some terrible stuff, and a whole bunch of mediocre stuff. But there's also some greatness. A couple of them rank among my favorite books ever, and a couple others aren't far behind.

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RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

RIP Sir Terry Pratchett