Terry Pratchett

[Donkeygamers]

That`s not Terry Pratchett! I can tell from he i not wearing a cowboy hat!

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[ra2006ra]

Hello, fans of Terry Pratchett!

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[ra2006ra]

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[Brady2k10]

dear terry, i watched "choosing to die" and it made me sad, because my uncle last year died of brain cancer, he was only 51. He had 3 strokes prior to passing and suffered for 9 months not knowing who he was, who his wife was, where he was, he couldnt talk and all that stuff but he died just before christmas after going through all that. I think you should review your condition, and i dont think you should go to dignitas.

[madoqueen]

hi, i have posted the bbc radio dramatisation of SMALL GODS;

[GinaKnoxville]

Which book is he describing here? Love Pratchett, he's an astounding writer, wit, and genius!!

[matewis1]

@GinaKnoxville

Unseen Academicals. The wizards start a football team.

[MrWhiteknight7]

THE DREAMS OF MR MULDOON now available on AMAZON KINDLE @2.99.....publishers said this would make a great film....

[dappstarr]

An amazing man, who enchanted me every book I read, and is one of the only thing that makes things feel magic... the type of magic you lose when you are old enough to know Father Christmas isn't real and how mean the world can be. :) did anyone see what he did when he was knighted? He made his own sword. What a guy! Somewhere on youtube it has the story i think.

[MaryGreenleaf]

Unseen Academicals is such an amazing book! I laughed myself silly at the concept of ballett with balls! And I had a mental image of Nanny Ogg laughing herself silly at the double entendre!

You got to love Pratchett, he is just the best!

[CONOFRAC]

Terry Pratchett will always been the authour who inspired me

[dianedominique]

reading the discworld books make me happy :)

[lucasz2005]

To Bad it was His last Book .it was my First one and during 2 Years i've Red every book of him. The Best Author in the World

[chaosfilms9295]

@lucasz2005 His last book? I thought he was working on I Shall Wear Midnight and after that, Raising Taxes.

[Volterator]

@chaosfilms9295 At the very least. He's finished I Shall Wear Midnight and is writing another Watch book at the moment. No sign he's stopping just yet.

[chaosfilms9295]

@Volterator Yes, I thought he was working on another of the post office books though

[Volterator]

@chaosfilms9295 He hinted at another von Lipwig book in 2007, but hasn't admitted to starting writing it since then. He did announce a new Watch book the other day though, apparently called Snuff. So yay.

[chaosfilms9295]

@Volterator Yeah, I just noticed that now. Thanks for pointing it out. :)

[Defgunt]

@Volterator you've made my day

[Defgunt]

@Volterator you've made my day, actually everyday till i read another discworld novel as ive just finished nightwatch. I always get worried after finishing one because i wonder if that will be the last one he'll write, great to hear hes still writing strong!

[RaleighDawlishRaynar]

Football. Two tribes. Montague and Capulets? Nooooooooo!

On me 'ead, Harry. On me 'ead!

Subject: USA cad - Clan Enemies

Anagram: Unseen Academicals

[tk9780]

Enlightment Fantastic, or was it wyrd reading? whatever Terry Pratchett will always be a true hero in my book collection.

[OOjiBoy]

Terry Pratchett can't even remember what he had for breakfast.

[pyglett]

When is society going to do the right and decent thing and make him SIR Terry Pratchett? If anyone in the UK deserves a knighthood, it's our best-ever author. Who knows? He may even write a novel all about knights, governments and, well, Lord n' Ladies too. Only with out the elves!

[gwenstraker]

@pyglett i think he's one already.

[chaosfilms9295]

@pyglett He received his knighthood a few years ago. Look it up.

[TheNeoYun]

I like the sam vimes books. He is the perfect example of an anti-hero in the sence he does the right thing most of the time but his actions on the way to the end are less than honourable. The guy is so funny and full of black humer its impossible not to like him in my opinion :-)

[flashrewind]

another Englishman who states the obvious, and fails to see the big picture. search......The Decline And Fall Of The Human Race.

[superhannahmarie]

Care to elbaorate on that comment? What exactly do you mean by 'fails to see the big picture?' Have you actually read any of his books?

[Postscript624]

What?

[titchman12]

Just finished guard guards! what a good book, love it so much.

[TerrorWolfX]

@titchman12 Best Discworld book to start with if you want to skip the whole Witches stuff

[DigitalBookWorm]

lol his little rant on Romeo and Juliet was great xD This is the first time I've heard him speak. I wouldn't have imagined that he had a verbal tic on his Rs. It's endearing <3 Sir Terry is my literary hero.

How did he become knighted, btw? Besides being an awe-inspiring genius, of course.

[winnageq]

@DigitalBookWorm

he was knighted in 2009 for "Services to Literature" is it was because he is an awe-inspiring genius who write fatastic novels that he was knighted

[Xp710]

lol i really need to get Unseen Academicals...i love the crazy basterds at UU. and you know that at some point the Watch is going to get involved.

[xUbastardx]

Just finished Unseen Academicals. ..Good stuff, felt like I waited years for it and 'sniffsniff" now I need another. 8D X(

[chopin65]

It's great fun watching Pratchett have a go at Shakespeare. I thought the same thing the first time I read the play. Of course young people tend to be too serious.

[SatyreIkon]

I love Terry's voice - especially the little language tick when he pronounces an "r" :)

He's a modern sage, with a great sense of dry humor. I feel nothing but the greatest respect for his work.

[TherealMrChristophel]

He's actually been knighted so it's Sir Terry Pratchett.

[Cheapassdesign]

Because of Terry Pratchett I am over my fear of DEATH. I hope when he comes for me he has the same dry sense of humor.

Pratchett is my hero and will always be the most impressive author I have ever read.

[CarlBewley]

You and me both!

[UltimateTrollShow]

@Cheapassdesign I agree, his books are so worthwhile, some books just leave you feeling empty and gross, but these books always leave you craving the next book!

[maciejwrotek]

@Cheapassdesign no fear od death lol that is funny, as if u ever tried dying

[fenster666]

@Cheapassdesign When DEATH does come, don't ask him to play chess.

[wormdemorgoth]

i luv his books as always but its annoying that you get vimes in most of them recent books. >:( vimes is everywhere being there hereo!

wheres the anti hero? rincewind? he was whats the first books were about. just need some mo new characters fo me.

any the fact that the discworld was carried on a turtle thing is almost unmentioned now :/

[MicaVanTassel]

Well the fact that it floats on the back of a turtle can only be mentioned so many times...

[brownboom]

books set in earth don't metion that it is on a rock flying through space around a giant ball of flaming gas

[xNeverthought]

You've also got to take into account that a newcomer to the Discworld series may not just start at the beginning, my cousin started on Thief of Time, and if suddenly the Discworld is described half way through a book, it would cause confusion to a new reader, mention it at the start and the reader understands where its based.

[SatyreIkon]

I don't think you can call Vimes a real hero, the way he always careens on the edge of insanity...

An anti-hero with a certain sense of duty and a great deal of fear for his own mind maybe, but not a real hero.

[Juk3n]

His accomplishements make him a hero, same with Rincewind, not a typical white knight but they have at one point or another lead a hero's crusade. And they fight - when they fight - on the side of good so?..meh, Vimes is my favourite fictioal honourable bastard.

[seonidh]

Heroes come in many shapes and sizes, from the large warrior clad in mail and armor to the tiny Hobbits slipping into Mordor. Yes Vimes is a fictional honourable bastard and like all heroes he knows right from wrong and what side hes on.

[bibhuna]

I lack Vimes, his books are my favourite.

[BrendanWhelan]

he is a God, in a sense, to all of his characters. he's a genius. sad to know he has Alzheimer's.

[TARBABY71]

REAPERMAN,,, just remembered its name,,,, Classic,,, and I think his funniest ever

[TARBABY71]

I found a Pratchett book in a holiday house I rented,,, and stole it,,,OOOOOHHH.

The one where Death is Missing,,,, Presumed,,,,well,,, Dead

and Ive read everything I could get my hands on since,,, with only a couple of disapointments.

Thud was one,,, and I wasnt overly impressed with Nation.

[SatyreIkon]

Passing funfact on your stealing of the book: Did you know that in the UK Terry Pratchett remains the most stolen author in bookstores? :D

[Bibliophael]

Though the theft of a book is the worst kind of crime, of course, one cannot say it is surprising.

[dotslashsatan]

@TARBABY71 why was thud a disappointment? vimes kicks some dwarf ass!

[DeathO3o]

What happend to his nose?

[frontboat]

The man is genius.

[CRAPamations]

i can't wait 'till his next novel, it sounds brilliant.

although i must say i don't like the american covers, i much prefer the josh kirby and paul kidby ones!

[dotslashsatan]

@CRAPamations josh kirby is dead :( shame i loved those covers

[LassesAffar]

Piwates =)

[jonathan12376]

lol piraters

[Washu73]

I wonder if the fights inside the stadium are interesting?

Everyone seems to look at the ones outside.

[nathanson123]

I looking forward to his next novel!! It sounds great!

[CricketAustralia7]

hahaha 25 is a number that comes after 24

[TheOriginalBoman]

he's a very funny man.

So what do you think about a discworld book about football and everything that surrounds it?