Guus Bosman

Today is a sad day -- Sir Terry Pratchett has past away, at the age of 66. I love his books and I was really sad to hear about his passing.

Reading Terry Pratchett books started many years ago for me. In the mid-1990's, my father and I would borrow books from the library in Middenmeer, and soon we had read them all. In Dutch, in excellent translations.

Later we'd discover more books in the library in Wieringerwerf, and Discworld books became welcome gifts for birthdays and St. Nicholas celebrations.

In 1997 Jaap and I made a trip to China, and at the end of that great vacation I bought an English version of Wyrd Sisters and we started reading the books in their original language also.

It is hard to put in words how much fun and enjoyment I've had from Terry Pratchett's books over the past twenty years. How nice it was to look forward to new books, and how special to follow the developments of his writing style and subjects over the years. His first books are very different from his more recent ones -- though all great, without exception.

The wit and the humanity of his books and their characters speak very deeply to the character of Sir Pratchett.