Pratchett knighthood

[Australis]

Seeing no one mentioned it...

I saw a ticker tape on th bottom of the screen of a news broadcast that said Terry was going to be Sir Terry. Anyone else seen this?

Edit: ah, ne' mind, found it:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-arts-knighthood-stuns-pratchett-1218243.html

I say "good show!"

Thoughts?

 

[captcalhoun]

i've been calling him 'Lord Pratchett' for yonks. needless to say I'm impressed he's a Knight.

 

[Jim Steele]

Deserves it. Also deserves a great big hug.

 

[HappyDayRiot]

Excellent news. Currently re-reading Thief of Time so this is all the sweeter to me.

 

[Jim Steele]

The man wrote Night Watch. Night Watch. I genuinely consider that the finest book I've ever read.

And he slagged off J K Rowling. Never mind knighthood, the Queen should suck his dick.

"I name you Receiver of the Royal Fellatio. Now drop trou!"

 

[Idoliside]

Yay! I've been a huge fan of Pratchett ever since my dad gave me the colour of magic on audiobook. Then he lent me the books (which i've since stolen and added to my own collection), all of which i love. Glad he has the Knighthood and that his illness doesn't stop him writing anymore books.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Fantastic news. Pratchett totally deserves this accolade.

 

[Australis]

The man wrote Night Watch. Night Watch. I genuinely consider that the finest book I've ever read.

And he slagged off J K Rowling. Never mind knighthood, the Queen should suck his dick.

"I name you Receiver of the Royal Fellatio. Now drop trou!"

You know, a lot of people would pay money to see that. I mean serious wonga.

And I agree, Night Watch is probably the best Discworld book, and one of the great books in English of the last 50 years. Critics? What do they know?

 

[Deckerd]

Since he's the most popular author alive, there can't be many critics anyone pays any heed to.

 

[Neroon]

Seeing no one mentioned it...

I saw a ticker tape on th bottom of the screen of a news broadcast that said Terry was going to be Sir Terry. Anyone else seen this?

Edit: ah, ne' mind, found it:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-arts-knighthood-stuns-pratchett-1218243.html

I say "good show!"

Thoughts?

Also corroborated here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7805143.stm

This is superbly deserved. My wife and one son have especially enjoyed his books for a few years, now.

 

[TheGodBen]

The man wrote Night Watch. Night Watch. I genuinely consider that the finest book I've ever read.

And he slagged off J K Rowling. Never mind knighthood, the Queen should suck his dick.

"I name you Receiver of the Royal Fellatio. Now drop trou!"

You know, a lot of people would pay money to see that. I mean serious wonga.

I would pay serious money to never have to see that. I don't even like seeing the man without his trademark hat.

Congrats to Terry, he truly deserves it. 55 million book sold is quite an accomplishment, although having written around 50 books is very impressive in itself.

He said on TV this morning that he doesn't want to be credited as Sir Terry Pratchett on his book covers, but do you suppose that the publishers will do it anyway in order to try and sell more?

 

[captcalhoun]

given how many he sold as plain old TP before even the MBE, no.

 

[ancientone51]

four words....too cool, 'bout time.

 

[Reverend]

Never mind the knighthood, is he still officially the most shoplifted author in Britain?
If that isn't the ultimate sign of greatness and popularity, I don't know what is.

Oh yes and Nightwatch was easily the best (and most mature) Discworld book to date. I really hope the City Watch books are somewhere on Sky One & The Mob's to-do list.

 

[Australis]

^ Oooh, yes, I really hope that too. They'd be brilliant.

Thought you may appreciate his signoff on a newsletter I subscribe to:

Happy Hogswatch All and may Gods Bless Us, Every One. (Atheists may ask for the vegetarian alternative.)

(I don't know what they'd make of that in certain threads down in the depths of TNZ )

 

[Kryton]

I'm not generally a fan (if only because I haven't read tons of his work ) but I've been re-reading Good Omens and all I want is to see some talented filmmaker breathe visual life into what's been in my head as a result.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I seem to have a similar opinion of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I like their ideas, and the overall story they both tell, but I'm don't generally like either of their styles.
I think he deserves the honour though, actually I find it surprising it took so long for him to get it.

 

[Reverend]

Thing is, Pratchett's style has changed rather drastically over the last 25 years (surprise, surprise) so it really depends on which book you decide to read first.
It took me ages to get into Discworld as I had a female friend who was a huge fan (she must have met him a dozen times, which isn't that hard considering he's local) and she recommended the "Nanny Ogg & Granny Weatherwax" books to start with. The first one did nothing for me and it put me off the series for quite a while.
Eventually I picked up 'Mort' and really liking it I went on to read every Death & Susan book I could get my hands on. After that I tried the City Watch books and the rest is history! Ironically the last series I got around to reading was the Rincewind books. While I don't mind them, out of all the major Discworld characters he's still my least favourite.
I'm just waiting for Pratchett to write an encounter between Weatherwax and Vimes. Care to place a wager on who'd come out on top?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

The only Discworld books i've read have been Colour of Magic and Hogfather. I enjoyed Hogfather more out of the two, but the no chapters thing really bugs me. I like to have natural stopping points to put a book down at, and with no chapters that's harder to find.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Excellent.