Sir Terry Pratchett

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Fantasy author Terry Pratchett has died aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Here's how his death was announced on his twitter feed:


And here's the chronological order to read all of his Discworld Books:

“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING," said Death. "JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”

The first book of his that I read was "Small Gods."
It was this passage in particular that grabbed me, and didn't let go.

“Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect, that'd happen anyway if you were prepared to wait zillions of years. As if the turning of sunlight into wine, by means of vines and grapes and time and enzymes, wasn't a thousand times more impressive and happened all the time...”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

I can't recommend his work enough. "Good Omens," his joint venture with Neil Gaimen, remains my very favorite book.