“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death.

[MyUserName]

A loss to the world :-(

Funnily enough one of his Disc World characters is actually based on a guy I know. I didn't like his first few books but the others are great!

[Unix]

Adams wrote Watership down, not HHGTTG

No that was Charles Dickens

[EternalOptimist]

No that was Charles Dickens

oh. Is he dead as well then ?

[DaveB]

How do I judge it then? Do I have to read every book that crosses my path?

Nope. Just the first two pages. If you dont want to keep going after that then put it back down.

He (TP) did tail off in terms of his writing after the first few books. Guards Guards was the last one I really enjoyed. He had a tendancy to find a moral and then beat you over the head with it at every opportunity in his later books.

They were still worth reading though, there were always some gems hidden in the dirt. You just had to dig to find them.

[d000hg]

How do I judge it then? Do I have to read every book that crosses my path?

Why are you so keen to judge everything?



I thought TP had controversially organised euthanasia in Switzerland or somewhere?

[DannyF1966]

oh. Is he dead as well then ?

Not yet. He writes the Christmas episodes of Doctor Who.

[EternalOptimist]

Not yet. He writes the Christmas episodes of Doctor Who.

ok.

btw, is it an Ide today ?
is today an ide

[Zippy]

Bugger, shit: and f**etty f**k. They won't be dancing in the streets of Ankh Morpork tonight. And neither will I
I hope the Patrician gives him a good send off.

[DaveB]

ok.

btw, is it an Ide today ?
is today an ide

Not quite. 15th March is the equivalent of the Ides.

[vetran]

first got into him after reading 'good omens'.

My mother in law is going to be a bit miffed, she buys me his latest every year, and I promise not to read all boxing day.