Tag Archive | Terry Pratchett
Who Wants to Join a Terry Pratchett Read-a-Thon?!
Originally posted on The BookWorm Drinketh:
Hello all! I was visiting Kathy @ Pages Below the Vaulted Sky and we got to talking about the Discwold series by the wonderful late Sir Terry Pratchett, she really wants to read them for the first time, and I really want to read them again, but 41 books…
Review – Shaking Hands With Death
Originally posted on Bibliophibian Inc.:
Shaking Hands With Death, Terry Pratchett This short book contains an essay based very closely on a speech Terry Pratchett gave, with the help of Tony Robinson, about assisted dying and, more widely, the end of life, autonomy, and dying in the way you choose. It’s a subject pretty close to…
Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic said Terry Pratchett Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head in the clouds. The cute dragon that sits on your shoulder also craps all down your back, but this…
Ode to the Story Reading Ape
Originally posted on Jo Robinson:
Thank you Chris! I’d forgotten about this Ode to the Librarians Cousin (You!). I’m reposting it in honour of you and your hero, and with the request that no charges be filed for the damages. Here’s to Discworld fanfic – why not!? This tiny tale is dedicated to Chris, the…
Book Sales: What Happens When Blockbusters Flood The Market?
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
Back to business, ladies and gentlesirs. Today I want to look at who in the blockbusting big leagues was publishing in 2014, and what the market looked like when they did. I’ve been wading around in the book data again, my hand on my chin, occasionally contorting myself into…
Terry Pratchett on old women and misleading covers — quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers… this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted. Terry Pratchett photo credit: donielle via photopin cc
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