terry pratchett

My favourite headline of the year so far; in accordance with the writer's wishes, a hard disc containing the works Terry Pratchett left unfinished was crushed by a steamroller at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Good to see that his wishes were followed so faithfully. Dave

From Rhianna Pratchett: The final (41st) book, The Shepherd’s Crown will be published in August.

Just head it on the radio :( Link... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156

I know there´s quite a few people here who are fans of Terry Pratchett. If there are any of you who also do roleplaying games, I might have something for you. I´m about to start a freeform Discworld play-by-post game at the roleplaying forum www.rpol.net. Players are going to take the role of...

I'm tired not not getting all the Pratchett jokes and references, so I have consulted with our Young Adult librarian who is looking up the title of the first Disc World book and I will borrow it today. I blame you all if I hate it. So there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1113103/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-trials-revolutionary-light-helmet-promises-slow-Alzheimers.html (or http://tinyurl.com/8laq43) I would LOVE for something to be found that is effective in treating Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, for Sir Terry's...

I have always loved fantasy, from classic Winnie the Pooh, the Wind in the Willows, Bilbo Baggins to the modern sword and sorcery writers. For me the master of all is the genius writer Terry Pratchett who wrote the Discworld series. I also loved science. From a boy reading about the Galaxy...

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One for Pratchett fans - life imitating art : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7126411.stm :)

Well I'm a fan. Random quotes and the occasional reference to TP appear sporadically on the forum so I know there are closet TP aficionados lurking out there so I thought it about time to have a thread devoted to his work. Not knowing quite where to start something like this and hoping that...

While reading the incomparably magnificent Terry Pratchett's Jingo the other day, I came across this passage : "And then he realised why he was thinking like this. He wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by...