The late great Sir Terry Pratchett left early to avoid the rush back on March 12th 2015. We have never forgotten The Magic of Terry Pratchett.
His death was announced on Twitter in a series of tweets
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.
— Terry Pratchett ???? ???? (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015
Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.
— Terry Pratchett ???? ???? (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015
The End.
— Terry Pratchett ???? ???? (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015
I’d been a huge Terry Pratchett fan since 1989 and I heard the news after getting back from the school run. I cried.
Since then I have found my community online and talked about Terry Pratchett constantly because
Do You not know, a man is not dead while his name is still spoken
Going Postal, Terry Pratchett.
We talk about all sorts of things and we do our best to keep Terry Alive in our hearts and minds.
I saw this poster in the group
I immediately knew I wanted to go, but first I had to find another Terry fan to go with. That was quite easy, I found one that lives less than a couple of miles away. last night we went to Birmingham Glee to see Marc Burrows perform The Magic of Terry Pratchett.
It was a wonderful evening. Marc Burrows is very funny but also an amazingly huge vessel of knowledge of Terry Pratchett. He was the first person to write an award winning biography of Terry Pratchett. I’ve read the book but I didn’t really know what to expect from the show.
He began by talking about Terry’s past and added so much humour, he made it really fun and interesting. He talked about some of the characters from the books, but the whole show was written in a way that even if you knew nothing about Terry Pratchett you could get something from it. He ended the first session with quite a dirty joke, which was supposedly told by Terry in the pub. The second part of the session he talked a little about why he is obsessed with Terry Pratchett and then he opened it up to a question and answer session which went really well. (someone did give away a massive spoiler for those who haven’t read Terry’s last book, The Sheperd’s Crown. I do think that it’s not really holding off reading it any longer. I understand that it’s the last book, but you should read it and enjoy it.
If you get the chance to see the show in your area please do, it’s real fun. If you are a Terry Pratchett fan you will love it, if you are not, you will learn a lot and hopefully come away and want to read at least one of his books. He wrote 41 Discworld books, lots of children’s books and collaborations with other authors like Neil Gaiman with Good Omens and Stephen Baxter with the Long Earth Series. His first book was a children’s book, The Carpet People. He’s had many of his books dramatised for television, like The Hogfather, Going Postal and The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.
Terry Pratchett died of Alzheimer’s at the age of 66 years at his home in Wiltshire. His name lives on in the clacks with a GNU
The Turtle Moves.
I didn’t really know much about Sir Terry Pratchett until after he died which is a sad shame.
It sounds like you had a fab evening!
Glad you had such a fab time, it sounds like a great tour. We have quite a few of Pratchett’s books, he was an amazing author. x