Terry Pratchet diagnosed with Alzheimers

Korplem · December 14, 2007

This is more hard for me to take than Jordan's death. I've seen somebody go through the slow decay of alzheimer's and it wasn't pretty. It is a very undignified and embarrassing way to go out. No control of bodily functions, rarely living in the present... *shudders*

Remind me to never get old...

Alrik Fassbauer · December 14, 2007

Dantre said:
Very funny stuff, although I sometimes get the impression I'm missing some of the jokes because they alludes to things I don't know.

Yes, they do.

Terry Prattchett is a man of enormous knowledge, and so many hints & details are only visible to those who have read in many scientific books as well.

What I like even more is what I call "reading behind the lines" ...

Korplem said:
Remind me to never get old...

Too old for Rock & Roll, too young to die ?

Benedict · December 17, 2007

txa1265 said:
Some would say that the best thing that could happen is to die of a heart attack or something similar before you become a lost soul within your own body.

This has been a sad year ... and while the deaths of some older writers (like Vonnegut) have struck me, this is a real tough one because it is a 'living death'.

And Robert Anton Wilson's died as well

Not been a good year for my favourite authors.

Terry Pratchet diagnosed with Alzheimers

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