RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

I enjoyed a lot of his books and thoroughly enjoyed Going Postal.

Died aged 66 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.

One day I hope they find a cure for all disease.

RIP

he was a good author i often re read the discworld books

Just saw this as well. RIP, loved the world he created and will always have fond memories.

"AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"

"Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night."

"The End".

Oook. Bugger.

Gutted to hear this, his work has been making me laugh like a drain since I was a kid.

RIP fella :(

Slightly teary, though I never really got Discworld I know a lot of you did. He did a world of good to raise the profile of Alzheimers, for which I'll be forever grateful. One of the few good ones, in my eyes.

AFAICT the Terry we all miss actually went some time ago, and based on everything I've read I suspect the man himself would've been quietly content to duck out early (although whether there was enough of "him" left to feel like that at the end we'll never know).

Sad, yes, but probably merciful that he went relatively young, and relatively early.

Gutted, I have to say.

Not only was he a great talent whose work I loved, and a thoroughly nice bloke, but even as a very successful author, he had time to give help, support and encouragement, and was very generous with his time, to an utter newb in the field. That, by the way, would be me.

RIP, Terry. You will be really missed.

I never really got into the books, to be fair I never gave them enough time. I emjoyed the colour of magic when Sky did that (should I admit that?)

As someone who has always intended to eventually read everything this man wrote are there any suggestions for how to start?

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?

#sadface

Legend

RIP

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As someone who has always intended to eventually read everything this man wrote are there any suggestions for how to start?

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Well, to be honest, at the beginning. Sort-of.

To be more specific, at the beginning of his major theme, the Discworld series, which was The Colour of Magic. Which is where you had started.

Each book stands in it's own right, but they're kinda sequential, so doing it in order seems logical.

The World has lost a great man.

http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/

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Well, to be honest, at the beginning. Sort-of.

To be more specific, at the beginning of his major theme, the Discworld series, which was The Colour of Magic. Which is where you had started.

Each book stands in it's own right, but they're kinda sequential, so doing it in order seems logical.

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I'd kind of figured there would be some not-quite-in-order shenanigans going on!

I've just looked and 41 books?! 41! Wow, this is going to cost me a fortune :D

Also I've been told he did some that are more for the younger folks, so might try them for my son, does anyone know how they tie in with discworld if at all?

If I remember - there's a very good reading order guide on the Lspace website - which gives you a reading order for some of the featured characters. I'll try and dig the link up later unless someone beats me to it.

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If I remember - there's a very good reading order guide on the Lspace website - which gives you a reading order for some of the featured characters. I'll try and dig the link up later unless someone beats me to it.

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

Wow my wife loves his books. she's been playing them on audiobook for the last couple of months. Sad times...

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.

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.

Mort. :(


RIP.

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

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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. :(

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

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.

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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.

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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?

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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 :(

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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 :(

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

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

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 :D

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 :)

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

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

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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Thats a great guide Ferral

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

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

http://i100.independent.co.uk/image/10619-1nio1xw.JPG

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

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

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