Des (mauvaises) nouvelles de Terry Pratchett

[jerome]

Terry Pratchett est malade. Il vient d'annoncer qu'il était touché par la maladie d'Alzheimer.

Voici le mot qu'il a mis en ligne ici:
Folks,

I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with a very rare form of early
onset Alzheimer's, which lay behind this year's phantom "stroke".

We are taking it fairly philosophically down here and possibly with a mild optimism. For now work is continuing on the completion of Nation and the basic notes are already being laid down for Unseen Academicals. All other things being equal, I
expect to meet most current and, as far as possible, future commitments but will discuss things with the various organisers. Frankly, I would prefer it if people kept things cheerful, because I think there's time for at least a few more books yet )

Terry Pratchett

PS I would just like to draw attention to everyone reading the above that this should
be interpreted as 'I am not dead'. I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as
will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think - it's too soon to tell.
I know it's a very human thing to say "Is there anything I can do", but in this case I
would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.

Pour ceux qui veulent la version française, elle est dispo sur elbakin.

[fabrice]

Ouch.
Quel mec, quand même.

[Katioucha]

Argh.
My hero.

[Aikau le bô]

Je suis très triste de l'apprendre

[Lensman]

Maintenant, s'il se répète dans ses prochains livres, on lui trouvera une excuse...
Je me permets cette plaisanterie, en espérant surtout que l'on va avancer dans le traitement de cette saloperie, comme d'autres.
Oncle Joe

[jerome]

Terry Pratchett a fait le point sur son état de santé.

Il devrait prochainement entamer un traitement qui devrait lui rendre les idées plus claires et lui permettre de pouvoir taper mieux et plus vite, à nouveau. Il maintient sa participation auxn prochaines conventions.


Folks,

Happy New Year!

I'm going to keep this short because I'd like to finish Nation by the end of the week, but things here are looking up a bit since my last report.

I shall very soon be on medication that in theory should blow some of the cobwebs away and I hope my typing speed and accuracy will improve. Meanwhile, we are in contact with various organisation and researchers and keeping in touch with developments in the field, which is something of a Cinderella compared with other major illnesses.

In short, we are trying to set up a system so that if any researcher anywhere shouts "Eureka!" I'll be banging on his door even before he's found a towel.

I still expect to be able to go to the UK and US conventions. Apart from that, all my time in the office these days is spent writing, although there are a few events that I am taking on this year. I regret to say that I'm even cutting down on answering fan mail because my typing is so slow.

A new book or an answer to your fan letter—don't make me choose.

We're still getting lots of people saying "Is there anything we can do?" (Including high end brain specialists or other knowledgeable people who make up my "Greek Chorus" of advisors.) What will undoubtedly help, if you feel inclined, is to send some money. We will shortly be setting up a mechanism for you to do so and will post news on this when it is ready. This will be passed onto the Alzheimer's Research Trust, who have been very helpful.

——Terry Pratchett

Le message est ici

[jerome]

Une mobilisation s'organise autour de Terry Pratchett via Pat Cadigan pour récolter des dons contre Alzheimer. Pratchett y est aller de son chèque (£500,000). Il y a un article sur Pratchett ici et la campagne de don autour de Pratchett est là.