I had the honor of meeting Sir Terry Pratchett once. He gave me some simple yet memorable advice on writing. I remember picking up the Hogfather in a book store and tearing through the first quarter of the book before walking up to the register to buy it. Since that fateful day I have bought pretty much everything he put out. The Long Earth series, with Stephen Baxter, is great and will have a decent wrap since they both ironed out details on it from the start.
Yesterday a friend of mine showed me a picture he drew. Mind you, to those that aren't familiar with Discworld this will seem morbid. The drawing was of Death attempting to guide Sir Pratchett through a doorway. Both were stating, "After you. No, after you." the image made me cry all over again.
For me there is one thing I will say about the man. Of all the words in the dictionary one needs to be revised...
Satire: see works of Terry Pratchett.