Do you know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?

[Didactylos]

No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away

YANBU - Truth! Freedom! Justice! and a hardboiled egg!
YABU - what are you talking about?

In memoriam

Argh, no idea why that is sideways!!

Wow, @DefiniteTortoise - want

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@Antarcticant the trouble is the first couple of books in the series are no way near as good as the rest, when he was first building the world it was a bit buggy. Avoid The Colour Magic and The Light Fantastic until you’ve Gotten into the swing of things and then go back for them. The watch series is arguably the best of the best so Guards Guards! (Or if you like more female driven narratives the witches series that starts with Weird Sisters) is a great place to start, OR try one of the standalone’s like Small Gods.

I've never heard this. That's intriguing and sad at the same time.

My personal favourite is Witches Abroad, I think that's an easy one to start with.

So sorry.

As a child I remember being told you have to let people go, mourning too long ties their spirit and they can't move on.

My dad's been gone nearly 3x longer than I ever had him for, and well over 50% of how long he lived. There is still a spark of his soul in many hearts and remembered every time I say my son's name. My son carries forward the memory of another relative also gone too young who had no descendents of his own who deserved his memory to carry on forwards. My dad himself was named after two uncles who died in youth

I'm not familiar enough with the great Terry Pratchett, I adore the wit and wisdom of the great Douglas Adams though. And still miss Wake up to Wogan. I'm not sure if the podcast is still on BBC Sounds, but the programme based around a lost and found rare interview was most illuminating and contained much wisdom.

Too much pTerry

I'm wearing the lilac today.

Truth! Freedom! Justice! Reasonably-priced love! And a hard-boiled egg.

How do they rise up.

One of mine was like that but without the shooting but with the addition that he knew me when I was a child and that my behaviour as a child was nothing to be proud of, he said I was very naughty.

They rise knees up, knees up, knees up.

GNU Sir Pterry.

I truly believe that in a few hundred years Pratchett will be remembered as one of our greatest observers on human nature.

This is a bit dull to share but...there were only two people who loved me growing up, my Gran and a Great Uncle who died 13 years ago.

In the last two years I've worked out two completely new facts about him. I find it amazing that this lovely man who cared about me when no one else did is still managing to communicate with me.

Look up Uncle Harry

“That's a nice song," said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time.
"It's an old soldiers' song," he said.
"Really, sarge? But it's about angels."
Yes, thought Vimes, and it's amazing what bits those angels cause to rise up as the song progresses. It's a real soldiers' song: sentimental, with dirty bits.
"As I recall, they used to sing it after battles," he said. "I've seen old men cry when they sing it," he added.
"Why? It sounds cheerful."
They were remembering who they were not singing it with, thought Vimes. You'll learn. I know you will.

At least you've tried, which is a far better thing than having never bothered like many others here.

I can relate though. I'm a huge fantasy lover, but I cannot get into Wheel of Time or Dresden Files. They should both be right up my alley. But nope.

GNU Sir Terry, and all who have gone before us.

Thud! Is my favourite. It hit hard even before I became a parent. Now.....

I have it, but can't quite bring myself to read it.

Absolutely. He also writes beautifully - the man crafted language beautifully. I can re-read and re-read Pratchett in a way that I think is most similar to Dickens. His writing never gets old or tired.

"The great Terry Pratchett, whose with is metaphysical, who creates an energetic and lively secondary world, who has multifarious genius for strong parody... who deals with death with startling originality. Who writes amazing sentences." - A.S. Byatt. (Novelist, poet, Booker Prize winner.)

Bollocking auto correct. 'Whose wit is metaphysical'

I think being remembered and living are different. My dad isn't 'with' me in any shape or form much as I wish he was. He's long gone and anything he said or did is then not now. He doesn't know he has grandchildren, he doesn't know I got married, he doesn't even know I passed my A levels or got safely home the last time I saw him in hospital.

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I am wearing my lilac toga in tribute. That is not my cow though, it goes neigh.

Some of you may like this. www.discwordle.com

I have only read half of The Shepherd's Crown, that way there is always something left to read.

I got Discwordle in one!