RIP Terry Pratchett

[Solmyr]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/terry-pratchett-dead-author-died-after-struggle-with-alzheimers-10104157.html

[Habbaku]

 

[Syt]

Oh.

[Grey Fox]

Atleast there is a link with one but these memorial threads need pictures.

[Valmy]

That is too bad I had heard he was doing alright last year, he even finished another book.

RIP Terry.  You left us too soon.

[Agelastus]

R.I.P.



From another report.

His Twitter account said: "AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER."

[Solmyr]

Atleast there is a link with one but these memorial threads need pictures.

Done.

[Grey Fox]

Thank you!

RIP, TP.

[Maladict]

 

[grumbler]

I was a little too old to properly appreciate his books, but understand what his zany genius meant to the youngsters.  RIP.

[Grinning_Colossus]

I was a little too old to properly appreciate his books, but understand what his zany genius meant to the youngsters.  RIP.

-Grumbler, upon the death of Geoffrey Chaucer


Also RIP Pratchett

[CountDeMoney]

Never read a single book of his, but I knew who he was and I know he will be missed.  RIP.

[Martinus]

I haven't been that bummed by a celebrity death since I think Gore Vidal. Really shitty news.

[Martinus]

I was a little too old to properly appreciate his books, but understand what his zany genius meant to the youngsters.  RIP.

Many of his later books were an excellent satire for adults. He kept them humorous, fresh and zany but also filled with a touch of humanity and a sort of "empathic reason" - a combination that is difficult to find in many other authors. He reminded me of a modern day's Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift.

[grumbler]

I was a little too old to properly appreciate his books, but understand what his zany genius meant to the youngsters.  RIP.

Many of his later books were an excellent satire for adults. He kept them humorous, fresh and zany but also filled with a touch of humanity and a sort of "empathic reason" - a combination that is difficult to find in many other authors. He reminded me of a modern day's Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift.

I never thought his non-juvie books really worked.  They had moments, but overall they were too obvious.  I think his style in plotting and writing worked better for middle and early high schoolers.

The guy you are describing is really Bill Bryson.