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Windhawk 
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 Topic: Terry Pratchett RIP
Posted: March 13 2015 at 17:01 |
 zappaholic wrote:
I lost my job shortly after we lost Sir Terry. It was like a double punch in the gut.
Rest easy, Sir Terry.
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One of my best friends, who introduced me to Pratchett back in the day and that have been at several Discworld/Pratchett conventions, lost her mother the day after Pratchett died.
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Posted: March 13 2015 at 14:21 |
zappaholic wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
Very sad. RIP
His collab with Neil Gaiman on "Good Omens" is still one of the greatest, funniest, (and witty) things I've ever read.
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Artist's conception of the writing process.
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Edited by JJLehto - March 13 2015 at 14:21
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zappaholic
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Joined: March 24 2006
Location: flyover country
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Posted: March 13 2015 at 08:04 |
JJLehto wrote:
Very sad. RIP
His collab with Neil Gaiman on "Good Omens" is still one of the greatest, funniest, (and witty) things I've ever read.
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Artist's conception of the writing process.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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zappaholic
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Posted: March 13 2015 at 08:03 |
I lost my job shortly after we lost Sir Terry. It was like a double punch in the gut. Rest easy, Sir Terry.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 23:34 |
Very sad. RIP
His collab with Neil Gaiman on "Good Omens" is still one of the greatest, funniest, (and witty) things I've ever read.
Edited by JJLehto - March 12 2015 at 23:35
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team
Joined: March 12 2005
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 22:08 |
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 14:51 |
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I never got as much into Pratchett as many people my age with my general interests, but I did enjoy the two novels of his I've read. RIP.
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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CPicard
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 14:11 |
So, after Leonard Nimoy, Terry Pratchett (not to talk about the lastest news about Daevid Allen's health)... Frankly, what a sh*tty month. 
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Svetonio
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 13:57 |
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RIP
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 13:52 |
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A huge loss, one of the most witty and inventive writers there will ever be.
RIP Sir Terry.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Raff
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 13:09 |
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Very sad news. I knew of his illness, but 66 is still way too early to go. Now it's time for me to start reading his books, something which I have meant to do for a long time, but somehow never got round to doing.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 12:54 |
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I have never got into his books. But, I really respect him for the way he delt with Alzheimers and apparently helped a lot with alz charities. This is unfortunately a subject very close to me as my Dad has it (and hid Dad had it) and I don't really hold out too much hope for yours truly...
RIP
f**k Alzheimers
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Help me I'm falling!
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lazland
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 12:53 |
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A sad day, indeed.
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Stool Man
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 11:09 |
 One of my favourite people has left us He's left us dozens of wonderful books and a fabulous fictional world
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Icarium
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 11:01 |
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wow the king is dead, might he find solace in the land of surrealisme
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:55 |
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Sad day, brilliant writer.
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Ian
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Windhawk
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:43 |
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“We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.”
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Dean
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:32 |
Oh arse.
A terrific icon and ambassador for hat-wearers everywhere he will be greatly missed.
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What?
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Windhawk
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Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:26 |
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