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That's Sir Pratchett to You.

Doublewhiskeycokenoice — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:41:31 -0800

Terry Pratchett , a man renowned for his staggering sales figures from his renowned Discworld series has been knighted.

Hogfather

Wolfdog — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:43:44 -0800

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, in 22 parts on YouTube. (Previously)

Terry Pratchett diagnosed with a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer's

robocop is bleeding — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:05:32 -0800

Terry Pratchett diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Turns out last month's stroke was a symptom of a greater illness. While there's still some time to go before we have to worry about Discworld substitutions, it has been a pretty tough year for fantasy authors. The instances of rare diseases showing up in otherwise healthy fantasy authors who should hopefully still have years and years of stories in them is distressing. If these things come in threes, who's next?

Happy Early Hogswatch

smallerdemon — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:20:32 -0800

Hogfather finally debuts a live action version of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. A two part, four hour mini-series that aired on December 17th and 18th on Skyone, it will re-air on December 25th and 26th. For you sad Americans not in Britain, you can sate your live action Discworld desires with The 12 Days Of Hogswatch {loud, annoying flash entry portal from Skyone's other show Project Catwalk}, the Skyone Skyone Website and The Making Of Hogfather podcast. And yes, The Grim Squeaker makes an appearance.

Marzipan Turtles All the Way Down

LeeJay — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:50:51 -0800

Discworld cake from cake decorator Jane Fisk. (She does some other neat stuff, too.)