Unfinished Works

[ffutures]

Terry Pratchett's unfinished works will definitely remain unfinished...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41093066

Comments

[kedamono]

Call me cynical, but there's no proof someone hasn't already copied the contents of that drive elsewhere. Even Terry did backups, so it's quite possible they exist someplace else.

[ffutures]

I've a feeling that someone - probably Rhianna Pratchett - has taken care of that. There may be claims otherwise sooner or later, it wouldn't surprise me if someone tried it on with an "unpublished Pratchett manuscript" sooner or later, but given that none of his heirs are short of a few bob, and his daughter is very successful in her own field, the financial motive is a lot less important than in the case of some other authors. And they would all want to see his wishes carried out, I think.

And to be honest, given the circumstances of his death and medical condition I strongly doubt that anything that was on his drive was particularly good. His last published work was far from his best.

[kedamono]

I agree, as a friend of mine pointed out, Pterry got right sweary in his later books, which is a typical sign of Alzheimers. My dad got "right sweary" towards the end. Yeah, I don't think his unpublished works were probably the best. And considering that his form of Alzheimers robbed him of the ability to read, those last works were handled either by his assistants or his family, so they would be extremely familiar of what they contained.

It may be a case of "Thank God we destroyed them!" than anything else.

[nelc]

On the one hand, I think, Yes. Good.

On the other, I'm going, NOOOOooooo!!!!

[ffutures]

See my comments above. I really doubt any of it was his best work.