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How Do They Rise Up?
May. 25th, 2008 02:32 pm( Graphic by muscatlove, cut for those with slow connections )
I didn't get around to ordering a lilac pin for today, but I'm going to go give something to Match it for Pratchett. Full details of what I'm talking about are there, but the short version is: Terry Pratchett was recently diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease; he donated $1m (£500,000) to research into the causes of the illness; match it for Pratchett is a fund-raising campaign to match that sum of money through fan donations.
And the lilac? Truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love and a hard boiled egg? The glorious 25th? Well, they're from Nightwatch, which is for my money, the best of Pratchett's books. Since it would take me too long to explain that one, I recommend just reading it, even if you've never touched the Discworld before. Because in the hands of a good author, there is nothing like fantasy for getting the heart of what it means to be human.
I didn't get around to ordering a lilac pin for today, but I'm going to go give something to Match it for Pratchett. Full details of what I'm talking about are there, but the short version is: Terry Pratchett was recently diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease; he donated $1m (£500,000) to research into the causes of the illness; match it for Pratchett is a fund-raising campaign to match that sum of money through fan donations.
And the lilac? Truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love and a hard boiled egg? The glorious 25th? Well, they're from Nightwatch, which is for my money, the best of Pratchett's books. Since it would take me too long to explain that one, I recommend just reading it, even if you've never touched the Discworld before. Because in the hands of a good author, there is nothing like fantasy for getting the heart of what it means to be human.
