Terry Pratchett diagnosed with Alzheimers
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Frelga, Wampus, and whoever else might be interested, would you like to have the discussion of Pratchett's works split into a separate thread from the discussion of his illness? Or does it not really matter?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
V, thank you for the offer. I don't see enough Pratchett-related traffic to justify two threads. Perhaps I ought to PM Aravar and ask if he would mind renaming the thread.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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I carefully studied the chart to determine which book I should read next.
Before making it to the bookstore, I put a toe into Good Omens and became hooked (which is painful for the toe, as you can imagine).
By the time I was standing in Borders, I had forgotten which book I'd wanted to read next. So I walked out with five Pratchetts.
I was glad to see upon checking the chart again that I had done well: Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch and Wyrd Systers. My silly reading quotient is satisfied for a while!
Before making it to the bookstore, I put a toe into Good Omens and became hooked (which is painful for the toe, as you can imagine).
By the time I was standing in Borders, I had forgotten which book I'd wanted to read next. So I walked out with five Pratchetts.
I was glad to see upon checking the chart again that I had done well: Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch and Wyrd Systers. My silly reading quotient is satisfied for a while!
When you finish Feet of Clay, tell me if you still think it's silly. Not to imply that it's not hilarious, of course.
That was my first Pratchett.
What a mess the world was in, Vimes reflected. Constable Visit had told him the meek would inherit it, and what had the poor devils done to deserve that?
That was my first Pratchett.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
I'm so glad you are enjoying Pratchett! The trouble with quoting him, of course, is that it's impossible to stop.
"Is dere any trouble?" [Detritus] said.
The crowd backed away.
"None at all, officer," said Mr. Raddley. "You, er, just loomed suddenly, that's all..."
"Dis is correct," said Detritus. "I am a loomer. It often happen suddenly. So dere's no trouble, den?"
"No trouble whatsoever, officer."
"Amazing t'ing, trouble," rumbled Detritus thoughtfully. "Always I go lookin' for trouble, an' when I find it people say it ain't dere."
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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Most of the members of the convent were old-fashioned Satanists, like their parents and grandparents before them. They'd been brought up to it and weren't, when you got right down to it, particularly evil. Human beings mostly aren't. They just get carried away by new ideas, like dressing up in jackboots and shooting people, or dressing up in white sheets and lynching people, or dressing up in tie-dye jeans and playing guitars at people. Offer people a new creed with a costume and their hearts and minds will follow.
In breaking *crash* news - it is now finally going to be Sir Terry Pratchett
Next thing you know, he'll be a Duke!In the entertainment world, a knighthood for Terry Pratchett is recognition for a writing career that has seen him sell more than 55 million books worldwide, including his best-known Discworld series.
"There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job," said Sir Terry about the honour.
The 60-year-old has become a campaigner for more research into Alzheimer's disease after being diagnosed with the illness in 2007.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Well, I'm on p. 401 of Night Watch just at the moment (I mean, the book was literally in my hand until I started to type), and it's all Frelga's fault!!!
She lent me Hogfather after the latest little SF moot.
I had already been primed by a happy encounter with the Amazing Maurice a few years ago.
But now I'm hooked!
Thank heavens he has written so many books, but oh how absolutely awful that a brain as clever as his should be attacked by Alzheimer's. Puts the kabosh on the theory that Clever Brain Exercises will stave off the disease, doesn't it?
I just read "Nation," by the way, which is his latest book for older kids. Anyone else read this? I had somewhat mixed feelings, but ended up liking it. It's much more serious in tone than the other books of his I've read, though of course the funny ones still pack a serious punch, when it comes to Deep Thinking.
Back to my last twenty Night Watch pages now!
She lent me Hogfather after the latest little SF moot.
I had already been primed by a happy encounter with the Amazing Maurice a few years ago.
But now I'm hooked!
Thank heavens he has written so many books, but oh how absolutely awful that a brain as clever as his should be attacked by Alzheimer's. Puts the kabosh on the theory that Clever Brain Exercises will stave off the disease, doesn't it?
I just read "Nation," by the way, which is his latest book for older kids. Anyone else read this? I had somewhat mixed feelings, but ended up liking it. It's much more serious in tone than the other books of his I've read, though of course the funny ones still pack a serious punch, when it comes to Deep Thinking.
Back to my last twenty Night Watch pages now!
So I've read Guards! Guards! and Going Postal. I think I want more.
Guards! Guards! I bought at an airport when I realized I didn't have a book for my Thanksgiving flight. Going Postal was part of my post-defense book shopping spree (also picked up a Neal Stephenson and a Greg Bear). I think I need another Pratchett, but I can't afford more books until I start my real job.
Maybe I should explore the rest of the university library. All I've seen are the science stacks but I'm sure there's fiction in there somewhere...
Guards! Guards! I bought at an airport when I realized I didn't have a book for my Thanksgiving flight. Going Postal was part of my post-defense book shopping spree (also picked up a Neal Stephenson and a Greg Bear). I think I need another Pratchett, but I can't afford more books until I start my real job.
Maybe I should explore the rest of the university library. All I've seen are the science stacks but I'm sure there's fiction in there somewhere...
When you can do nothing what can you do?