RIP Sir Terry Prachett

[Richard]

There's a donation page at https://www.justgiving.com/Terry-Prat... for a health charity, in his memory.

[Owen]

A sad day. He will be missed, but not forgotten.

[Jason]

An inspiring man indeed, he has brought laughter to my home and heart and I will never forget him.

[D.L.]

I feel like I’ve lost a close friend, a favorite teacher, a beloved uncle, someone who was always there for me when I needed him. And yet we never met.

The next new Terry Pratchett story will be the last. The Discworld is ending. This saddens me more than I can say. But his books will endure. They are sitting on my shelves now, waiting to be revisited. I look forward to returning to the Disc. Perhaps I’ll notice something I missed the first few times I was there or recall something I had forgotten. There will be no new stories of Discworld, but the old ones are timeless.

[Richard]

I just re-read The Last Hero in its heavily-illustrated form. Fine ambigious ending, cheating Death and the Valkyries.

[Christina]

I'm embarrassed to say that I've had his work on the 'to read' pile for decades, but never got to it. He was the inspiration for one of my inspirations, so it feels slightly sacriligious to admit this.

[Richard]

Well, you've got a treat to look forward to, I would say.

[D.L.]

Incomparable, in my opinion. Definitely inspirational. Refreshingly different. There is nothing quite like a Discworld book. Some, like the illustrated edition of The Last Hero that Richard mentions above, are works of art.

[Hákon]

He was a great writer.