RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

[DavidM]

There's more than one way to read them - some characters do cross over. I'll be honest and say I didn't get into the Colour of Magic straight away - but I'm glad I stuck with the series.

[Gronich26]

As with Douglas Adams before him, he shared a sideways view of the world which he expressed through writing with humour and great observation.

Guess it's start reading him from the beginning again and hopefully be inspired to bring some happiness into the world.

[sammyc]

Mort.


RIP.

[Saracen]

That's be great, looks like it's best to read in character story order rather than published order.

Fair enough.

I guess I read them in published order because I, ummm .... bought them as and when they were published.

I've even got a couple of autographed first ed's. I guess they just went up in value. Really wish they hadn't.

[Rob_B]

I don't think my 1yr old self was into them

http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/

Guess I'll start my collection, 0 down, 40 to go.

A fitting quote I've seen is below, looks like it'll be a long time before his ripples will die away.

In the Ramtops village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away – until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.

[Knoxville]

Also my son (7) is an avid reader, is TP stuff a bit heavy for that age group or does anyone think he'd perhaps still get something out of the books?

Perhaps the Truckers, Diggers and Wings books might be a more reasonable place to start than something like the Discworld series. I remember I read them very young and it was those books that got me into looking for his name in the school library where I then found Only You Can Save Mankind and Johnny And The Dead etc... Then somehow twenty years later I ended being otherwise known as MortsApprentice on Xbox Live, big things small beginnings and all that I suppose.

Man I'm going to miss that guy

[Rob_B]

Perhaps the Truckers, Diggers and Wings books might be a more reasonable place to start than something like the Discworld series. I remember I read them very young and it was those books that got me into looking for his name in the school library where I then found Only You Can Save Mankind and Johnny And The Dead etc... Then somehow twenty years later I ended being otherwise known as MortsApprentice on Xbox Live, big things small beginnings and all that I suppose.

Man I'm going to miss that guy

I've just bought him "The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents" on a couple of recommendations,

[Lucio]

He was one of my favourite author's, and will be sorely missed by the world. I'm holding out hope that there's some more notes on planned novels though, it seemed like the development of the city of Ankh Morpork had a path still to follow

[kopite]

Every Christmas I'd get the latest Terry Pratchett book and that would be my January reading sorted. The discworld had become a well detailed world and you had the feeling that Terry had many more ideas of where to take it especially now that the railways where in

Last year for the first time I read Good omens and loved it. In fact I cant think of a Terry prachett book I've read that I didn't like.

I discussed this a few years ago when with friends about what would happen when the inevitable happened and Terry could no longer write. I kind of like the idea that he has an emergency script in a glass case which has now been broken. In that script Great A'Tuin finally makes it to the great mating ground of all the other turtles and the big bang theory comes in to play.

Although I read somewhere that his Daughter is going to carry on the discworld books we that could be good too

[DavidM]

Although I read somewhere that his Daughter is going to carry on the discworld books we that could be good too

Rhianna Pratchett is involved in the planned "The Watch" series I believe, and apparently he did name he to look after the series.

[Ferral]

Such a great author, I love Death and Watch series from the Discworld.

I do love the adaptations that have been done by Sky also, Going Postal and Hogfather are fantastic, Color of Magic was ok.

For those asking about the way the books work in the different story lines I found the pic that shows what books belong where

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...20a3d105d6.jpg

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[Jonj1611]

Thats a great guide Ferral

[Smudger]

Will Hexus be doing this? A fitting tribute, I think...

http://i100.independent.co.uk/articl...er--lJjYpijRag

[kopite]

I'll be adding it to all the websites I am working on

I'd love to put it in the sites at work but I dont know if that might cause trouble

[TaintedShirt]

Oh man, his books brought me so many hours of laughter. Loved reading and rereading them.