Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer’s Disease
Terry Pratchett has Announced he has Alzheimer’s Disease
One of the world’s bestselling authors has told his fans and publishers that he has an early and very rare form of the degenerative disease.
The author, who is only 59, has sold in excess of 50 million books worldwide. His Discworld novels have a following almost like no other set of books, a legion of fans for whom nothing else will do.
He is an author you either love or hate, those that like his work have few other avenues to go down as he is a writer with a unique style and perspective
The news will come as a terrible shock to his legion of fans but with characteristic stoicism Terry Pratchett has appealed to everyone not to be miserable and to see how things develop, hopefully it may not be as bad as it may initially sound.
He says he would have preferred to keep the news private for a little while but felt it only right to give his readers, publishers and those due to attend conferences and promotional events some notice.
We wish him well !
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Witches of Eastwick said,
December 13, 2007 @ 11:51 pm
Rod,
I’m reading Thud at the moment and was sad to hear this news. It’s unusual for any book to hold my attention but I took to the Discworld novels like a spell to the cauldron.
WoE
Rod said,
December 14, 2007 @ 8:48 am
WoE
you either take to them or not, those that do seem t really get hooked, the sign of great books
RC