Terry Pratchett's unpublished novels have been crushed by a steamroller.

And don't worry, it was Pratchett's request that the hard drive containing his unfinished works was rolled over and smashed up.

According to the BBC, it's thought that up to 10 incomplete novels were flattened at the Great Dorset Steam Fair by a six-and-a-half tonne Lord Jericho, before a concrete crusher did the rest.

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Before the novels were destroyed, Pratchett's assistant Rob Wilkins tweeted: "About to fulfill my obligation to Terry @SalisburyMuseum @Wiltshire_flo".

Richard Henry, curator of Salisbury Museum, said: "The steamroller totally annihilated the stone blocks underneath but the hard drive survived better than expected so we put it in a stone crusher afterwards which I think probably finally did it in.

"It's something you've got to follow, and it's really nice that they have followed his requests so specifically," he added. "It's surprisingly difficult to find somebody to run over a hard drive with a steamroller.

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"I think a few people thought we were kidding when I first started putting out feelers to see if it was possible or not."

The Discworld novelist had a long battle with Alzheimer's before he died in March 2015 at the age of 66.

Pratchett, who sold over 70 million books, received a knighthood from the Queen in the 2009 New Year's Honours List.

The bits of hard drive will go on display in the Terry Pratchett: His World Exhibition at the Salisbury Museum on 16 September.

From: Digital Spy