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Raphael
December 12th 2007, 08:21 PM
Terry Pratchett (my favourite author) just announced on Paul Kidby's website that he has a rare form of early Alzheimer's disease.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7141458.stm
Storico
December 13th 2007, 11:57 AM
Oh, my goodness. :frown: Awww. That makes me sad. I've been a Pratchett fan for a long time. That must have been so frustrating for him to learn. He's got one of the funniest, most inventive minds I've seen in his genre. Good for him, though, to just keep right on working with his usual sense of humour. :thumb:

My two favourite books of his are Wyrd Sisters because I LOVE the Shakespeare references, and Mort because I love how sarcastic the character 'death' is.. (Guess that means I have a cracked sense of humour too, but hey.) Anyone else have a favourite book or two?
Raphael
December 13th 2007, 02:27 PM
Sooo many to choose from.

I actually can't choose a particular one. I like all the ones with Granny Weatherwax in them. And the AMCW ones.

Storico, have you ever looked at the Annotated Pratchett Files where they have listings of all the real world things he is parodying?
Jnthn
December 13th 2007, 02:32 PM
Very sad. Still, he aitn't dead yet, to borrow a phrase from Granny Weatherwax.

(Huge fan of "Interesting Times". Got latest as an audiobook to fall asleep to!)

J
Storico
December 13th 2007, 02:44 PM
I love Granny. :hehe: She's great.

And "Annotated Pratchett Files"?? Oooooh, I must look for this! Thanks! :thumb:

Oh, Jnthn. I meant to also say, I want to read "Interesting Times". I saw it and I was, well, interested. :hehe:
Raphael
December 13th 2007, 02:54 PM
The Annotated Pratchett File (http://www.au.lspace.org/books/apf/) which was last updated in 2005.

The later books are being annotated in the new wiki (http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Main_Page) on lspace.org
Jnthn
December 13th 2007, 02:55 PM
I love Granny. :hehe: She's great.

And "Annotated Pratchett Files"?? Oooooh, I must look for this! Thanks! :thumb:

Oh, Jnthn. I meant to also say, I want to read "Interesting Times". I saw it and I was, well, interested. :hehe:It had me crying with laughter. Night Watch is another good 'un.

J
Raphael
December 13th 2007, 02:57 PM
I need to get Making Money for Christmas. (Since The Truth I've taken to getting the hardcover versions, they last longer than my paperbacks.
Raphael
December 17th 2007, 03:03 AM
I just bought Making Money
One Bad Pig
December 30th 2007, 09:42 PM
Dang, this sucks.

My favorites so far are Mort and Interesting Times.