So as many of you will have heard Terry Pratchett passed away on the 12th March 2015, peacefully. Terry Pratchett is one of my all time favourite authors and I guess, I would say, hero's. Despite humble starts and a not so shining academic record, he worked hard in his life and created a fantasy world that I, like many others have lived in for years.
Prachett's first novel, the Carpet people was published in 1971 and his first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic was published three years before I was even born!
I thank my parents for introducing me to his books and even more so, the amazing animated series which ran on TV when I was a child (1992 and 1996)- it fuelled my hunger to enter into an amazing world which was carried on the back of four elephants, standing on the shell of a giant turtle.
His characters were amazing and if Death is anything like that which we find between the pages of the Discworld books, all I can say is the afterlife is going to be a blast.
But it was often the things that Pratchett said in interviews which struck me the most. One of my favourites, which has been scribbled in the front of every diary I've ever owned since I was a teenager is 'The vital ingredient in success is not knowing what you're attempting can't be done'
In tribute to the man who got me in trouble for reading under the covers with a torch, took up weekends of my life with his incredible characters (always to the detriment of homework), who influenced more than one world book day costume (my favourite was always Susan Death) and who's words remind me to always try, no matter what anyway says, I am going to reread the entire discworld series to date and his last book, due to be released in December posthumously before Christmas. I actually started on this journey two days after his passing as I make the the total 41 books to read. Having worked out the time between now and Christmas I make that just over one a week (I started this challenge on the 14th)
So I will be tracking my reading journey here on the blog, so if you're a Discworld fan I encourage you to leave comments, your favourite quotes or your own memories of how Pratchett influenced your life.
I'll be back with my reviews for The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic soon but until then just remember:
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