Terry Pratchett
By Therese Walsh | December 13, 2007 |
From the Boston Herald: Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer’s, he said in a message posted to his illustrator’s Web site.
In a brief note to fans entitled “An Embuggerance,” Pratchett, 59, said he was taking the news “fairly philosophically” and “possibly with a mild optimism.”
“I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news,” he wrote on the Web site of Paul Kidby, who has illustrated many of his books.
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Oh my god… I’m so sorry for her. I’ve met a few people with that illness and it’s truly cruel.
*him (distraction typo) xD
Wow! I LOVE Terry Pratchett’s work. Luckily, he’s written so much great material that he’ll continue to make readers laugh until they cry, pee or both for generations to come. He has a brilliant mind – thank God he’s put it to such good use!
I completely agree, Lisa. I’m celebrating his creative genius and the wealth of entertainment he has provided over the years for us. Like many others, I have a special Pratchett shelf in my bookcase and those bright paperbacks will be read and re-read with much laughter and tears. My favourite is Feet of Clay.
I’m also feeling my own mortality right now, since Terry Pratchett and I were born in the same year.