Discworld
Gifts of the gab
...a sign of corruption to speak well of one's friends, not least when their work deserves it. The bestselling Discworld author talks to the book club about fiction, football and academia in...
Books: Wrapped Up In Books:Master And Commander: Thoughts on series fiction
Clearly you aren't a big fantasy nerd. Allow me to introduce you to Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld series, currently on book No. 38. This is the only really long-running...
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'Motive' to be key in assisted suicides
...law welcomed the rules but continued to call for parliament to act. Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld novels, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, said the guidelines only...
Terry Pratchett welcomes assisted suicide guidelines
...Richard Dimbleby Lecture on February 1 to put forward his idea of "tribunals". The author of the best-selling Discworld fantasy novels said such bodies would combat the risk of...
"Discworld" sausages over the Christmas period, the local wholefood store brought out a "Discworld" breakfast mix and a local audit found that this trading effort had brought GBP70,000 in tourism to the town. Yesterday a sea of fans - and some residents - turned out to the street naming ceremony in fancy dress characters from Sir Terry's novels, including trolls and dwarfs. Councillor Colin Winder, a former Mayor of Wincanton, said: "The link with Discworld works extremely well for our town, helping to boost the local economy. I even know of three families who moved to Wincanton because of this quirky connection. It is wonderful that the roads at Kingwell Rise have been named in this way and it certainly beats the dedications to local dignitaries and village worthies we usually see."
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Terry Pratchett welcomes assisted suicide policy
...for a change in the law and for the introduction of euthanasia tribunals. The author of the bestselling Discworld fantasy novels, and patron of Dignity in Dying, said what he had heard...
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Lost and found Fantasy writer Terry Pratchett is best known for his comedic Discworld series, but for his 2008 novel Nation, he turned his talents to adventure. The story, set in an...
Gilderdale's trial was horrific but necessary to retain a vital principle Madeleine Bunting
...has gone wrong and this action cannot be completed. Please try again later. UK The bestselling Discworld author talks to the book club about fiction, football and academia in his...
Reasonable, yet appalling Austen Ivereigh
...his Alzheimer's. No one better exemplifies the reasonableness of middle England than the author of the Discworld books; and no one has put the case for choosing how and when we die so...
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Author argues for euthanasia tribunals
...Monday that ''the time is really coming'' for legalising assisted death. Pratchett, author of the bestselling Discworld fantasy novels, diagnosed two years ago with a rare form of early...
Terry Pratchett: my case for a euthanasia tribunal
...so terribly grim. The image has remained with me ever since and Death as a character appeared in the first of my Discworld novels. He has evolved in the series to be one of its most...
Terry Pratchett A tribunal of mercy
...loved ones who wish the same Richard Dimbleby lecturer and writer Terry Pratchett, celebrated for his Discworld series and, latterly, for his public disclosure of his Alzheimer's...
Sir Terry Pratchett offers to be assisted suicide test case
...as he prefers to call it - is 'an idea whose time is really coming'. The author of the hugely successful Discworld books first made a plea for the right to take his own life last...
