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  • Terry Pratchett's Alzheimer's Speech in Full

    03/16/2008 11:56:20 PM PDT · by Hetty_Fauxvert · 15 replies · 32,588+ views
    this is bristol.co.uk ^ | March 13, 2008 | Terry Pratchett
    My name is Terry Pratchett, author of a series of inexplicably successful fantasy books and I have had Alzheimer's now for the past two years plus, in which time I managed to write a couple of bestsellers. I have a rare variant. I don't understand very much about it, but apparently if you are going to have Alzheimer's it's a good one to have. So, a stroke of luck there then! Interestingly enough, when I was diagnosed last December by those nice people at Addenbrooke's, I started a very different journey through dementia. This one had much better scenery, interesting...
  • Fantasy author: I have Alzheimer's [Terry Pratchett]

    12/15/2007 8:33:53 AM PST · by Slings and Arrows · 21 replies · 815+ views
    CNN.com ^ | 12/13/07
    LONDON, England (CNN) -- Fantasy author Terry Pratchett has admitted that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease -- but says he plans to continue writing his multi-million selling Discworld books.