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Aspalis
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
2209
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Posted - 2015.03.12 15:53:35 -
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RIP, you magnificent bastard.
Marcus Gord: "Aspalis is an onion. Many layers, each one makes you cry."
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Arkady Vachon
Aliastra Gallente Federation
973
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Posted - 2015.03.12 16:17:19 -
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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156
I may have to read Discworld again now.
Nothing Personal - Just Business...
Chaos Creates Content
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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
23242
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Posted - 2015.03.12 16:30:41 -
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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.
"Remember, as a non-combatant, your best tank is being elsewhere." ~ Abrazzar
Nil mortifi sine lucre.
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Ned Thomas
Signal Cartel EvE-Scout Enclave
1112
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Posted - 2015.03.12 16:38:22 -
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Ouch, my inner child hurts now
o7
Don't get lost alone - Join Signal Cartel, New Eden's premier haven for explorers!
Onward to Thera with Eve Scout
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Arline Kley
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
520
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Posted - 2015.03.12 16:44:26 -
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"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
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witchking42
140
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Posted - 2015.03.12 16:50:20 -
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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.
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Mr M
Sebiestor Tribe
455
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Posted - 2015.03.12 16:57:13 -
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Quote:'DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.'
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Frank Millar
The Scope Gallente Federation
2280
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Posted - 2015.03.12 17:06:38 -
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I'll readily admit I didn't read many of his books, but he will be sorely missed.
RIP. o7
"Ook." |
jason hill
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
752
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Posted - 2015.03.12 18:48:18 -
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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
The Volition Cult
1096
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Posted - 2015.03.12 19:01:56 -
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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?"
CSM Ten movement for change.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids.
Status: Rabid carebear
Blog
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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters Disturbed Acquaintance
18549
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Posted - 2015.03.12 21:20:52 -
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sad
but better him than george r. r. martin.
that guy still owes us some books. |
elgrebo
The Brass Lantern Company
3
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Posted - 2015.03.12 21:54:39 -
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His last Discworld novel is due to be published this year - A Shepherds Crown |
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12959
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Posted - 2015.03.12 23:37:06 -
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Eurydia Vespasian wrote: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!
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Ryder 'ook
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
134
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Posted - 2015.03.13 08:29:41 -
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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.
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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
23252
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Posted - 2015.03.13 16:12:15 -
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Fittingly Terry Pratchett fans are petitioning Death for his return.
I think he'd have appreciated that.
"Remember, as a non-combatant, your best tank is being elsewhere." ~ Abrazzar
Nil mortifi sine lucre.
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Tyanir Ellecon
Arbitrary Spaceship Destruction -affliction-
13
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Posted - 2015.03.13 16:40:32 -
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He will be missed and I agree that the petition is a fitting tribute to his humour. |
Chenguang Hucel-Ge
Exiled Tech Space Monkey Protectorate
14
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Posted - 2015.03.13 22:09:32 -
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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
23264
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Posted - 2015.03.14 00:09:52 -
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^^ It looks like English, it reads like English but makes no sense.
Show some respect and GTFO
"Remember, as a non-combatant, your best tank is being elsewhere." ~ Abrazzar
Nil mortifi sine lucre.
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Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12960
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Posted - 2015.03.16 04:09:56 -
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http://xkcd.com/1498/
If House played Eve: http://i.imgur.com/y7ShT.jpg
But in purple, I'm stunning!
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