Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Who could eat one of the Wee Free Men?
Cake Wrecks celebrated last month's National Library Week with a collection of absolutely gorgeous book-inspired cakes, including Where the Wild Things Are, Alice in Wonderland, and Beatrix Potter-themed cakes. But while it wasn't the prettiest option, my favorite was this collection of cakes honoring Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books:  Sadly, I would be totally unable to actually eat those suckers, but they're really impressive to look at... Labels: Food, Terry Pratchett
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Return of the Tiffany
 AWESOME. There's a release date up for the next Tiffany Aching novel: I Shall Wear Midnight is coming out on September 28th. We will be there with bells on. We want Terry Pratchett to focus on his health, of course... but if work helps keep him going, who are we to complain? Labels: Terry Pratchett
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Terry Pratchett keeps on being awesome.
 Wordcandy favorite Terry Pratchett has written another essay about his ongoing battle with "posterior cortical atrophy", a rare form of Alzheimer’s--a depressing subject, but one he continues to handle with tremendous grace. Labels: Terry Pratchett
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Terry Pratchett continues to be 100% awesome.
 The English bookseller Waterstones has posted a lovely interview with Terry Pratchett on their website. The article was written by Neil Gaiman (who co-authored Good Omens with Pratchett) and features illustrations by Paul Kidby, who has illustrated the English editions of Pratchett's book covers for more than ten years. In addition to being generally funny, articulate, and amazing, Pratchett talks about everything from his struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's to being made an honorary Brownie for "writing a proper girl in a book". Labels: Terry Pratchett
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Hogfather: the movie
 We are happy to report that the Sky One made-for-TV movie adaptation of the Terry Pratchett novel Hogfather is finally available here in the U.S. This unique holiday story (Hogfather, the Discworld version of Santa, goes missing, and Death is forced to take his place) is obviously meant for December viewing, but why limit ourselves? Pratchett stories are always in season. Labels: Movie Adaptations, Terry Pratchett
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Best of luck, Mr. Pratchett.
A New Year's Day chat reminded me that I hadn't already posted this: "Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's, as he announced yesterday with a post to the web. The best-selling author of the Discworld fantasy books is 59 years-old.
"I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news," Pratchett wrote on the web site run by Paul Kidby, who has provided Discworld cover art in recent years. "We are taking it fairly philosophically down here and possibly with a mild optimism."
According to The Guardian, Pratchett underwent some medical tests earlier this year after "having problems with hand-eye coordination and dexterity." At the time, it was suggested that he'd had a mild stroke, but Pratchett now says the culprit was Alzheimer's.
Pratchett calls his diagnosis "an embuggerance," but he says that he expects "to meet most current and, as far as possible, future commitments." He aims to complete his next novel, "Nation," and is beginning to lay down notes for another, "Unseen Academicals."
"Frankly, I would prefer it if people kept things cheerful, because I think there's time for at least a few more books yet," Prachett wrote.
"Nation" and "Unseen Academicals" are not part of the Discworld series. The latest Discworld instalment, "Making Money," arrived earlier this year. In all, Pratchett has sold 55 million books, according to The Guardian, and in 1998, he was awarded an OBE for services to British Literature.
After announcing his diagnosis, Pratchett added a post script: "I would just like to draw attention to everyone reading the above that this should be interpreted as 'I am not dead'. I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think - it's too soon to tell. I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I can do,' but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry."" [Source] Well, we're not making any offers of help, but our thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Pratchett and his family--and, indeed, to anyone suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's. It's a devastating disease, and we're so impressed to see that Pratchett is handling it with his customary wit and good-humor. Labels: Terry Pratchett
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Wordcandy Weekly Book Snippet
 A new feature for the blog- snippets of Wordcandy goodness! "Did you know," he said, "my cousin said that in America there's shops that sell thirty-nine different flavors of ice cream?" This even silenced Adam, briefly. "There aren't thirty-nine different flavors of ice cream," said Pepper. "There aren't thirty-nine flavors in the whole world." "There could be, if you mixed them up," said Wensleydale, blinking owlishly. "You know. Strawberry and chocolate. Chocolate and vanilla." He sought for more English flavors. "Strawberry and vanilla and chocolate," he added, lamely." From Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettLabels: Neil Gaiman, Snippet, Terry Pratchett
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