RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

What?

No no no nononono.

Damn it, that came as a shock.

The world will miss him.

Farewell, Sir.

[bleep]

Alzheimer’s frightens me. My own grandmother suffered from it before she died. I can only hope Pratchett held on to his lucidity as best as he could...

As sad as it is - I'm glad it happened so quickly and surrounded by his family. He was a gent. When my college forgot to ask permission to put on Wyrd Sisters all he asked for was a few tickets.

Oh, what? Nooo!

Terrible, horrible news.

RIP, Mr. Pratchett. I saw the tweet THE END. sad. poignant. Fare thee well...

I feel devastated. My father introduced me to the Nomes Trilogy as a kid and into Discworld as a teen. He was one of the first authors I read in English and I always keep a Discworld novel around as a palate cleanser. Now that he's gone, I don't think I want to ever finish the Discworld series

Such sad news.

What a loss to the world. A huge chunk of my books in my Kindle library are Pratchett books, each one read and reread half a dozen times.

Fuck. I want to say something good in his memory but I'm at a loss right now. I'm glad there are so many threads about him on AW. I want to see him everywhere.

RIP good man. Thanks for all you did and wrote for us.

Terribly sad. It's brought me to tears. I've loved his books and will continue to do so (Moving Pictures was on my desk as my current Discworld read when I saw the news). He was a wonderful person and my favourite writer.

There is so much I want to say, and none of it is adequate. RIP, Mr. Pratchett.

Corussa said:

Terribly sad. It's brought me to tears. I've loved his books and will continue to do so (Moving Pictures was on my desk as my current Discworld read when I saw the news). He was a wonderful person and my favourite writer.

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*hugs* The news made me sob like a child. I always return to Discworld in between new reads. I just finished Carpe Jugulum for the 4th time 3 days ago. I feel so lost at the thought that there will be no new Discworld books.

Putputt said:

*hugs* The news made me sob like a child. I always return to Discworld in between new reads. I just finished Carpe Jugulum for the 4th time 3 days ago. I feel so lost at the thought that there will be no new Discworld books.

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*hugs for everyone* Same here. Ugly tears right in the middle of the office. I mean, I thought just a few months ago he said he was working on another Tiffany Aching book. He always sounded so good, still writing and plotting. I thought we'd see loose ends tied up over the next few years, get a proper goodbye to everyone. It's... bizarre to realize it's done now.

I've got all the feels right now. Every few minutes my mind snaps back to the fact that he's gone. We won't get any more wonderful tales from him. It's over and I'm not handling that very well. I haven't read nearly as much of his writing as many of you have, but what I did read has inspired and filled me with so much joy that few authors can rival. I can seriously count them on one hand. It's a connection not just to what he's written, but to him and now I feel a bit lost. And I'm just sad.

And then I read what Neil Gaiman had to say and I lost my shit. Tears.

I just started my first Terry Pratchett novel, too, Good Omens. This is a sad day, indeed.

Thanks for many hours of entertainment, Sir. Please become one of my 'voices'

a lunch table I'd love ..
Will Rodgers, Mark Twain, and Terry Prachett ,as I quietly filled the fourth chair to observe.

I think I'm going to reread all his books in memorandum. He was such an influential author. It's hard to believe he's gone.

My love for SFF is largely thanks to Sir Terry's books, and I think my desire to be a writer as well. This is incredibly sad news, but his legacy will live on in all the books and wonderful characters he created.