CupofJoe
Myth Weaver
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett has died aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
BBC News...
Don't know what to say...
BBC News...
Don't know what to say...
His death was announced on his Twitter account, on Thursday afternoon.
The first tweet was composed in capital letters - which was how the author portrayed the character of Death in his novels.
"AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER," it stated.
"Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night."
"The End".
Are you bound and determined to make me weep?
I had a sense of closure, dammit, and now I just want to find a Discworld book and cry my eyes out!
BBC News - Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66
This makes me very sad. I have read and loved almost every single Discworld book. (I wasn't going to get the latest one, because of the less than stellar reviews, but I think now I will.) It is one of those series that has had a profound effect on my sense of story. I always highly recommend it to all fantasy lovers. I can't quite say that Terry's death is a blow to the fantasy genre, because we have so many of his wonderful books to enjoy. Unlike most fantasy authors, all his books were standalones (though written in the same setting and with recurring characters) so he left nothing undone. A truly great legacy.