Terry Pratchett diagnosed with Alzheimers

Post by **Inanna** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:54 pm

I just finished reading "The Last Continent". Didn't enjoy it that much.... I guess Aussies would enjoy it far more.

Post by **Inanna** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:53 pm

This one is for Pratchett, esp the comment when you move the cursor over the comic:

http://xkcd.com/625/

Post by **Frelga** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:23 am

Here is a long and thoughtful writing by Pratchett on the subject of assisted suicide.

And buried toward the end of it is the wonderful news that Sir Pterry has finished I Shall Wear Midnight (although not the final draft).

And! And! Apparently, Going Postal has been completed, too, and will be aired some time in May.

Post by **Inanna** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:30 am

indeed!!

Post by **Inanna** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:32 pm

Frelga, have you read the The "Science of Discworld"?

Post by **Aravar** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:54 pm

I bought I Shall Wear Midnight yesterday, but didn't get round to starting it. Howver I also bought the DVD of Going Postal which I watched and thought the best of the three Sky adaptations. A good cast, especially Charles Dance as the Patrician and David Suchet as Reacher Gilt.

Post by **Inanna** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:56 pm

I have "I shall wear Midnight" on pre-order... it will get to me by end of Sep, apparently.

Sounds like Going Postal is worth a watch.... I'll keep an eye out for it.

Amazon delivered Nanny Ogg's Cookbook to me yesterday.

Post by **Inanna** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:34 pm

In my hands I hold "I Shall Wear Midnight".

Post by **Frelga** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:43 pm

Niiiiice. Do tell us what you think.

I have the cookbook, too. Keep meaning to make a Strawberry Wobbler.

Post by **Inanna** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:44 pm

Me too! Keep meaning to make it, I mean. Sounds simple, and um... interesting.

Post by **Frelga** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:51 pm

It's all in the presentation.

Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:11 pm

Don't know whether people have seen this:

Terry Pratchett starts process to take his own life

Post by **Inanna** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:45 pm

Hadn't seen this... thanks V.

Post by **Morwenna** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:02 am

It's such a sad thing. There's Alzheimer's on my mother's side of the family and you can bet I'm watching the medical news.

My husband and I are huge Pratchett fans--we have everything so far except the third Science of the Discworld, which we may finally get this autumn. Hubby has just finished the start-to-current Discworld novel re-read, he's now in one of the Science books, and after that he'll probably re-read the non-Disc books. We've been lucky enough to have seen him at several SF conventions. Now we're just waiting to see what happens next with him. There are supposedly at least two more books in the works; I do hope they will come to fruition.

I honestly don't know what I would do in his shoes.

Post by **Inanna** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:20 pm

Reading "Snuff" right now. On my Kindle.

I wonder.... is the pleasure diminished a bit?

Post by **Frelga** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:03 pm

By it being on Kindle, or by the book itself?

Mine should have shipped. I want Pratchett on my shelf, especially since the American edition actually got the Kidby cover this time.

Post by **Inanna** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:19 pm

by it being on the kindle. The book...is like his recent books. Less on humor, more on social issues.

Post by **Frelga** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:32 pm

I got it I got it I got it!!! The cover is gorgeous.

I want it on record that first I made my family a delicious dinner and had the Shabbat meal with them, and also that I have to sit and let my foot heal. After dinner I told them I'd see them Monday, although as it transpired I saw my husband at 6am.

I did like having the physical book, but there were a few times when I wished I could look up a word with a click.

Post by **Inanna** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:40 pm

ENJOY.

Am reading it again, and of course, enjoying it much more. Read quickly, wanna discuss it with you.

Post by **Frelga** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:13 pm

I'm done with the first read.