![]() What I would like to do is persuade the reluctant to pick up just one and give him a chance. I must confess to having once covered the newest with brown paper and labelled it The Principles of Geology in an attempt to disguise it from my clamouring family. But there are also those, like me, who discovered his books early, read them all, like most of them and devour each new one with greedy pleasure. Many more are possibly put off by the lurid covers, heaving with dwarves, dragons, vampires, goblins, trolls, and busty blondes bursting from their tightly fitting armour. Many people whose judgement I respect just don’t get him, finding the plots ludicrous and the humour childish. ![]() However, it is not his courage and wisdom in life I want to praise, but those qualities in his work. It’s not an issue that has yet been covered in his books, but maybe it’s only a matter of time. He has already donated $1 million to research, but as his recent television documentary showed, he is also a fervent proponent of assisted suicide. For a man of his devotion to words, sparkling wit, breadth of erudition and memory, it seems particularly cruel. It’s no secret that Pratchett himself has early-onset Alzheimer’s. Death personifies for Pratchett a lot of the themes he thinks are important: the strangeness of the universe and Man’s place in it the human capacity for self-deception the fact that few things are exactly as they seem and that it is vital to think for yourself. He is as terrifying as one would expect – except that he has a real horse called Binky (the skeleton ones kept falling apart), loves curry, can’t play chess and has a deep compassion for all the living things whose lives he terminates. He’s one of his most popular characters, a seven-foot-high skeleton with burning blue eyes who speaks in CAPITALS. Death turns up a lot in Terry Pratchett’s books. Many more are possibly put off by the lurid covers, heaving with dwarves, dragons, vampires, goblins, I find it a curiously comforting image.ĭeath personifies for Pratchett a lot of the themes he thinks are important: the strangeness of the universe and Man’s place in it the human capacity for self-deception the fact that few things are exactly as they seem and that it is vital to think for yourself. I’VE BEEN TOLD I SHOULD TRY AND MAKE THE OCCASION A LITTLE MORE ENJOYABLE.ĭeath turns up a lot in Terry Pratchett’s books. WAS THERE ANYTHING AMUSING IN THE STATEMENT I JUST MADE? IT WAS A PUNE OR PLAY ON WORDS. OF COURSE, SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION said Death to Bjorn Hammerlock, YOU WILL BE BJORN AGAIN.
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