Terry Pratchett 1948-2015: a magical life, ended far to soon

[News and reviews about the works of Sir Terry Pratchett]

Wossname
Newsletter of the Klatchian Foreign Legion
March 2015 (Volume 18, Issue 3, Post 1)

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stuff-that-fits pertaining to the works and activities of Sir Terry 
Pratchett. Originally founded by the late, great Joe Schaumburger for 
members of the worldwide Klatchian Foreign Legion and its affiliates, 
including the North American Discworld Society and other continental 
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*HE ATE'NT DEAD IN OUR HEARTS: RIP TERRY PRATCHETT, 1948-2015*


Dear Readers,

The Author has left us. But the magic he brought to the world will never 
leave. Let us mourn his passing, but celebrate his life and works.

Wossname will continue, as it has always been even more about the words 
of a master wordsmith than about the life of the wordsmith himself. 
There will be our own loving obituary to add to the vast outpouring of 
tributes to the man who brought satire and real wisdom to the fantasy 
genre, but for now, here is the official announcement as posted on PJSM 
Prints:

"It is with immeasurable sadness that we announce that author Sir Terry 
Pratchett has died at the age of 66.

"Larry Finlay, MD at Transworld Publishers:

"'I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett has died. The 
world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds. In over 70 books, 
Terry enriched the planet like few before him. As all who read him know, 
Discworld was his vehicle to satirize this world: he did so brilliantly, 
with great skill, enormous humour and constant invention. Terry faced 
his Alzheimer's disease (an 'embuggerance', as he called it) publicly 
and bravely. Over the last few years, it was his writing that sustained 
him. His legacy will endure for decades to come. My sympathies go out to 
Terry's wife Lyn, their daughter Rhianna, to his close friend Rob 
Wilkins, and to all closest to him.'

"Terry passed away in his home, with his cat sleeping on his bed 
surrounded by his family on 12th March 2015. Diagnosed with PCA1 in 
2007, he battled the progressive disease with his trademark 
determination and creativity, and continued to write. He completed his 
last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014, before 
succumbing to the final stages of the disease.

"We ask that the family are left undisturbed at this distressing time."

To read this message on the web, go to http://www.pjsmprints.com/


I'm off to raise a glass of scumble to The Author. See you soon.

– Annie Mac, Editor

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