I was just reminded that it is the anniversary of the death of Terry Pratchett.

The day it happened, my SO cried. For days afterward, she would occasionally stop what she was doing and tear up for a moment.

From what I've read online, this is pretty common. His writing touched the lives of so many people in a very profound way.

#TerryPratchett #Writing #Author #GNUTerryPratchett

"All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."
DEATH: "REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE."
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET — Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
MY POINT EXACTLY.

— Terry Pratchett, #Hogfather

#GNUTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #Discworld #quote #quotes #DEATH #Justice

and you’re sure this isn’t a #terrypratchett quote?

Some thoughts on the #ColourOfMagic

I'm only a few pages in so far. It's pretty much what I expected from #TerryPratchett's writing - a kind of cartoon style of writing.

There's already about a million characters but it isn't confusing and the plot doesn't lose pace as it flips around.

The story structure is quite gripping. It starts with a devastation, then sets about explaining how that came to be. From what I've read of Prachett's writing style, he doesn't use outlines, just drafts ...

So I started reading The Colour of Magic.

#TerryPratchett