Get me out of this hell hole
I've noticed that when famous authors pass, their fans often express the wish that they find themselves in the worlds they created. When Douglas Adams died, all sorts of folks said they "hoped to catch you at Milliways," or the like. Again with Pterry, plenty of people hoped he would "swim with Great A'Tuin" or "visit Ankh-Morpork. To which I reply, "Wow, you must have hated them.
Certainly, when Anne McCaffrey died, it was cool to wish that she'd ride on a dragon, and I'm sure Tolkien would be very happy in the Shire, but Pern is pretty idealized and the Shire was the good Professor's idea of what England should have been like. No one with any sense would want to live in a fantasy or sf world written by a realist. (Hell, no one would really want to live on Pern either, if they thought it through.)
Yeah, the Disc runs on narrativium, and Adams' Galaxy was a wild and wacky place, but they had real things to say about society and a realistic view of human nature. I'm pretty sure the last place either would have wanted to end up was in a world that reflected their most deep-seated views of people. So instead, I hope Pterry (and DNA) find themselves not in the places they created, but in the places they really belong.
Certainly, when Anne McCaffrey died, it was cool to wish that she'd ride on a dragon, and I'm sure Tolkien would be very happy in the Shire, but Pern is pretty idealized and the Shire was the good Professor's idea of what England should have been like. No one with any sense would want to live in a fantasy or sf world written by a realist. (Hell, no one would really want to live on Pern either, if they thought it through.)
Yeah, the Disc runs on narrativium, and Adams' Galaxy was a wild and wacky place, but they had real things to say about society and a realistic view of human nature. I'm pretty sure the last place either would have wanted to end up was in a world that reflected their most deep-seated views of people. So instead, I hope Pterry (and DNA) find themselves not in the places they created, but in the places they really belong.