These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

Out of Pod Experience

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
 

Terry Pratchett has passed away.
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Aspalis
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-03-12 15:53:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Aspalis
RIP you magnificent bastard. :(

Marcus Gord: "Aspalis is an onion. Many layers, each one makes you cry."
Arkady Vachon
The Gold Angels
Sixth Empire
#2 - 2015-03-12 16:17:19 UTC
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156


I may have to read Discworld again now.

Nothing Personal - Just Business...

Chaos Creates Content
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#3 - 2015-03-12 16:30:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Terry Pratchett wrote:
It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life


RIP one of the funniest and most satirical commentators on the human condition.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

New Player FAQ

Feyd's Survival Pack
Ned Thomas
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2015-03-12 16:38:22 UTC
Ouch, my inner child hurts now Cry

o7
Arline Kley
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#5 - 2015-03-12 16:44:26 UTC
"Well.. thats an embuggerance.." - Terry Pratchett, Going Postal.

"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." - Father Grigori, Ravens 3:57
witchking42
Doomheim
#6 - 2015-03-12 16:50:20 UTC
I owe my entire love of reading to his Discworld novels. Just so sad that we'll never get to experience any more of his fantastic work.

As he said himself, this is an embuggerance.
Mr M
Sebiestor Tribe
#7 - 2015-03-12 16:57:13 UTC
Quote:
'DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.'

Share your experience

Write for the EVE Tribune

www.eve-tribune.com
Frank Millar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2015-03-12 17:06:38 UTC
I'll readily admit I didn't read many of his books, but he will be sorely missed. Sad

RIP. o7

"Ook."
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#9 - 2015-03-12 18:48:18 UTC
only one I really liked was johhny and the dead .... but the wife was a very big fan of his stuff

sorely missed
Jenshae Chiroptera
#10 - 2015-03-12 19:01:56 UTC
I did not know him and I don't know what other books he might have written, so I have nothing to miss.
He was losing his marbles near the end and it did frustrate him endlessly.

As for referencing his work:

Rincewind on a desert island, starving, dreaming of French Fries.
Lucious Amazon women appear and ask him they can give him anything.
"Can I have a potato, please?"

CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids

Not even once

EVE is becoming shallow and puerile; it will satisfy neither the veteran nor the "WoW" type crowd in the transition.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#11 - 2015-03-12 21:20:52 UTC
sad Sad

but better him than george r. r. martin.

that guy still owes us some books.
elgrebo
The Blue Pill Taker Group
Vel Ad Exxitium.
#12 - 2015-03-12 21:54:39 UTC
His last Discworld novel is due to be published this year - A Shepherds Crown
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2015-03-12 23:37:06 UTC
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
sad Sad

but better him than george r. r. martin.

that guy still owes us some books.

Are you sure? I mean there are still one or two likable characters he hasn't killed off yet. They might yet be spared.

My first reaction, on seeing the news was "Oh poop." First Nimoy, now Pratchett.

If House played Eve: http://i.imgur.com/y7ShT.jpg

But in purple, I'm stunning!
Ryder 'ook
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2015-03-13 08:29:41 UTC
Stolen from slashdot:

sadness (Score:5)
by Haelyn (321711) on Thursday March 12, 2015 @12:37PM (#49242383)

"I would like my pudding now nurse. And then I think I'd like to... write... something... I don't remember what."

Standing in the corner, he waits. The sand slowly flows, but it nears it's end. The old man still glows, as thousands of threads spread away from him.

SQUEAK.

I AGREE. IT IS A SHAME TO SEE HIM THIS WAY.

SQUEAK.

NO. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.... BUT I CANNOT WAIT TO ASK HIM HOW IT ALL ENDS.

The old man looks up, through them at first... and then he sees them. For once, the smile on the hooded figure's skull is genuine.

"I... I remember you. The anth... ant..."

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATION.

"Yes, that. We knew each other?"

ONCE. AND WILL AGAIN, SIR.

He so rarely said it, and these feelings... remembering his young aprentice, and beloved daughter. The beautiful child they have.

"There... is a girl, yes?"

SHE IS SPEAKING TO THE AUDITORS, SIR. THEY ARE UNWILLING TO LISTEN.

"Well then. You know what they say, two things you cannot avoid. Taxes and..." He looks into the firey blue eyes, and becomes aware.

SQUEAK.

"Quite right. Is it time already? I have so much left to do."

YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL YOU CAN SIR.

"No, not cancer. Alzheimers."

I AM AWARE.

"So, where is the boy? I remember a boy."

CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.

"Ahh. Never much trusted cars. Or horses."

THEY GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

"Must I?"

SOON. BUT WE MAY SIT HERE AWHILE.

SQUEAK

DO YOU HAVE ANY BISCUITS?

"No. Shame really."

YES.

"Is it truely turtles?"

ALL THE WAY DOWN. I HAVE SEEN THEM.

"Ahh. I would love to see it. Perhaps a small trip before?"

IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE.

"The light is slower there... and there's a monkey...."

ORANGUTAN. SAME PRINCIPLE.

"Yes... will they remember me?"

SQUEAK.

"What was that? I could not hear you."

HE SAYS WE WILL, SIR.

"I never much liked the trouble people had with you. You seem like a nice fellow."

I HAVE MY DAYS.

"Don't we all?"

SOME LESS THAN OTHERS.

"Is it quick?"

YES. AND I BROUGHT THE SWORD. CEREMONY DICTATES IT.

"Ahh. How about a cup of tea?"

I WOULD ENJOY IT. DO YOU PLAY CHESS?

"No. how about checkers?"

And so they sat, two old friends regaling each other, though the old man could not remember all of the details, the cloaked man and his rat filled him in, when it was needed.

Every atom in our bodies was forged in the furnace of ancient stars - it's time we return home.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#15 - 2015-03-13 16:12:15 UTC
Fittingly Terry Pratchett fans are petitioning Death for his return.

I think he'd have appreciated that.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

New Player FAQ

Feyd's Survival Pack
Tyanir Ellecon
1 Royal Fleet Corps
Pandemic Horde
#16 - 2015-03-13 16:40:32 UTC
He will be missed and I agree that the petition is a fitting tribute to his humour.
Chenguang Hucel-Ge
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2015-03-13 22:09:32 UTC
Well, while it's not polite to speak about dead like this, but...

Serves him right! That's what every writer should get when he thinks that witch slapping snubbed cheesy ending is goddamn funny. I hope he'll make it to special hell for serial killers, naggers and people who are noisy at operas.

So, who's suffering now, swept away from the carpet?!
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#18 - 2015-03-14 00:09:52 UTC
^^ It looks like English, it reads like English but makes no sense.

Show some respect and GTFO

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

New Player FAQ

Feyd's Survival Pack
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2015-03-16 04:09:56 UTC
http://xkcd.com/1498/

If House played Eve: http://i.imgur.com/y7ShT.jpg

But in purple, I'm stunning!