<![CDATA[Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all.]]>Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all.

A person I never met, yet I still mourn his passing, for his works brought joy and comfort to myself and millions of others. Not to mention, as a teenager, a foundational education in society, politics, justice, and puns.

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Everyone who came to love Terry Pratchett was shaped thereby. It's not hard to tell, this is a person who knows and has opinions about Granny Weatherwax

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/tuban_muzuru/statuses/116487758661588543https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/tuban_muzuru/statuses/116487758661588543Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:28:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:23:38 GMT]]>@Odaeus GNU Terry Pratchett

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/spoon/statuses/116484198796021247https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/spoon/statuses/116484198796021247Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:23:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:33:53 GMT]]>@Odaeus Does a book-signing count as meeting?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/simonf/statuses/116484003160265915https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/simonf/statuses/116484003160265915Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:33:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:43 GMT]]>@Odaeus I met him. In a field which almost certainly wasn't that one but looked very much like it. With the hat of course.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116483754810977092https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116483754810977092Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:10:21 GMT]]>@Odaeus

To add to the barebones story, I met Terry Prattchett during a book signing session. We had an exchange that could have been in one of his books.

TP: you look familiar. Have we met before?
Me: no, but you met my sister.
TP: does she look like you?
Me: not really.

That was a long time ago, and I am paraphrasing to an extent, but it stuck with me!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/misaimed_brain/statuses/116483674677025987https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/misaimed_brain/statuses/116483674677025987Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:10:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:11:12 GMT]]>@PeryleneBleu that's nice to hear! It's true, they are very re-readable books as no one else could compress so many references and jokes into the text like him. They are a marvellous gift indeed!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Odaeus/statuses/116483206157541242https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Odaeus/statuses/116483206157541242Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:11:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:05:01 GMT]]>@Odaeus And Footnotes.ยน ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

ยน Lots of them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://literatur.social/users/moranaga/statuses/116483181855237721https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://literatur.social/users/moranaga/statuses/116483181855237721Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:05:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:27:32 GMT]]>@Odaeus
I like your hat, Sir Terry.
Happy birthday.
Bong Hits 4 Jesus.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116483034489729742https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116483034489729742Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:27:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:07:07 GMT]]>@Odaeus @WizardOfDocs I was lucky enough to meet him once. An amazing man who was always surrounded by a bunch of enthusiastic neurodivergent people. Never felt so welcome then or since.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://insearchofportlandia.com/users/aminorjourney/statuses/116482954189102488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://insearchofportlandia.com/users/aminorjourney/statuses/116482954189102488Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:07:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:03:14 GMT]]>@Odaeus I started (re-)reading the whole Discworld series (in order of publication) last year. I'm about halfway through and this was such a good idea. I had read some when I was younger but I was very depressed at the time and my brain was not functioning properly. Plus I read them in French and now I can read the original text ! It's quite different ! I'm having the greatest time. The reading was prompted by my discovery of The Annotated Files (on L-Space), which was mentioned in a very very long Tumblr post about Vimes/The Watch and the Witches, similarities and differences.

Also I'm now old enough I think, to really get what Sir PTerry was putting in his books. The DEPTH.
A French artist/writer, Jacques Deval, (from whom I have read or seen absolutely nothing) said that "A good book is one which we always find full after emptying it". I think these are truly books you could read and read and read again and every time you'd notice something new, or understand something in a new way. A marvelous gift.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/PeryleneBleu/statuses/116482938955123157https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/PeryleneBleu/statuses/116482938955123157Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:03:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:02:13 GMT]]>@Odaeus He is missed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.oevents.co.za/users/kaasbaas/statuses/116482934907671140https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.oevents.co.za/users/kaasbaas/statuses/116482934907671140Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:02:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:53:00 GMT]]>I shouldn't be surprised that Mastodon is comprised of a large number of Pratchett fans, but I am touched. ๐Ÿ’œ

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I had the privilege to meet him once, after seeing him speak. He was great.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/misaimed_brain/statuses/116482634215081713https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/misaimed_brain/statuses/116482634215081713Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:45:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:42:35 GMT]]>@Odaeus Wish I met him, even once.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.me.uk/users/revk/statuses/116482621781014101https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.me.uk/users/revk/statuses/116482621781014101Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:42:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:53:27 GMT]]>@capnthommo @Odaeus Cheers! ๐Ÿน

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/connynasch/statuses/116482428626265372https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/connynasch/statuses/116482428626265372Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:53:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:27:22 GMT]]>@Odaeus
There is also the Glorious 25th of May which also happens to be Towel Day. My wife, however, insists that my towel isn't lilac at all.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/violanders/statuses/116482326039517673https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/violanders/statuses/116482326039517673Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:27:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:25:36 GMT]]>@Odaeus And footnotes, don't forget the footnotes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ghostdancer/statuses/116482319069518198https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ghostdancer/statuses/116482319069518198Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:25:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:09:08 GMT]]>@Odaeus ๐Ÿ’—

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://writing.exchange/users/ninetiger/statuses/116482254355333985https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://writing.exchange/users/ninetiger/statuses/116482254355333985Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:09:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:02:43 GMT]]>@Odaeus Yes, it does feel odd to miss someone you never met, but nevertheless, I do as well !

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/bernard_433/statuses/116481993170752472https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/bernard_433/statuses/116481993170752472Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:02:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:50:44 GMT]]>@Odaeus I raise a glass of bananana dakry (laced with a drop of finest scumble) in his memory

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/capnthommo/statuses/116481946028059134https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/capnthommo/statuses/116481946028059134Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:50:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Apparently 28th April is Terry Pratchett Day, being his birthday an' all. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:34:31 GMT]]>Andrew France
his works brought joy and comfort to myself

i fully agree!]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/item/017fc49c-01e4-4d02-9056-b0016a2bf65ehttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/item/017fc49c-01e4-4d02-9056-b0016a2bf65eTue, 28 Apr 2026 10:34:31 GMT