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Terry Pratchett's unpublished works crushed by steamroller
August 30, 2017 at 6:01 am
A hard drive containing unfinished works by Terry Pratchett has been crushed by a steamroller, as per instructions left by the fantasy novelist.
Pratchett did not want his unpublished works to be completed by someone else and released.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41093066
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RE: Terry Pratchett's unpublished works crushed by steamroller
August 30, 2017 at 6:11 am
"Ripples of paradox spread out across the sea of causality."
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RE: Terry Pratchett's unpublished works crushed by steamroller
August 30, 2017 at 7:44 am
Note the articles states the steamroller did an ineffective job and a rock crusher was used to render it FUBAR. This is something members of AF could have advised them of.
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RE: Terry Pratchett's unpublished works crushed by steamroller
August 30, 2017 at 10:52 am
I recently discovered Terry Pratchett, and love his work. I don't blame him for what he asked, since I don't think anyone could make it like he would have, had he lived to finish whatever it was.
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RE: Terry Pratchett's unpublished works crushed by steamroller
August 30, 2017 at 5:53 pm
I read all the Terry Pratchett books until Raising Steam was released and I returned it to Amazon. It was clear to me that Terry Pratchett the author was gone by that point. I was surprised to see him publish more books. It was like it was written by someone with no experience at all.
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RE: Terry Pratchett's unpublished works crushed by steamroller
August 30, 2017 at 6:57 pm
I'm in two minds about this.
I understand and respect the motivations behind the move. I wouldn't want anyone continuing my unfinished works and likely ruining them.
However, it would have been interesting to see in what direction he was going with Discworld and other works. Even if it was put online as unfinished works".
The fans are still going to write their stories, anyway.
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