Terry Pratchet's last novel was published today. He died of Alzheimer's a few months ago, so his Discworld series of books will come to an end. It appears that he had plenty of avid fans, some queued to get book, such was their enthusiasm but I can't believe it would have sold out. Its not as if you could read it quickly and go get his next one.
I bought one of the series a few years ago, its full of odd sounding names for people and places, so odd that I really struggled to read it as I grappled with what the pronunciation should be. Given that I reading it in silence, I find that a bit interesting. It means that although they were made up words, I needed to understand them. I suppose that's what learning a language is all about, and I'm not very good at languages.
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