Terry pratchett has alzheimers..

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December 13, 2007 at 1:29 pm #1043096
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3042608.ece

Dont know what everyone thinks of his books personally i think they are well funny.
December 13, 2007 at 1:30 pm #1126827
starlaugh
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I used to read them when i was younger….. strange books though
December 13, 2007 at 1:30 pm #1147786
starlaugh
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I used to read them when i was younger….. strange books though
December 13, 2007 at 1:45 pm #1126826
Amen-tal
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:yawn: i have pretty much every book hes written…used to know josh kirby the guy who did all the illustrations till he passed away…

this is heavy news 🙁

the mans a Leg End with a brilliant mind, i hope he manages to knock out a few more reads before the bony hand of death arrives
December 13, 2007 at 1:45 pm #1147785
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:yawn: i have pretty much every book hes written…used to know josh kirby the guy who did all the illustrations till he passed away…

this is heavy news 🙁

the mans a Leg End with a brilliant mind, i hope he manages to knock out a few more reads before the bony hand of death arrives
December 13, 2007 at 1:47 pm #1126828
starlaugh
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However, Pratchett adds: “I would just like to draw attention to everyone reading the above that this should be interpreted as, ‘I am not dead’. I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think – it’s too soon to tell.

“I know it’s a very human thing to say, “Is there anything I can do?” but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.”

:laugh_at:
December 13, 2007 at 1:47 pm #1147787
starlaugh
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However, Pratchett adds: “I would just like to draw attention to everyone reading the above that this should be interpreted as, ‘I am not dead’. I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think – it’s too soon to tell.

“I know it’s a very human thing to say, “Is there anything I can do?” but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.”

:laugh_at:
December 13, 2007 at 7:20 pm #1126832
tarifa
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bugger, guys a legend, but like he says he’s not dead

total lateral thinking

reminded me of hitchhikers in its originality

i’ve read em all

loved em
December 13, 2007 at 7:20 pm #1147791
tarifa
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bugger, guys a legend, but like he says he’s not dead

total lateral thinking

reminded me of hitchhikers in its originality

i’ve read em all

loved em
December 13, 2007 at 10:00 pm #1126829
Playground Politics
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my dad has a beard
December 13, 2007 at 10:00 pm #1147788
Playground Politics
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my dad has a beard
December 13, 2007 at 11:24 pm #1126835
GiantMidget
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Thats unfortunate that he’s got this. Alzheimers’s is a fucking horrible disease. a member of my family has developed the early stages of it and it ain’t nice at all. We had a family get-together last sunday and my relative couldn’t remember who i was! It was like she was in her own reality and our’s was all wrong. She even asked where her daughter was and her daughter drove her to the house:apathy:. I ain’t too clued up on this condition but i’ve heard it can’t be cured, Does anyone know if thats true?
December 13, 2007 at 11:24 pm #1147794
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Thats unfortunate that he’s got this. Alzheimers’s is a fucking horrible disease. a member of my family has developed the early stages of it and it ain’t nice at all. We had a family get-together last sunday and my relative couldn’t remember who i was! It was like she was in her own reality and our’s was all wrong. She even asked where her daughter was and her daughter drove her to the house:apathy:. I ain’t too clued up on this condition but i’ve heard it can’t be cured, Does anyone know if thats true?
December 14, 2007 at 11:48 am #1126823
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HemelRaver wrote:

Thats unfortunate that he’s got this. Alzheimers’s is a fucking horrible disease. a member of my family has developed the early stages of it and it ain’t nice at all. We had a family get-together last sunday and my relative couldn’t remember who i was! It was like she was in her own reality and our’s was all wrong. She even asked where her daughter was and her daughter drove her to the house:apathy:. I ain’t too clued up on this condition but i’ve heard it can’t be cured, Does anyone know if thats true?

True unfortunatly.
December 14, 2007 at 11:48 am #1147782
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HemelRaver wrote:

Thats unfortunate that he’s got this. Alzheimers’s is a fucking horrible disease. a member of my family has developed the early stages of it and it ain’t nice at all. We had a family get-together last sunday and my relative couldn’t remember who i was! It was like she was in her own reality and our’s was all wrong. She even asked where her daughter was and her daughter drove her to the house:apathy:. I ain’t too clued up on this condition but i’ve heard it can’t be cured, Does anyone know if thats true?

True unfortunatly.
December 14, 2007 at 2:06 pm #1126830
cathdreadhead
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HemelRaver wrote:

Thats unfortunate that he’s got this. Alzheimers’s is a fucking horrible disease. a member of my family has developed the early stages of it and it ain’t nice at all. We had a family get-together last sunday and my relative couldn’t remember who i was! It was like she was in her own reality and our’s was all wrong. She even asked where her daughter was and her daughter drove her to the house:apathy:. I ain’t too clued up on this condition but i’ve heard it can’t be cured, Does anyone know if thats true?

yeah a member of my family has this, it isnt nice at all.:hopeless: It tends to get gradually worse, can be upsetting when they forget who you are..
December 14, 2007 at 2:06 pm #1147789
cathdreadhead
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HemelRaver wrote:

Thats unfortunate that he’s got this. Alzheimers’s is a fucking horrible disease. a member of my family has developed the early stages of it and it ain’t nice at all. We had a family get-together last sunday and my relative couldn’t remember who i was! It was like she was in her own reality and our’s was all wrong. She even asked where her daughter was and her daughter drove her to the house:apathy:. I ain’t too clued up on this condition but i’ve heard it can’t be cured, Does anyone know if thats true?

yeah a member of my family has this, it isnt nice at all.:hopeless: It tends to get gradually worse, can be upsetting when they forget who you are..
December 14, 2007 at 5:14 pm #1126836
JonnyQuest
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its a real shame i think being a writer is the worst career to get it with hes written alot of classics and he may not remember, colour of magic is jokes
December 14, 2007 at 5:14 pm #1147795
JonnyQuest
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its a real shame i think being a writer is the worst career to get it with hes written alot of classics and he may not remember, colour of magic is jokes
December 14, 2007 at 5:24 pm #1126831
cathdreadhead
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JonnyQuest wrote:

its a real shame i think being a writer is the worst career to get it with hes written alot of classics and he may not remember, colour of magic is jokes

yeah hes brilliant. Read most of the Discworld series, just reminded me I bought a Discworld book I haven’t read yet..Sourcery..

I love how Discworld is written;

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Great A’Turin swam slowly through the interstella deeps like the largest turtle there has ever been, carrying on its carapace the four huge elephants that bore on their backs the vast, glittering waterfall-fringed circle of the Discworld, which exists either because of some impossible blip on the curve of probability or because the gods enjoy a joke as much as anyone.

Sourcery, Terry Pratchett
December 14, 2007 at 5:24 pm #1147790
cathdreadhead
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JonnyQuest wrote:

its a real shame i think being a writer is the worst career to get it with hes written alot of classics and he may not remember, colour of magic is jokes

yeah hes brilliant. Read most of the Discworld series, just reminded me I bought a Discworld book I haven’t read yet..Sourcery..

I love how Discworld is written;

Quote:

Great A’Turin swam slowly through the interstella deeps like the largest turtle there has ever been, carrying on its carapace the four huge elephants that bore on their backs the vast, glittering waterfall-fringed circle of the Discworld, which exists either because of some impossible blip on the curve of probability or because the gods enjoy a joke as much as anyone.

Sourcery, Terry Pratchett
December 14, 2007 at 6:39 pm #1126824
Raj
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:hopeless: that sucks – I love his books raaa
December 14, 2007 at 6:39 pm #1147783
Raj
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:hopeless: that sucks – I love his books raaa
December 15, 2007 at 4:03 am #1126834
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Playground Politics wrote:

my dad has a beard

-sigh-:love: ive had some happy memories in that beard
December 15, 2007 at 4:03 am #1147793
spark_plug
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Playground Politics wrote:

my dad has a beard

-sigh-:love: ive had some happy memories in that beard
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