March 12, 201510 yr I just heard on the radio that Terry Pratchett died, can't see anything on the news yet though... *edit* Looks real, Rest In Peace man Edited March 12, 201510 yr by WDeranged
March 12, 201510 yr http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
March 12, 201510 yr Sad, sad day indeed I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
March 12, 201510 yr https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036726046646272 One always hopes the passing of their heroes will be later. It has come. A great loss for literature, fantasy, and humor. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
March 12, 201510 yr Yep it is, but there is already thread about this sad news I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
March 12, 201510 yr That's too bad. I was glad to hear he was doing alright last year, he even published another book. RIP Terry you left us too soon.
March 12, 201510 yr RIP. :'( Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
March 12, 201510 yr So sad about this. Discworld has had a huge impact on my life. RIP. Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0
March 12, 201510 yr Damn, man.I read my first Terry Pratchett book, Reaper Man, when I was eleven years old. His books have accompanied me all the way to present day. We've known this was inevitable for a while, but it's still incredibly gut-wrenching. "Goodbye," Mort said, and was surprised to find a lump in his throat. "It’s such an unpleasant word, isn’t it?" QUITE SO. Death grinned because, as has so often been remarked, he didn’t have much option. But possibly he meant it, this time. I PREFER AU REVOIR, he said. Fin. Edited March 12, 201510 yr by GhoulishVisage When in doubt, blame the elves. I have always hated the word "censorship", I prefer seeing it as just removing content that isn't suitable or is considered offensive
March 12, 201510 yr R.I.P. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
March 12, 201510 yr WOW... R.I.P. It was a pleasure being in the world you made, you will be missed. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
March 12, 201510 yr Aw goddammit. Rest in Peace, Terry. The world is lesser for your passing. Making an animated version of Mort is essentially my dream project. I hope I get a chance to do justice to that great story someday.
March 12, 201510 yr Copy/pasta from facebook>reddit: I saw this in Facebook, thought it was good. I'm not sure if it's original, I've only read Mort. "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.SQUEAKDO 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. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
March 12, 201510 yr Sad news. Rest in peace Terry, you were extraordinary person and your books have meant lot for me for decades.
March 12, 201510 yr Well ****. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
March 12, 201510 yr Very sad news, though not really unexpected. Dementia/ Alzheimer's is just the worst thing. The run he had through from about 'Small Gods' (one of the books I'd unequivocally recommend everyone reads) to 'Feet of Clay' was one of the best sequences I've ever had the privilege of reading.
March 12, 201510 yr Posthumous Honorary Flat Earth Society Member now for sure. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
March 14, 201510 yr Author The glorious thing for me is that I still have some Discworld books I haven't read, some of his best so I hear.
March 15, 201510 yr Only one I haven't read is the last one. I'll probably read it at some stage, but at the moment I rather appreciate the feeling that there is something to come.
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