11 Reasons Terry Pratchett Is A Literary Genius
- Thread starter Who's Wee Dug
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*sniffle* If anyone needs me, I'll be under the blanket for a while. Bawling my eyes out all over again - but thinking of the good memories. 
Perhaps we should not obsess so much about the fact of pTerry's passing. Perhaps the best way to remember pTerry is to remember the glorious life he had, the fun he had and shared with us, and the fact that when he passed on, he was not in much pain.
Even so... this evening I picked up TSC. It was a bittersweet moment. To know that I had in my hands the last book he ever wrote. To think that we live in a world where John Lennon was murdered, where pTerry and Doug Adams and Chris Lee have passed on, and yet, we have to live in a world where Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump still walk around.
Please, I want to book a ticket on the Golgafrincham B Ark. I don't want to wait.
And that slightly depressing thought reminds me of the funeral music from Wagner's Götterdämmerung and Edgar's closing words in Shakespeare's King Lear, a play that is once studied and never forgotten:
The weight of this sad time we must obey;
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.
The oldest have borne most; we that are young
will never see so much, nor live so long.
I need a hug........ *reaches for the box of Kleenex* 
Perhaps we should not obsess so much about the fact of pTerry's passing. Perhaps the best way to remember pTerry is to remember the glorious life he had, the fun he had and shared with us, and the fact that when he passed on, he was not in much pain.
Even so... this evening I picked up TSC. It was a bittersweet moment. To know that I had in my hands the last book he ever wrote. To think that we live in a world where John Lennon was murdered, where pTerry and Doug Adams and Chris Lee have passed on, and yet, we have to live in a world where Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump still walk around.
Please, I want to book a ticket on the Golgafrincham B Ark. I don't want to wait.
And that slightly depressing thought reminds me of the funeral music from Wagner's Götterdämmerung and Edgar's closing words in Shakespeare's King Lear, a play that is once studied and never forgotten:
The weight of this sad time we must obey;
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.
The oldest have borne most; we that are young
will never see so much, nor live so long.
I need a hug........ *reaches for the box of Kleenex* 
Even a load of useless bloody loonies is better than a world where Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump can become the leaders of the most powerful nation in the world, and yet Doug, Terry and Chris aren't around anymore.
I still need a hug. Please? I just picked up TSC and haven't even cracked it yet. It feels like sacrilege. I keep telling myself that I'll start it once I finish reading everything else on my list. But then I keep procrastinating and thinking "I'll read it a little later... I'll read it a little later..." You know, delaying the moment when you might have the pleasure of reading TP.
Why? For the same reason that you might eat chicken or fruit or veg every day, but you wouldn't eat lobster every day, or truffles. By the same token, you might read (a part of) a good book every day, but reading TP is a special occasion. (Although you don't dress up to read TP - at least I don't.........)
Now this gives me an idea. What do you do before you read a new TP, hmmm? I put the kettle on, make myself a cup of tea, close the blinds to shut out the noise outside, fill a bowl of favourite treats (junk or healthy), and read. Occasionally I stop to make another cup of tea, but I don't stop otherwise. What do you do, hmm? :twisted:
I still need a hug. Please? I just picked up TSC and haven't even cracked it yet. It feels like sacrilege. I keep telling myself that I'll start it once I finish reading everything else on my list. But then I keep procrastinating and thinking "I'll read it a little later... I'll read it a little later..." You know, delaying the moment when you might have the pleasure of reading TP.
Why? For the same reason that you might eat chicken or fruit or veg every day, but you wouldn't eat lobster every day, or truffles. By the same token, you might read (a part of) a good book every day, but reading TP is a special occasion. (Although you don't dress up to read TP - at least I don't.........)
Now this gives me an idea. What do you do before you read a new TP, hmmm?
I put the kettle on, make myself a cup of tea, close the blinds to shut out the noise outside, fill a bowl of favourite treats (junk or healthy), and read. Occasionally I stop to make another cup of tea, but I don't stop otherwise. What do you do, hmm? :twisted:
Thanks for posting, Dug! :clap:
I totally understand you, Rath! It is such a bittersweet book… Unfortunately for me I’m still waiting for the Spanish translation, but once out I’ll read it immediately. Of course it will be hard but… Isn’t it reading his words the best of the tributes?
For me anywhere and anytime is great to open a Discworld book! ^^
Rath, this is for you!
Mx
I totally understand you, Rath! It is such a bittersweet book… Unfortunately for me I’m still waiting for the Spanish translation, but once out I’ll read it immediately. Of course it will be hard but… Isn’t it reading his words the best of the tributes?
For me anywhere and anytime is great to open a Discworld book! ^^
Rath, this is for you!
Mx
