Terry Pratchett dies :(

Ryan0r · 12 Feb 2017 at 11:42

neil_g;30495639 said:
Another thread dredge but seemed the best place to pop this..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08fjlvx/terry-pratchett-back-in-black

Terry Pratchett - Back in Black

Thank you for letting us know about this, I don't watch much TV so didn't know this was in the works. I grew up reading his books, he very much shaped my sense of humour and outlook on lots of things. A giant of a man and very sadly missed.

HAz · 12 Feb 2017 at 12:43

Diddums · 12 Feb 2017 at 12:55

HAz;30495902 said:
Rip

lol

Sankari · 12 Feb 2017 at 13:01

OK, which one of you heartless toss monkeys bumped this thread and made me upset again?

:mad:

Jokester · 30 Aug 2017 at 11:11

I think this sums up Terry Pratchett as well.

All his unfinished works run over by steam roller, before being fed into a concrete crusher just to be sure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41093066

HAz · 30 Aug 2017 at 11:32

dead again??? Rip

cheesyboy · 30 Aug 2017 at 11:45

Jokester said:
I think this sums up Terry Pratchett as well.

All his unfinished works run over by steam roller, before being fed into a concrete crusher just to be sure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41093066

I think it's a shame to be honest. Wouldn't want the works to be 'finished by someone else' as TP was concerned about. But seeing the odds and ends might have been rather good.

TheMightyTen · 30 Aug 2017 at 11:47

Jokester said:
I think this sums up Terry Pratchett as well.

All his unfinished works run over by steam roller, before being fed into a concrete crusher just to be sure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41093066

Very Pratchett-esque

, even long after he's gone he's still managing to bring a fresh smile to my face

HAz said:
dead again??? Rip

Pehaps read the current news article in the post above you :rolleyes:

Werewolf · 30 Aug 2017 at 12:32

Jokester said:
I think this sums up Terry Pratchett as well.

All his unfinished works run over by steam roller, before being fed into a concrete crusher just to be sure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41093066

I saw the tweet about doing it the other day and it gave me a bit of a sad smile.

It's both a very TP thing to do (his comments on literary researchers spring to mind) as he used to delete all the early drafts once a book was finished, and the idea of using a steam roller to do it makes me smile, but I'm also a little sad as it's a reminder we'll never see more of his work

It seems he really didn't want to have the situation of us seeing "Terry Pratchett's....." in the same way there are a load of books "based on the unfinished manuscript by X" still coming out years after some authors deaths.

melmac · 30 Aug 2017 at 12:59

That's a totally Terry Pratchett thing to do. I think it's sad though too, would have been nice for his fans and the people who loved him to see his unfinished works published in some way.

I grew up in Discworld, spent my days with Corporal Carrot, Vimes, Rincewind, Granny WeatherWax, Nanny Ogg, The Luggage, Cohen and all the rest of them. I have every one of his books. I would have bought these unfinished books too.

David Gemmell and Terry Pratchett, RIP. Two of my favourite authors, taken from us way too early with so much still to write.

dowie · 30 Aug 2017 at 13:17

Yeah on one hand I'd be very curious about his unfinished works, but it is amusing and fitting to see his wish re: the hard drive being carried out. If that is what he wanted then it would have been completely wrong for anyone to go against those wishes.

Qel · 30 Aug 2017 at 16:41

Good that they respected his wishes rather than trying to make more money out of it as I'm sure they could easily have done.

Rimsy · 30 Aug 2017 at 16:44

Really not sure how i missed this... As far as i knew he was ill with alzeimers but didnt realise he'd died over two years ago.

Steampunk · 30 Aug 2017 at 17:29

I thought his daughter (who is also a writer and worked with him in his final years) was supposed to finish those final works?

cheesyboy · 30 Aug 2017 at 17:30

Steampunk said:
I thought his daughter (who is also a writer and worked with him in his final years) was supposed to finish those final works?

Pretty sure she said she wouldn't ever write a Discworld book.

Fishbait · 30 Aug 2017 at 17:42

Yep, she said she'd leave the books the way he made them & would go her own route.
She's done some writing for games etc already, so off to a good start.

LeeUK · 30 Aug 2017 at 18:14

Just for show. The hard drives were well old models.

HAz · 30 Aug 2017 at 19:15

TheMightyTen said:
Very Pratchett-esque , even long after he's gone he's still managing to bring a fresh smile to my face

Pehaps read the current news article in the post above you

oh

Destination · 31 Aug 2017 at 07:57

Shame other authors didn't think of this, like Frank Herbert leaving in his will that his son should be steamrollered if he ever attempted to finish his works, in conjunction with that anderson fool.
Left us with two many books to end an otherwise lovely saga.
Of course they also went back and did backstory books, which too were awful, but I can forgive as they were different stories.

Hunters and sandworms of dune are a disgrace to the saga.

I am sad I will never see another Culture novel, but Banks would be the only man who could write such.

Much better to go the Prachett route.

Fishbait · 31 Aug 2017 at 08:43

Same goes for Tolkein. They should've left that Universe along & in a good state.
I still shudder at the mess that The Silmarillion became.