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Terry Pratchett; "AN EMBUGGERANCE"
Topic Started: Dec 13 2007, 01:25 PM (201 Views)
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Author Terry Pratchett is suffering from a rare form of early Alzheimer's disease, it has been revealed.
In a letter published on the website of artist Paul Kidby, the writer said the condition was behind a "phantom stroke" he had earlier this year.

The author said work was continuing on his latest works, Nation and Unseen Academicals, and that there was "time for at least a few more books yet".

"I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while," he wrote in a letter headed 'An Embuggerance'.

"All other things being equal, I expect to meet most current and, as far as possible, future commitments."

"Frankly, I would prefer it if people kept things cheerful," he continued, saying it was "too soon to tell" if the condition was immediately life-threatening.

"I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think.

"I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I can do?' but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7141458.stm

http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html
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Waily waily waily.

The best author in the Multiverse.

There will never be another like him. Never.

2007 has been a bad year for losing fantastic authors. Alan Coren died earlier this year, too.

For anyone wo has never read a Pratchett book, do yourself a favour and read one. If you are not sure where to start, then ask u4coffee or me on this thread.

His Disworld books are better if read in order and are all very, very different from one another. The first two books: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic should be read in order and should be read early on, as well as the other early books, but the actual order is not that serious (see http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/terry-pratchett/).

If you are in doubt about Fantasy, then start off with Good Omens, which he wrote with Neil Gaiman.
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