Terry Pratchett

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:28 am

Goddamn. One of the few authors I actually gave a shit about.

Post by **TPRJones** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:20 pm

First celebrity death to make me cry in a long time.

He was a hell of an author. And an all-around good guy.

I got to meet him while working a sci-fi convention in the late 90s. It was a brief and unimportant interaction, yet I'll never forget it.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:59 pm

Terry was the one guy on the planet that might've been able to finish Douglas Adams's last book.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:16 pm

Last tweets:

AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. 10:06 AM - 12 Mar 2015

Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night. 10:07 AM - 12 Mar 2015

The End. 10:07 AM - 12 Mar 2015

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:31 pm

GNU Terry Pratchett

Here's an article on The Guardian about it.

Edited By TPRJones on 1427164357

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:46 pm

I don't think I've read a thing from this guy. Maybe some short story in a collection.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:04 pm

You're missing out. Perhaps the best satirist that has ever sat.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:42 pm

I can't think of a bad book he's written.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:59 am

OK, so someone recommend some books for Gordon and me.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:09 am

Colour of Magic starts off the entire discworld thing.

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:33 pm

Personally I find the first few Discworld books - especially the first two - to be the least entertaining of them. The later books are just fucking phenomenal. In between are some real gems. But where to start when the beginning is the worst part?

I think Pyramids is the single best place to start. It's nowhere near the best but it's practically a stand-alone book separate from all the rest yet still takes place in the same universe and has a good feel for the flavor of his work. If you like it then go back to The Colour of Magic and read it all. If you don't then odds are you won't like the rest of it, although you could still jump ahead to Thief of Time for another sampling point that isn't too tightly bound up in the overall series to lead to confusion without reading what came before.

But I still think his best book of all was one that wasn't Discworld. It was it's own separate book and was written with Neil Gaiman and is by far my single favorite non-sci-fi book ever: Good Omens. Even if you don't want to get involved in the Discworld stuff, you have to try this one. Brilliant.