This is terrible.
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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
2 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)
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3 posted on
12/15/2007 8:39:44 AM PST by
VictoryGal
(Never give up, never surrender!)
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4 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)
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Terry Pratchett is a living legend.. sad news, I hope he can still write some more of his wonderful books.
6 posted on
12/15/2007 8:46:07 AM PST by
Dutchguy
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What a shame. Hopefully he will respond to medication.
7 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)
9 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)
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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.
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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.
16 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!)
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Very sad news. Pratchett is an absolute genius and his books are the best. Prayers up.
17 posted on
12/15/2007 10:13:39 AM PST by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines,com)
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19 posted on
12/15/2007 10:21:50 AM PST by
null and void
(Nully, you think of the oddest things. - sweetliberty)
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