I just had a vision - which someone with more talent then i needs to draw - of Death standing by a bedside, clutching an autograph book and pen, muttering embarrassedly "...IT'S NOT FOR ME ... UMMM ... IT'S FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER ..."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/m ... are_btn_fb
Death comes for Sir PTerry
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- AnotherFairportfan
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Death comes for Sir PTerry
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Re: Death comes for Sir PTerry
To be somewhat British in my response to this news...
"Bother."
Hell of a month, innit?
"Bother."
Hell of a month, innit?
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Re: Death comes for Sir PTerry
Sadly, it's now possible to own copies of all Sir Terry's books now. I will greatly miss the excitement of cracking open a new Discworld book.
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But perhaps there's at least one more in the pipe.Jabberwonky wrote:Sadly, it's now possible to own copies of all Sir Terry's books now. I will greatly miss the excitement of cracking open a new Discworld book.
Wish i was still in regular communication with the New York SF editors i know.
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Re: Death comes for Sir PTerry
He had just finished one up last year. Apparently his daughter has stated she's going to take up the mantle.
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One was published last year - Raising Steam, the third Moist von Lipwig book.jwhouk wrote:He had just finished one up last year. Apparently his daughter has stated she's going to take up the mantle.
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Petition to Reinstate Sir PTerry
From the article:
"The author's 41st and final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was completed last summer and it is due to be published later this year."
From the article:
"The author's 41st and final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was completed last summer and it is due to be published later this year."
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Yay!Jabberwonky wrote:Petition to Reinstate Sir PTerry
From the article:
"The author's 41st and final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was completed last summer and it is due to be published later this year."
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