GNU Terry Pratchett

[lokifan]

A couple of links:

The End
For Terry Pratchett
What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?

My internet didn't work for like fourteen hours yesterday, and then I went to bed. So when I woke up a little bit ago, I immediately went to catch up on shiz and saw “with the loss of Sir Terry” and said out loud, “oh noI keep

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[shapinglight]

I know what you mean. It's very rare that I find myself crying over the death of a public figure, no matter who they are. But this time...

[lokifan]

I do think with authors it tends to be more personal. You spend so much time with their voice in your head.

[therealsnape]

And the world seems smaller again today.That certainly sums it up. Such a loss. Even with his tremendous legacy.

[lokifan]

:( Absolutely.

Your icon is making me sniffle again!

[prunesquallormd]

:(
He should have had longer.
It's not fair. Life isn't, I guess, but still :'(

[lokifan]

Quite. papersky (aka Jo Walton) has written some great poetry about this, how death's inevitability (and inevitable unfairness) doesn't make things less saddening or enraging.