The Shepherd's Crown

It could have been a lot worse. As Rob Wilkins explains in the afterword, Terry Pratchett hadn't actually finished writing this when he died. Pratchett's working methods, as described by Wilkins, involved writing scenes and piecing them together, finding the story, and then rewriting and adding scene......more

"YOUR CANDLE...WILL FLICKER FOR SOME TIME BEFORE IT GOES OUT - A LITTLE REWARD FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED...YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT...NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT" Thank you, Sir Terry for the joy and the sadness and for the many opportunities to escape to a wonderful......more

Re-read 10/1/10: Just now having finished a full Discworld re-read, I have to admit I'm still misty-eyed and depressed. Yes, by now it is 3/4 nostalgia and 1/4 hats-off respect, but the slider continually slides, and the sadness remains. That being said -- Well done, Tiffany. It's a fine cottage and y......more

If you are new to Discworld or Terry, don't start with this one. He was very ill and this was, I think it's safe to say, not written well, but by Jingo it was told well. The story, the characters, the sadness and the happiness, all have their place here and indeed on Earth. It was probably the most p......more

This is the final book in the Discworld series, and I had mixed feelings going into it. I was excited to finally finish the series I’ve loved and treasured since the day I started reading it a couple of years ago. But Terry Pratchett’s health had noticeably impacted his writing in the previous book.......more