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Sir Terry Pratchett has died

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Re: Sir Terry Pratchett has died

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Post by blueskin_ »

lkbm wrote: post #9

In case anyone hasn't seen it, Terry Pratchett helped make a documentary, "Choosing to Die", about (and eloquently defending) assisted suicide: https://vimeo.com/105168003 I've yet to see any reports saying this was such a death, but he's been dealing with Alzheimer's for some time now. At any rate, it sounds like he died in a dignified and comfortable manner, as he deserves.

If he died at home, it's unlikely to be as it is, unfortunately, still illegal in Britain. Switzerland is the key location where most British people go for assisted suicide.

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Post by jmduke »

"No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away." ~ TP, Reaper Man

An absolute force. I've got a bookshelf devoted to Pratchett, and it's only going to grow. RIP.

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  "Yes. I know. He's Vorbis," said Brutha. "Vorbis changed people. Sometimes he
  changed them into dead people. But he always changed them. That was his triumph." 
   -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)
I love this book, Small Gods, one of my favorite books by any author. I think the same could be said of Terry Pratchett, he changed people through his books (and as a bonus generally left them alive). Godspeed Terry.

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Post by arcatek »

conorh wrote: post #34

"Yes. I know. He's Vorbis," said Brutha. "Vorbis changed people. Sometimes he changed them into dead people. But he always changed them. That was his triumph." -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) I love this book, Small Gods, one of my favorite books by any author. I think the same could be said of Terry Pratchett, he changed people through his books (and as a bonus generally left them alive). Godspeed Terry.

Small Gods was amazing. Thought-provoking moral hidden amongst good and subtle jokes. Hard to get into, but once you're in, you never leave.

And to think that most of his books are like this. A great writer, really.

Re: Sir Terry Pratchett has died

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Post by bitexploder »

btilly wrote: post #13

Read http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/24/terry-pratchett... if you want to understand him. Read http://www.lspace.org/books/pqf/ if you want a quick reminder of what we have lost. Goodbye Terry, you will be remembered fondly.

I prefer not to think of human death as a loss. Rather, think of all we have gained from his life. He left us with many books to remember him by. I have lost nothing from his death. I have gained from his life. The stoics encourage us not to ask what we have lost when someone has died, but what we have gained.
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