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Sir Terry follows other greats
The unfinished works of Sir Terry Pratchett have been destroyed by a steamroller in accordance with the late author’s final wishes.
A computer hard drive holding up to 10 incomplete novels was flattened by the six-ton machine at a steam fair in Dorset.
The much-loved fantasy writer, who died in March, aged 66, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, did not want the tales to be released following his death. So he asked his assistant Rob Wilkins to dispose of them – in typically quirky style. Mr Wilkins tweeted pictures of the flattened drive, joking: “It’s as if a million readers suddenly cried out in horror.” Yet others will appreciate the irony of Sir Terry’s roller request as his most famous fictional creation was the flat Discworld. Sir Terry joins a list of famous names who have left some surprising final wishes...