Terry Pratchett diagnosed with Alzheimers
This one is for Pratchett, esp the comment when you move the cursor over the comic:
http://xkcd.com/625/
http://xkcd.com/625/
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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.
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.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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.
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.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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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.
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.
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.
Mine should have shipped. I want Pratchett on my shelf, especially since the American edition actually got the Kidby cover this time.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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.
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.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!