Such a shame, though I understand he had been suffering with Alzheimer's Disease for some time...
I first started reading his novels as a teenager back in the 80's... and just loved the Diskworld setting and characters therein...
His wit and sarcasm were wonderful and his parallels to modern living were priceless observations...
...simple things like a cart getting clamped in an alleyway... or some top hero getting equipped, having heard a fight break out in the bar below, only to topple over with the weight of all the weapons he'd just strapped on, wonderfully lampooning all those classic action movies...
...there's so many more moments spring to mind but I'd spend all day writing them all down...
But the book I enjoyed the most... and cannot help laugh out loud each time I pick it up, is the book he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman; Good Omens...
...which if you haven't read it, is a brilliant send up of the Omen series of movies and the Apocalypse in general... Simply excellent.
You will be sorely missed Sir!
I think it may well be time to start re-reading this classic series of works...
RIP
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