[Magdalen] RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

[Susan Hagen]

Favorite characters are definitely Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg.

Favorite books include Small Gods and Good Omens.

What a loss!

Susan

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:21 PM,  <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
> Amen...at one stage I would go and buy a new Pratchett book whenever I felt
> as though I needed a mood lift. I also read them when my babies were tiny
> and keeping me awake at night.
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> One does not, typically, die from Alzheimer's as such and 66 is so young. I
> wonder if he didn't decide for himself that it was time he moved on "to
> beat the rush".....Alzheimer's...Bugrit, millenium hand and shrimp!!!
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> There have been times when I have really, really wanted "Pterry's" version
> of the Afterlife to be true. Wherever he may be now, may he be full of
> wonder, surprise and delight.
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> Favourite Pratchett character, anyone? I'm going for Granny Weatherwax but
> I also really like Tiffany Aching, and The Librarian. And Vetinari and
> Vimes.
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> I enjoyed (and was moved by) this tribute beautifully written by Sir
> Terry's co-author Neil Gaiman
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> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/24/terry-pratchett-angry-not-jolly-neil-gaiman
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> On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 at 18:18 Richard S. Crawford <richard at underpope.com>
> wrote:
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>> One of my favorite writers, whose books got me through some rough spots
>> with my depression. I'd read one of his novels, like "Small Gods" or "Night
>> Watch", laugh, think, and wonder "How in the world did he do that?"
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>> He succumbed at the age of 66 to early-onset Alzheimers. It's good to know
>> that he's no longer in pain, but the world has lost one of its sharpest,
>> quickest, and funniest minds.
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>> May he rest in peace and rise in glory!
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>> --
>> Sláinte,
>> Richard S. Crawford (richard at underpope.com) http://www.underpope.com
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>>



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