Terry Pratchett has died

[The_Unbeliever]

Ook

 

[LazyLion]

Ook

 

[creeper]

just heard the news. RIP.

 

[Crowley]

*gasp* your biography?

That is where I got my nick from

 

[Hamish McPanji]

That is where I got my nick from

For some reason I thought it was from the series 'Supernatural'

 

[TofuMofu]

 

[Hamish McPanji]

"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”

!!!!

 

[AfricanTech]

Rest in peace, Sire.

My father suffered the scourge of dementia and Alzheimer's, so I have some understanding of the "grimness" of this. There is no dignity in this whatsoever. Just seems so sad that a brilliant mind should suffer so ill an end.



There is hope for me then. Although I am slightly beyond this age



Audio book? Now that sounds like my kind of reading

First book I read of his was "Nightwatch" - bored at a friends place and he happened to have it lying on his coffee table.

Never looked back.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

R.I.P.

I have never read any of his books but I know a lot of people testifying to his greatness. I even purchased a couple of books for an ex gf and she loved him.

Time to start reading.

How odd - I always assumed that your last name was "Stibbons".

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

This is very sad to hear. I tend to read Good Omens every year or two, been through it at least a dozen times. Its definitely one of my best reads. And thanks to him I also got into Neil Gaimans work. Sad to hear he's gone, but he will continue to entertain humanity for generations.

Me too. Was my introduction to Pratchett back in the very early '90s. A masterpiece.
Must admit, I read more Terry than Neil, though.

 

[Cray]

RIP

 

[Vernon]

I've been ruminating on the eventuality of Pratchett's death ever since he was diagnosed, because he has been my favorite author for an incredible number of years. Discworld is huge to me. The man was brilliant. It can't be understated.

One of the wonderful things about Pratchett is how he kept the upper hand with humor. He did once point out that his Alzheimer's couldn't actually "win," because if it did kill him, he would be taking it down with him at the same time. Fantastic.

He was also an outspoken advocate of a patient's right to die, and talked about how he wasn't afraid to recognize when he'd had enough and wanted to pass on. Whether or not you agree with his views, the fact that he held them makes me reasonably sure he did not live a day more than he wanted to, and there's something comforting about that.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

I've been ruminating on the eventuality of Pratchett's death ever since he was diagnosed, because he has been my favorite author for an incredible number of years. Discworld is huge to me. The man was brilliant. It can't be understated.

One of the wonderful things about Pratchett is how he kept the upper hand with humor. He did once point out that his Alzheimer's couldn't actually "win," because if it did kill him, he would be taking it down with him at the same time. Fantastic.

He was also an outspoken advocate of a patient's right to die, and talked about how he wasn't afraid to recognize when he'd had enough and wanted to pass on. Whether or not you agree with his views, the fact that he held them makes me reasonably sure he did not live a day more than he wanted to, and there's something comforting about that.

So, did he take that ultimate step of dignity and sovereignity, then?
I'm kind of assuming that he did.

 

[Arzy]

So, did he take that ultimate step of dignity and sovereignity, then?
I'm kind of assuming that he did.

From what I've read he died at home which would have made the process illegal. Anything is possible though. I don't care either way.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

From what I've read he died at home which would have made the process illegal. Anything is possible though. I don't care either way.

I do care - and I'm hoping he managed to pull it off.

Having seen my Mom die with Alzheimer's, I would have given anything to have been able to hand her that last gift.

 

[flarkit]

This thread made me so very sad.

RIP, you MacNificent person.

"Whut's the plan, Rob?" said one of them.
"Okay, lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right?"
This caused a cheer.
"Ach, 'tis a good plan," said Daft Wullie."

Crivens!

 

[Compton_effect]

This thread made me so very sad.

RIP, you MacNificent person.

"Whut's the plan, Rob?" said one of them.
"Okay, lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right?"
This caused a cheer.
"Ach, 'tis a good plan," said Daft Wullie."

Crivens!

Lol. Maybe he's gone back to the land of the living now.

The fearlessness of Nac Mac Feegle warriors in combat is derived from their religious belief that they cannot be killed, because they are already dead; they believe that they are in the afterlife, and that any Feegle who is killed has simply been reincarnated into the world where they have already lived before.
They reason that Discworld, with the sunshine, flowers, birds, trees, things to steal and people to fight, must be some sort of heaven, because "a world that good couldn't be open to just anybody". They consider it a kind of Valhalla, where brave warriors go when they are dead.
So, they reason, they have already been alive somewhere else, and then died and were allowed to come to the Discworld because they have been so good.

 

[Datura]

I owe this man my life!

 

[OrbitalDawn]

So, did he take that ultimate step of dignity and sovereignity, then?
I'm kind of assuming that he did.

From what I've read he died at home which would have made the process illegal. Anything is possible though. I don't care either way.

His publishers said he didn't take his own life.

 

[Midnight_choir_drunk]

I owe this man my life!

Terry Pratchett single handily was the catalyst for my love of reading. His books brought me great joy and fired up my imagination and curiosity. I watched his documentary on Euthanasia a few years back (while I myself was involved in an horrible illness) and his rationale around wanting to take his own life rather than suffer. So while I am deeply saddened in a way this is a small mercy.