RIP Sir Pterry

[azalaisdep]

So very, very sad, no less so because we'd known for a long time it was coming; one of my favourite authors for readers of all ages, a wonderful, wise, witty and humane man, and in recent years a brave and stalwart campaigner to raise both awareness and research funding for Alzheimer's Disease:

This news."It is with immeasurable sadness that we

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[marta_bee]

I think I'm falling in love with his writing, just through the quotes people are sharing today! It's so beautiful, so deep (you can see why that would appeal!), so willing to find joy in sorrow, and I didn't know what I was missing. So there's a bit of a silver lining there, that the legacy continues, but it's still very, very sad. If I'd lived with him before I'm fairly sure I'd be pretty devastated.

So: *hugs*
*more hugs*
*all the hugs* for you, love.

[azalaisdep]

Thank you. And yes, as I said on another thread, I do think you might enjoy some of the later, Vimes-central Discworld books, and the Tiffany Aching-centred ones, in particular.