Terry Pratchett ‘not dead’, thank goodness

When I saw that one of my Facebook friend’s status was ‘very upset about Terry Pratchett’, my blood ran cold. Fortunately, I was wrong to fear the worst, but there’s still bad news: he’s been diagnosed with “a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer’s”.
Odd as it might seem, Terry Pratchett’s novels have been an important, and extremely beneficial, influence on me over the years (anyone out there who hasn’t read Small Gods definitely should). Here’s hoping that he’ll be continuing to make me laugh and think for many more years to come.