Shaking Hands with Death - Revision history

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	This is a standalone, miniature paperback edition of Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. The speech was first collected in {{SK}}, but was reprinted in this volume a year later, possibly to coincide with public debate of an assisted dying bill read in Parliament that year.		This is a standalone, miniature paperback edition of Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. The speech was first collected in {{SK}}, but was reprinted in this volume a year later, about six months after Pratchett’s death. This was possibly to coincide with public debate of an assisted dying bill read in the British Parliament that year.
	== Blurb ==		== Blurb ==
	'''Why we all deserve a live worth living and a death worth dying for.'''		'''Why we all deserve a live worth living and a death worth dying for.'''

Ben at 01:23, 10 March 2025

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	This is a standalone, miniature paperback edition of Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. It was first collected in {{SK}}, but was reprinted in this volume a year later, possibly to coincide with public debate of an assisted dying bill read in Parliament that year.		This is a standalone, miniature paperback edition of Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. The speech was first collected in {{SK}}, but was reprinted in this volume a year later, possibly to coincide with public debate of an assisted dying bill read in Parliament that year.
	== Blurb ==		== Blurb ==
	'''Why we all deserve a live worth living and a death worth dying for.'''		'''Why we all deserve a live worth living and a death worth dying for.'''

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	\| alt =		\| alt = Cover of the paperback edition of Shaking Hands with Death
	\| caption =		\| caption = Paperback cover designed by Micaela Alcaino
	\| author = [[Terry Pratchett]]		\| author = [[Terry Pratchett]]
	\| audio_read_by = [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Tony Robinson]] (original speech)		\| audio_read_by = [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Tony Robinson]] (original speech)
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	This is a standalone, miniature paperback edition of Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. It was first collected in {{SK}}, but was reprinted in this volume a year later, possibly to coincide with public debate of an assisted dying bill read in Parliament that year.		This is a standalone, miniature paperback edition of Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. It was first collected in {{SK}}, but was reprinted in this volume a year later, possibly to coincide with public debate of an assisted dying bill read in Parliament that year.

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Major appearances

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			\| 2025-03-08 \|\| {{PC}} \|\| “AT LAST, SIR TERRY” \|\| [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2025/03/08/pratchat85-at-last-sir-terry/ pratchatpodcast.com]
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	~~''To be added.''~~

	=== Other appearances ===		=== Other appearances ===

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External links

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* {{SHWD\|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki		* {{SHWD\|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki
	* {{SHWD\|w}} on Wikipedia

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==

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Blurb

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	'''Why we all deserve a live worth living and a death worth dying for.'''		'''Why we all deserve a live worth living and a death worth dying for.'''

	''‘Most men don't fear death. They fear those things - the knife, the shipwreck, the illness, the bomb - which precede, by microseconds if you're lucky, and many years if you're not, the moment of death?’''		''‘Most men don't fear death. They fear those things - the knife, the shipwreck, the illness, the bomb - which precede, by microseconds if you're lucky, and many years if you're not, the moment of death.’''

	When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this essay, broadcast to millions as the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2010, he argues for our right to choose - our right to a good life, and a good death too.		When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this essay, broadcast to millions as the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2010, he argues for our right to choose - our right to a good life, and a good death too.

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This is a standalone, miniature paperback edition of Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. It was first collected in {{SK}}, but was reprinted in this volume a year later, possibly to coincide with public debate of an assisted dying bill read in Parliament that year.
== Blurb ==
'''Why we all deserve a live worth living and a death worth dying for.'''

''‘Most men don't fear death. They fear those things - the knife, the shipwreck, the illness, the bomb - which precede, by microseconds if you're lucky, and many years if you're not, the moment of death?’''

When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this essay, broadcast to millions as the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2010, he argues for our right to choose - our right to a good life, and a good death too.

== Podcast episodes ==

=== Major appearances ===
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing the book as a whole. See pages for individual pieces for episodes about them.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
|}

''To be added.''

=== Other appearances ===
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
|}

''To be added.''

== External links ==
* {{SHWD|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki
* {{SHWD|w}} on Wikipedia

== Footnotes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Nonfiction]]
[[Category:Speeches]]