We lost Terry Pratchett too

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We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by Nidotamer » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:19 pm

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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by gkscotty » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:06 pm

Knowing it was coming doesn't make this any less sad. :( A real loss for everyone.


I just finished re-reading Small Gods. Knowing he left behind such great books does make it a little better, but still...

Thanks, Sir Terry.
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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by Meteorite » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:19 pm

Damn... just damn.
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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by Tony_Baritone » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:24 pm

Farewell Sir Pterry, one of the best fantasy writers ever.
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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by c_nordlander » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:25 pm

This is almost like losing a family member for me. I... I don't even... even a few days ago, I was hoping they'd find a cure for him and that his illness wouldn't be the end after all.

His books helped me through a very rough time when I was a teen. We are richer for having known you, Sir Terry.

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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by AssistantCrone » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:29 pm

I haven't read enough of his stuff (yet), but the bits I have read were honest and I liked that.
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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by SirMustapha » Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:43 am

I haven't even read this works yet, but I'm saddened because of how influential he was for some of you folks. My deepest sympathies.
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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by Terry Y » Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:38 am

I was out at sea when the news broke, but dang, I am so friggin' sad to hear this.

On the bright side, as much as I've read of Sir Terry, there's still a crap ton I've yet to discover, and I look forward to doing just that.
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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by c_nordlander » Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:39 pm

tyocham wrote:On the bright side, as much as I've read of Sir Terry, there's still a crap ton I've yet to discover, and I look forward to doing just that.
Well spoken! And there's a load of stuff there that I think you'll enjoy.
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Re: We lost Terry Pratchett too

Post by archonix » Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:54 pm

I know it's a weird little sentiment, but if you check the headers when you load simpworks.com you'll see

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X-Clacks-Overhead:GNU Terry Pratchett
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
Our choicest plans have fallen through, our airiest castles tumbled over, because of lines we neatly drew and later neatly stumbled over.
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