David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/3/15 at 05:26 PM |
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Terry Pratchett gone - sad times
Beeb
I've read his books for years - I used to wonder why his books were so ANGRY as well as funny - until I saw him on a programme about orang-utans
in Borneo. Then it became clear: a small, bearded man who was acerbic about anything he disagreed with. Then I realised why I loved to read his
books!
I was also sad about the way he went - I have seen various family members succumb to Alzheimers, and it's a horrible thing to witness. I
wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, let alone someone as intelligent as him.
[Edited on 12/3/15 by David Jenkins]
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Badger_McLetcher
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| posted on 12/3/15 at 05:49 PM |
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It's rare I get upset about such things, but this does manage it.
RIP Terry Pratchett
“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...”
If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.
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Slimy38
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| posted on 12/3/15 at 06:17 PM |
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It had been a birthday tradition of mine for many years to get his latest Discworld book. I think out of the entire collection there was only one that
was average, and even that was far better than most other books out there.
He will be missed.
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peter030371
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| posted on 12/3/15 at 06:28 PM |
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Lost for words, RIP
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Agriv8
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| posted on 12/3/15 at 08:01 PM |
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As a dyslexic git reading isn't easy bur read all his books at least twice.
A legend has passed.
Regards agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 12/3/15 at 08:56 PM |
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Mort was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and I was reading pyramids on the way home today.
quote:
Originally posted by Badger_McLetcher
“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...”
I like that quote
quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
As a dyslexic git reading isn't easy bur read all his books at least twice.
me to
My favourite quotes are:
Intreating times
‘Why don’t we just invite them to dinner and massacre them all when they’re drunk?’
‘You heard the man. There’s seven hundred thousand of them.’
‘Ah? So it’d have to be something simple with pasta, then.’
A poineant one for today
i ain't dead
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/3/15 at 10:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ceebmoj
Mort was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and I was reading pyramids on the way home today.
Pyramids was the book that caused me to laugh out loud on my commuter train one morning - the bit when the assassin was preparing for his final exam
by putting on all the weapons he could find - then slowly fell over because of the weight. 
(except TP said it better...)
[Edited on 12/3/15 by David Jenkins]
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James
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| posted on 13/3/15 at 12:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by ceebmoj
Mort was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and I was reading pyramids on the way home today.
Pyramids was the book that caused me to laugh out loud on my commuter train one morning - the bit when the assassin was preparing for his final exam
by putting on all the weapons he could find - then slowly fell over because of the weight.
(except TP said it better...)
[Edited on 12/3/15 by David Jenkins]
Weirdly, I think Pyramids was my first DW book as well. Followed by my favourite for many years- Men At Arms
Bit of dust in the eye when I read about him going I can tell you! 
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/3/15 at 08:15 AM |
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I am very sad about his death, he was a literary genius and certainly one of my favourite authors. RIP.
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HowardB
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| posted on 13/3/15 at 08:45 AM |
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It is a great loss to the world.
However, he's the only writer that not only knew what death would bring, but also that he would arrive on horse called Binky.....
AVOID THE RUSH, LEAVE EARLY
Or in the his case,.. when he was ready
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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jps
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| posted on 13/3/15 at 10:39 AM |
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Very sad news, I felt about the same when I read the news this morning as I did when I heard Colin McRae had been killed - a great loss, someone gone
too soon.
My favourite quote is from Guards! Guards! - I can't remember exactly but it's something like:
"Can you give it a push - the 'Dread Portal Through Which The Untutored Shall Not Pass' sticks something wicked in the
damp"...
Although the amount of obscure stuff in his books is amazing - I thought 'Ho, the Megapode!' in Unseen Academicals was the most
Pythonesque thing i'd ever read until I discovered that it was based on something that actually happens!!!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/3/15 at 10:42 AM |
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He was a great human being, a kind soul thoughtful to other and had a unique sense of humour.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/3/15 at 12:48 PM |
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Yes not sure what to buy my dad for his birthdays now
Mort was always my fave closely followed by Strata
I have no idea how one many could write so many books and they're all good
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