Posted on Mar 12, 2015
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This is just typical for my life. By the time I was seriously getting into Michael Crichton books (about my 5th or 6th) he finally succumbed to cancer. I literally just started reading the DiscWorld series last Friday, got to book 5 and the day I get into the 5th book, the Author dies. And it's a crying shame because the man was brilliant, witty, and had a wonderfully sardonic sense of humor that I had personally fallen in love with before I'd even finished the first chapter of The Color of Magic.

I'm sorry he had had to go just as I finally got around to meeting him, but I am grateful that he wrote as much as he did. He made the world a brighter place, so we'd be a bit more willing to do whatever is necessary to defend it.

Godspeed Sir Prachett.
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Sad to hear this. I always liked Terry Pratchett's writing. It is never fun to have a favored author pass away in the middle of a series. I experienced that with Robert Jordan, you feel bad but you wish they'd finished their work too!
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I hear you there. It was sad when Jordan was gone but it was tempered by the news about Sanderson being able to finish the series with all of Jordan's notes and recordings etc. Every end is different, though I suppose most beginnings are different too.
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I hate to say it, because it feels morbid but George R. R. Martin has me worried.
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Sir Terry is one of my favorite authors. I have read most of his works, and all of the Discworld novels. As a Satirist, he is amazing, and his insights strike true so often.

Just remember, you are not truly dead as long as your name is still spoken.

GNU Terry Pratchett. (This meaning will become more apparent when you get deeper in teh series).
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