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Fantasy author: I have Alzheimer's [Terry Pratchett]
CNN.com ^
| 12/13/07
Posted on 12/15/2007 8:33:53 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; terrypratchett
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This is terrible.
To: Slings and Arrows
Such a nasty disease. My MIL had it and it just robs you of yourself a little at a time. My prayers for a cure.
susie
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posted on
12/15/2007 8:34:53 AM PST
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/15/2007 8:39:44 AM PST
by
VictoryGal
(Never give up, never surrender!)
To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
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posted on
12/15/2007 8:40:46 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Bush is destroying the solar system:The ice caps on Mars are shrinking too." --Right_Wing_Madman)
To: Slings and Arrows
Prayers up. I watched my grandfather go with it, probably one of the hardest things a family and friends can go through.
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posted on
12/15/2007 8:44:12 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Slings and Arrows
Terry Pratchett is a living legend.. sad news, I hope he can still write some more of his wonderful books.
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posted on
12/15/2007 8:46:07 AM PST
by
Dutchguy
To: Slings and Arrows
What a shame. Hopefully he will respond to medication.
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posted on
12/15/2007 8:48:46 AM PST
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Early Onset Alzheimer's got the fantasist Charles Beaumont,too (and he was only 34!)-and the great Mervyn Peake fell victim to Parkinson's IIRC. Now Terry Pratchett. It's horrible when anyone acquires this dreadful disease-but it's a tragedy for all humanity when our finest artists fall victim, because we all lose what they would have created, if only.... :-(
My uncle had Early Onset Alzheimer's disease-he was completely senile before he was 50. :-(
To: Slings and Arrows
Very sad indeed. I wish him the best and a slightly selfish part of me hopes he does get a few more books out. BTW, try to catch the Hogfather (I believe it’s been on the ION network) miniseries. It came out last year in the UK but this is the first time I’ve seen it over here. Absolutely wonderful rendition of a great book. Sure to become a Christmas classic ;) (well for some of us anyway LOL)
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posted on
12/15/2007 9:06:45 AM PST
by
billbears
(Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
To: Slings and Arrows
Wow. Thanks. I have only been introduced to his books by my little British buddy about a week ago. I’m reading my 2nd one now.
Very sad.
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posted on
12/15/2007 9:35:52 AM PST
by
OSHA
(Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
To: Slings and Arrows
He says in a statement on his own Web site that the series {Discworld} "started out as a parody of all the fantasy that was around in the big boom of the early '80s, then turned into a satire on just about everything, and even I don't know what it is now." I'm not fond of fantasy either, but his parody/satire series is to fantasy what Don Quixote was to novels of chivalry. If you haven't read Pratchett, do yourself a favor and enjoy a great view of this world from a parallel world.
To: DeFault User
Read ‘em all. How can you not love a man that makes jokes about analog computers?
G-d be with him.
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posted on
12/15/2007 9:51:40 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Bush is destroying the solar system:The ice caps on Mars are shrinking too." --Right_Wing_Madman)
To: Slings and Arrows
That "machine" needs a real mouse and uses a quill pen for a printer.
I'm just finishing "Making Money", another great read.
To: DeFault User
No, you’re thinking of Hex. The analog computer is the water-operated economic modeler in Making Money. It’s based on a real analog computer (check Wiki).
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posted on
12/15/2007 9:58:29 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Bush is destroying the solar system:The ice caps on Mars are shrinking too." --Right_Wing_Madman)
To: Slings and Arrows
Each time Igor(s) appears in the novels I picture him as Marty Feldman.
Too bad he's no longer around to play that role again.
To: Slings and Arrows
I had the honor of sharing an awards banquet with him at MidSouthCon in Memphis this year. What an entertaining and genial gentleman in person. Terrible news.
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posted on
12/15/2007 10:06:55 AM PST
by
Snake65
(Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Very sad news. Pratchett is an absolute genius and his books are the best. Prayers up.
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posted on
12/15/2007 10:13:39 AM PST
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines,com)
To: Slings and Arrows
Thanks. Knew about the ‘phantom stroke’, from:
WOSSNAME
Newsletter of the Klatchian Foreign Legion
November 2007 (Volume 10, Issue 11)
interact@pearwood.info
but this is new to me. as issues come out at the end of the month.
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posted on
12/15/2007 10:19:51 AM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(If God didn't want a Liberal hanging from every tree, He wouldn't have created so much rope!)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/15/2007 10:21:50 AM PST
by
null and void
(Nully, you think of the oddest things. - sweetliberty)
To: Snake65
I didn’t know there was a MidSouthCon. I will check about attending next year. I am from Memphis.
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posted on
12/15/2007 12:50:02 PM PST
by
packrat35
(Politicians would be less worthless if they were edible, or useable for packing wheel bearings.)
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