Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett | JCCSF
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2015
- An extraordinary evening of storytelling, readings, and memories of Sir Terry Pratchett on the eve of his passing with Neil Gaiman and Michael Chabon.
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Terry's final three tweets, as sent out by his personal assistant, Rob Wilkins:
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.
Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.
The End.
I understand it was actually Rob Wilkins, Pterry's PA, who sent the tweets. There was also a fourth tweet linking to Paul Kidby's picture of Pterry and Death playing chess.
this is now for sale BTW on Pauls website. it's called Check Mort and its bloody fantastic.
I bawled my eyes out when I read those tweets. Trust Sir Terry, one of literature's greatest storytellers, to organise to publish the news as a three-parter. GNU Sir Terry.
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@@davidchapman6504 Bravo on the Pterry spelling. Only Discworld readers know where that comes from. You, sir, are very clever!
Two weeks ago, I had to choose "the good death" for my sixteen year old cat. And thanks to Terry's philosophy and his books, it made it less painful for me, I think. And, yes, I was thinking of Granny Weatherwax leading him to the dark desert as I held him for the last time. And I know he would get preferential treatment as Death adores cats. Even if he does start using the black sand as a litter tray.
Sir Terry has affected a lot of lives - in small ways like this and, I'm sure, in larger ways.
My condolences on your loss.
Thank you.
@@karengerber8390 Thank you. He was a good cat.
My 19 year old cat died in 2003 and I still have those realist vivid dreams they call visitation dreams with her. She has come to me during the hardest times in my life too, trying to comfort me, like when my dad died and right before my next cat died (4 days before I found out she was sick and terminal) like a premotion almost she came and starred at me a good long while in the dream. I think they do exist on, and somebody must look after them.
I miss Terry Pratchett as well. My son has every single one of his books, and has read them all at least five times. He had a joyless upbringing with a harsh mother (I was not there) and his Terry Pratchett books gave a lonely child a reason to feel good about life. I am not sure there can be a better epitaph. And yes, sequel to Neverwhere, please!
I love how he changes into Terry's voice when he quotes him ....
My thoughts exactly, in particular that opening sound that I can't transcribe, but you know what I mean :)
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That is the natural story-teller in him
@@Inlelendri I must saying I need a ride to work today and I I need am I need help to get a hold job for tomorrow or Monday if that’s I am am not going on any out
No one has influenced my life more than Sir Terry Pratchett. His death saddens me, and even though I have never met him, I will miss him very much. And I know there are many people who feel the same. It must have been wonderful actually knowing him, but the loss must be so much worse.
He's like a favourite uncle.
"A man isn't truly dead while his name is still spoken"
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I have gone to 3 author-being-there-in-person-talking-and-reading type things, so far.
2 of them were evenings with Terry Pratchett, in the 90s: One in the Markthalle Hamburg, a grungy place where I'd also been to many gigs, and then in the Brisbane Hilton, Queensland, Australia. That was a marvellous contrast, I thought.
I love him, dearly. The only thing that slightly bothered me about his cosmology was how an ultimate materialism shone through - like he really did not believe, at all, there'd be anything after death. Reason enough to be pissed off at the world and it's bullshit, to be sure!
Weeell, I don't share that aspect, I find way too many pointers to consciousness being infinte, and connected. So, in my reckoning he's present, at present, and will surely appreciate still being appreciated, continuing to inspire and amaze and amuse us carnate souls.
Every time Neil talks, even if its about mundane shit, I feel like I'm being told a bed time story.
I love hearing Terry's voice coming through Neil's mouth. It's so funny to hear him echoing that clearly. The world has been incredibly blessed to have him... indeed, both him's... in it.
+Marialla Neil does sound like Terry at many points in the interview. Terry, but not Terry.
I can't believe it's been seven years since we lost Terry.
What a sad loss to the world, both flat and round!
I wish I could read again. I have the ability, but not the patience. After I learned of Sir Terry's passing, I vowed that I would read the Discworld in order from "The Colour of Magic" to "The Shepard's Crown." It took just over a year, and I was completely immersed in the Discworld. Those weren't characters. They were my friends, my family, and my heroes. "The Shepard's Crown" broke me. As much as I love Tiffany, I wish I never read that damned book. I've only managed to read two books since, both by Neil Gaiman. I've tried numerous times to read fiction since then, only getting a paragraph or two into the book and closing it. RIP, Sir Terry. Your writing was so good that it spoiled me.
Believe it or not, Pratchett’s philosophy and outlook on life has been an inspiration to me and in particular, was one of the best guides for raising my children that I ever found.
I had the good fortune to meet PTerry twice in my life. 10 years apart on 2 different continents. He remembered me the second time, told me to my face, in the hustle and bustle of a book signing, where we'd met, what we were doing and what other people were there. His memory was beyond phenomenal. (PS: what we did was that I went to buy him sushi for lunch because the moronic US publisher's agent hadn't planned for it and then we drove him to a Fry's because he was a known gadget freak). (PPS: I wish Neil would turn those late night plot points into a sequel to the TV G.O. version)
I am so happy to report that he IS!
@@destroyerlord10 I only just saw that! If Gaiman isn't just the writer but also the showrunner and he brings the cast back, it should be good!
Terry Pratchett is my hero. I'm so sad he's gone. I love all his work.
Never met him unfortunately, but cried when he passed.
Gaiman is closer to my age. I hope I go before he does, not sure I could take it the other way around
'you bastard, it's called Mort!'
DEAD
this is so great. I feel bad for Neil. It's awful to lose a good friend, but I'm sure it's especially awful when that friend is some who is BRILLIANT and actively doing things that bring enjoyment to people all over the world.
I am the kind of guy who really gets bored of interviews and stuff... after an hour or so. So my problem is... I wish this had continued for some 8 hours.
Yes!
GNU Terry Pratchett
I'll leave a timestamp for myself, excuse me
15:23
@@Anthaghoull Thank you Andrei for the comment. Thank you, Neil for reading to us. My favorite scene from Good Omens. To hear you read it made me tear up. I, too, will greet DEATH when he comes for me. I don't fear the black desert. I should have met HIM several times in the last 15 years. Sir Terry's books have given me a unique outlook to life...and death. I have ALL his books, both ebooks and paper and ink books.
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The way he talked about Terry, so emotional and powerful and funny at the same time. And the short story at the end - just reminded me to never stop writing. What a delight! Thank you!
Neil, I'm sorry you've lost your friend, and sorry his other friends and family have lost him. May the memories of Terry always bring you joy. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.
I love that he writes at night. Glad to know I'm not the only mad one.
So what do I fucking as you now? Oh, you're mad? Oh, you're a writer? Oh, what do you do during the day?
Writing at night isn't mad. You should write whenever you have an idea. Dumbass.
@@TrixiLovesYou Huh? What're YOU so mad about?
@@rotwart Dumbass? Really?
Dont worry everonye does. You gotta do it when no one can disturb you.
34 minutes and I have cried two fucking times.
Javier Bahamondes Sasso I took a peak at the comments at 12:42, saw your comment, broke down in tears. But I smile as well because I still have all those books to re-re-re-re-re-read again, and MILLIONS of people all over the world who like you, love Terry just as much as I love Terry.
Peace!
It's been a year and I've just read this.
Thanks for the reply... and you are profoundly right: Terry gave us so much gifts to share.
So thanks again :)
Both, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett are a massive influence on me and of course others around the world that love reading, reading novels that take you far away from our own lives and into realms of fantasy. when Terry passed away, It was mixed emotions of sadness and that the fact no other Discworld books would be written. i love watching this video as its warming to hear Neil talk about his friend and collaborator (TP) but his own works as well, someone has already said this with his delivery of speech dose remind me of Alan Rickman. MC is a great host and the chemistry is great between them , love the story about the Good Omens and the radio host.
Neil's writing has touched me since I was about 16. Sandman was the first that I read, followed by Death. You have certainly been one that has shaped my own writing. Thank you, for your wonderful mine and your amazing stories.
Neil reminds me of Alan Rickman when he is talking, especially the pickled peaches story.
I had the same feeling but couldn't place my finer on it! Well done!
I can't believe it! 'The Harlem Horror'! The minute Neil started to describe that story I had to pause the video and comment because I immediately knew what he was talking about. I had that exact reaction when I read it probably at the same age Neil was. It disturbed me then and still does. Horrible, horrible story with so many undercurrents. It was in a paperback anthology that I thought was 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' with a Caligari-style somnambulist in his box on the cover and this was the last story. I forgot the title and author, but never that story. I seemed to think the carnival was Coney Island because for years I associated Coney Island with sickness and depravity. As well as the horror, the sadness of the whole thing was truly overwhelming for a child. One of those things you kind of wish you had never been exposed to, but at the same time such a locus of emotion that it still figures in one's psyche. The book, by the way, was in the classroom library and I read it perhaps 36 years ago. It may be wishful conflation on my part, but I have a feeling Bradbury's truly disturbing gem, 'The Jar', was also in that book (that scarred, and I mean scaRRed, me too, but in a way I definitely am grateful for).
Being forwarded this video was the first I had heard of Terry Pratchett's passing and I am still in a bit of shock.
Mr. Pratchett's books have been a source of joy and inspiration for me since I was a teenager, and his friendship and partnership with Mr. Gaiman has always been a delight for me, as well, since I am an equal fan of both men's work.
I'm glad he was able to have such a full life...writing such diverse and complicatedly simple characters that were so easy to relate to and fall in love with, over and over again.
Thank you, Mr. Pratchett, for being one of the bastions of literary significance, for so many years, and providing so much laughter and introspective bliss.
All my love to your family and friends, who I know are both devastated by your loss, as well as elated to see you move on to that next stage.
You will be missed.
Probably one of the better ways to learn the painful news.
TRiG.
But as long as his name is still spoken and his books are sill read he will never be gone.
@@segura2112 A man is not dead while his name is still spoken.
The day after he died I went to our local library. On an endcap to a set of shelves, they had a whole display of Sir Terry's books. And I knew...
The stories of him and Pratchett being together are a riot. Both of them brilliant in their own rights but extra magical when they were working together.
"Fork" :-D
R.I.P Mr Pratchett.
I really did tear up at the simplicity at 30:17. I'll always miss Terry Pratchett, but can't imagine losing him on such a personal level.
...I do hope that I have the presence of mind to be at the end of my days and have the good sense to write my ending thoughts like Sir Terry Pratchett ... and it is comforting to know his thoughts. My father passed away as a result of that most horrific disease... and it would have been nice to know or to have helped him express his final thoughts.
I love Neil; Terry was the first fantasy writer i read. The interviewer laughs like Jake from adventure time
I wish there was no end to this talking and was much much longer. Even his talking is storytelling. He is great.
I love how humbly he talks about Good Omens and working with Terry Pratchett
Thanks Neil, I'm supposed to be getting ready for work, and instead I'm sitting here with a tear rolling down my cheek, feeling for yours and our loss of a man we all love and miss, sad we will never experience a new discworld novel written by him again, but also laughing at the stories. RIP Sir Terry, let us hope he had his potato at the end and was reincarnated....
Good Omens is a totally fantastic book
Neil is a great talker and as an author is frankly astonishing
I met Sir a Terry at a book signing (so only briefly) but a charming, eccentric and very chatty fellow.
Wyrd Sisters and Guards Guards are clever, funny and very well written. Sir Terry is sadly missed and his written legacy is impressive.
Very interesting, thoughtful and charming discussion
paul elliott I
A while ago, I was at a signing/reading for the Graveyard book and was that geek, with a first edition of Smoke and Mirrors (which nobody else in line had seen). When I finally got up for the signature, he was surprised to see that particular book and asked what was my favorite story from it. When I responded with Murder Mysteries, he said it was one of his favorite short stories to write (I was the envy of the other geeks around me).
In every case I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him, he’s been the same charming, chatty guy. I never had the pleasure of meeting Sir Terry, but I wish I would have had the pleasure.
Yes, totally responded to a four year old post.
I am very happy for being alive at time when Sir Terry lived, esp. being here during his visit in Estonia. :D great hall of Tartu university was packed, and I will forever regret that when he chatted there at beginning and asked audience: Any librarians here, aren't there? we with a friend, who was indeed a librarian (human, though), had not courage to shout out loudly: Ook!
but at book-signing i got chance to tell that Small Gods is very good and sound theology, and the best ever - speaking as MTh. ;) only frightening masses of fans behind me in the queue prevented me to chat longer. ever thankful for this li'l Moment. :) (he told that this book gets most controversial reception. that some theologians do not like it at all.)
but i am not mad at people who don't dig discworld and Sir Terry's style. there's always Neil Gaiman, as great at least. as funny, maybe bit more subtle. love both.
Wonderful, Neil. Had me in tears at times, your fondness for Terry was evident in every word you spoke of him. Thanks to JCCSF for posting this.
Oy, 2 brilliant guys, so glad that this conversation is in honour of Terry Pratchett. So, So thankful.
1:31:26 "No, its something you can do while I get our dinner ready" if this is going where I think this is going then I love it and hope its going in that direction. It absolutely went where I thought it was going and I'm not upset about it.
Getting more of a sense of who Terry really was in this way was wonderful. Thank you so much.
Haha! Happy to say (as mentioned at 1:17:10-ish) that I volunteer at a county library and I saw The Graveyard Book graphic novel in the Teen's Fiction section! So it IS in libraries, Neil!
That's how I found it. Awesome read.
I think "You Bastard, its called Mort." might be the funniest thing I've heard in years
Gaiman and Pratchett- amazing in every way. Listening to Gaiman tell stories, endlessly interesting.
What’s up with Chabon’s body language??? Maybe it’s just two literary legends in too close a proximity to each other - it’s unnerving 🤭 Gaiman’s relaxed enough for the entire room, should put Chabon at ease...
Thank you. Pratchett was an idol of mine. I followed his path with affection, and respect.
Neil's work is incredible. Such a big fan.
"It is time for confluence." I love this view, and 100% agree.
pickled peaches sounds like something from Nanny Oggs cook book and I want to write the cook book on confusion cuisine! Thanks Neil Gaiman for that! and THANKS STP for Nanny
+Daggi Bayer Everyone needs a Nanny Ogg in their life :)
" buffalo hot-wing milkshake "
not a taste I've ever had before
Neil takes off Terry so well. This is the sweetest thing.
Thank you. Thank you so much for this.
Terry left us way too soon. Of course, I have always heard he was a great person, but selfishly, I'll never get to open a brand new discworld novel again, and that hurts most of all!
I met him when he visited South Africa. There was a long queue to sign books, maybe 250 people, and he made time to talk to every single person, ask them about themselves and their family, and listen to our questions, all while drinking a banana daiqairi and wearing a sombrero.
John Walker Lee Thanks for sharing an awesome story about an awesome little Englishman! I wish I had met him, but he was never in my area for a signing or other appearance. You're experience sounds so cool, and, IMO, it's more evidence of Terry Pratchett being a very fine human being! 😁
My one name drop is to say that I once had breakfast with Terry Pratchett.
I think many writers and creators of other types of art have this feeling too, even Neil had this moment on a plane when he thought that he does not want this plane to crash because he needs to finish Sandman. I get it we feel awkward how that sounds "ah, what a shame, there isn't going to be more of his books", but I'm pretty sure writers think that way about themselves too, and they may feel awkward that that was their first thought.
Love Terry still, and the characters he created still feel like personal friends, even Death. (Except it would be very foolish to become friends with, say, the Patrician, but you know what I mean). And I would never've heard of Neil Gaiman were it not for Good Omens, so I'm grateful to Terry for that as well. Years later I went to a Neil Gaiman book signing (Ocean at the End of the Lane) in Ely Cathedral - it was so ironic it was almost surreal, everyone queueing up in the Cathedral as though they were going to have the bread and wine, with Neil Gaiman at the head as the Priest 😆Some of Neils stuff might previously've needed a trigger warning for me, being a bit on the dark side, but after I'd met him, I can feel safe reading it, because he's a really nice guy (in both meanings of the word). And when the stories get scary, I just go, ah, it's ok, it's just Neil, he's a nice bloke, all is well. 🤟
Thank you. My condolences.
Very cool, and I loved that story Neil read.
thank you for this... wonderful stories of a man who touched so many of our lives.
I love the stew story! Absolutely fantastic!
Two of my FAVORITE authors... R. I. P... Terry
26:33 is one of the most relatable and important things I’ve heard in my life. I’m just glad it was put into words
That is absolutely my favorite book good Omens
Thank you so much for this. The stories of Sir Terry were entertaining and inspiring, and I hope to pass on many of the same lessons for writers when I begin teaching. I have referred several fellow literary scholars to this video's discussion of trigger warnings and whether or not college classes and classical literature should be "safe".
I attended the event in Tulsa with several friends, and we have resolved to read as much R.A. Lafferty as we can find, in whatever format (or physical condition) we find it.
I was such a big fan of Terry's Discworld books that I had to read Good Omens in the early 90s. I'm so glad I did because it led me to being a fan of Neil Gaiman's work as well.
I'm all for Michael Chabon and Neil Gaiman writing sequels of each other's books.
Loved that final story, a real treat, what more could you wish for? ;-)
Pickled peaches are delicious. Like most southerners I grew up with them. You serve them as a condiment alongside important roasts at important dinner parties. I never see them in grocery stores anymore - and I search for them all the time - but there appear to be several brands available online. Delicious.
Thank you.
The way Chabon's dressed fills me with rage
He looks like he got dressed in the dark
I think Daniel Handler is contractually obligated to play his accordion outside major events in other people's lives.
Loved the stew analogue.
Engaging and wise. At 1:25:00 one of my favorite stories from Trigger Warning ~ Serious and funny ~ A voice like a lullaby ~ wondrous! Thank you.
A lovely chat.
Terry Pratchett, Wodehouse... These are my favourite British authors. There's something to be said about that English sense of humour.
A good book read well is amazing.
Well, you never wrote Good Omens 2 but now you kind of did. So nice to watch the adaptation
Beautiful
"I think there should be more pornographic cookbooks!" - Advice from Neil Gaiman ladies and gentlemen.
that became "The Joy of Snacks" by Nanny Ogg.
This is not me stop using my fucking profile
Million seller
wanted to like this but then the likes were on 69..
My parents had one when I was a teenager. It was called "Rude Foods" ... it was extensively illustrated ... those were more innocent times ...
This is awesome, really sweet:)
Fantastic.
the description for this says "on the eve of his passing"... surely this should say the day after his passing... if this really was on the eve of his passing then I would like these 2 tried as witches please.
I thought that, too.
A few days ago I was undecided about what to read next then Sir Terry die and now I know I´m going to read all hie books in sequence again
I try to do them every year. ALL of them: Discworld, Science of Discworld, The Bromeliad, the Johnny books and all the short stories, including The Carpet People. I think I have 65 or so, but Good Omens is in a class all by itself.
Don't be a b'zugda hi'ara. Read Sir Terry, recommend to all your friends and watch all the live action and animated movies of certain books. If nothing else, watch Good Omens on Prime.
I want Neil to read me all his and Terry's books (written together or separately)
That story that was almost banned in Sweden comes out of Judges 19, the Levite and his concubine.
what author who he had to write a bulb for is he talking about at the end? I'd like to read the great books of this man if Neil holds him in such high reference...
Into every life a crane must fall.
Terry was a gift to mankind :)
I was in the Tulsa audience!
I like his voice.
"The Harlem Horror" sounds like a truly horrifying story.
What is the book that he is reading from at the end of the interview?
" AH, SIR TERRY, I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.....DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN GET A GOOD CURRY? "
Wow. I keep forgetting that Neil wrote "Comics Galore." For some reason it seems more like a Peter Milligna (sic) book.
videos like this are why i love youtube and the internet, sorry, i mean the clacks,
1:15:27 to 1:15:38
This is me. Only with no written work ever having been completed or finished at all. xD
Yes there is magic ,,,, It exists in words created and crafted by master wizards called Author
Sensational writer
can anyone recommend a book by Michael Chabon ?
i've never heard of him, but he seems really cool
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (about the early comic book world, LOOSELY based on the creators of Superman) is epically phenomenal, Yiddish Policeman's Union is a great semi-noir with a very cool plot that gets revealed slowly, and Gentleman of the Road is just super fun historical swashbuckling.
thaank you :))
Could you write Omen 2. For Sir Terry. That would be cool. 😊
44:02
Why does Chabon get so anxious? His legs are twined so tightly it makes me wonder.
Stars get starstruck like everyone else.
What an interesting unfolding, through transition, comes new connection, and what opens up, are roads untraveled. My simple quest to understand how someone died, lead me down this road, to find literary masters. Someone who understands the importance of the infusion, of humor to dive deeper into serious questions. "How do you make fluffy eggs?" My Peruvian wife, who never had to cook as a child asked. I reflected, on the question for years infact, and then we she asked again one day, they answer came to me. “You have to love them. “ I said. I had seen the way she cooked, strangely formulaic in her methodes something a minimalist like myself could only admire. Yet, she utterly lacked a sense for the infusion of ingredients, no virtual palate in her mind to triage her ingredient selection. Just the formula. Love is not a things so much as a perspective, a way of being sensitive to your environment, and it can be applied to all things. So I reflect, if a computer can cook, does that mean it is able to love? Hmmm, a road to travel perhaps.
what a congenial man
RA LAfferty! What a writer, glad to know Neil thinks the same!
Dear Neil and Michael - in Denmark people read english books as well, though I have never heard of any of your books being banned here :)
Anyone know who he was talking about when he said that he wrote a blurb for a terrible book for an author that he really liked?
I wondered if he was talking about Stephen King.
Robert Sheckley