Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Sir Terry Pratchett

I simply love the writing of Terry Pratchett. Sir Terry has been diagnosed with an early form of Alzheimer's Disease. He is certainly fighting it; raising money for research; making large donations to research efforts himself. So he will not go quietly.

And he is still able to write, thank the Goddess! A new book in the Tiffany Aching series, I Shall Wear Midnight, will be released in September. Hence my nifty blog title. The pic above is likely to be the cover art.

I have decided to write in tribute to Pratchett & his witches, because they all deserve it.

7 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for starting this blog! I love everything that Sir Terry Pratchett has ever written. I don't usually admit this, but his witches have actually had a lot of influence on my own beliefs and practices. I'm looking forward to reading your next post.

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  2. Why yes they do!!

    Looking forward to reading your blog. Sounds right up my alley....HUGE Pratchett fan.

    Cheers!

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  3. I love Terry Pratchett novels and the witches are my favorite characters in all his books. I look forward to reading the next post.

    Also, I love the Tiffany Aching series. :D

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  4. Thanks all! I am happy that he is so appreciated. I hear that Esk, the heroine of Equal Rites, shows up in I Shall Wear Midnight.

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  5. All Hail Terry Pratchett, the Most Pagany Agnostic on the block! This man is one of my gurus. I wanna be somewhere between him & Esme Weatherwax when/if I grow up.

    "Hogfather", "Witches Abroad" and "Good Omens" w/ Neil Gaiman are probably my favorites, but it's so hard to pick!

    Can you get any better than "Humanity is where the falling angel meets the rising ape"?
    I use some of his other ones as my IM status, and "There's a lot of time for abstract thought when you've got your hand stuck up a dead badger" in my Wights class handout material.

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  6. This is wonderful, Wizadess, and I'm behind you all the way. I am going to follow your example and read Sir Terry (love how you say it) into my memory. Who wouldn't wan to celebrate such intellect?

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  7. It's amazing that despite the Alzheimer's, Pterry continues to write, and that in a few months he would publish a new novel to make us laugh. Proof that people shouldn't give up despite the disease, and hope for the best. Congrats to him for being an inspiration!

    -Alice Byrne

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