My first time on the web site and very nervous, so I am probably going to talk too much.

My choice of name? Came from Mistress Weatherwax's first name - happens to also be the name my mother wanted to christen me but was outvoted for something altogether more wyrd. For all my Granny Weatherwax characteristics, am actually a Nanny Ogg Wannabee.

My sex? If you think I'm male, you may require some heidologie. A la Macfeegle.
Age category - older than I think.

Geographical location: am 100% pedigree Scottish peasant. I happen to live in Cape Town for 5 months of the year, work in Chad for 6 and spend 1 month travelling between the two. The joys of travel.

I have no faith that a discworld movie could be done as well as wot goes on in my head when I read the books. That is not to say that I didn't enjoy "Hogfather" and gladly added to Mr Pratchett's coffers by buying the DVD.

When I was living in Congo (the undemocratic one), a friend gave me two books - Thief of Time and The Truth. I looked at the weirdo sci-fi fantastical Josh Kirby book covers and thought "Ye Gads": definitely not my cup of tea. However, the book stores of Pointe Noire, being somewhat bereft of English language books and I, having run out of anything to read, started to read Thief of Time. Desparate times. Well, Page 1, I am thinking "Oh Lordie, another Salman Rushdie, is the man on drugs?". Page 2 however, and I am thinking, maybe there is some humour here, which is more than can be said for the Satanic Verses (of the first two pages that I read of it, anyway - maybe he lightened up later on). I put "Thief of Time" down and picked up "The Truth". On the front cover, is the subheading "The 25th Discworld novel". Oh. I emailed back aforementioned friend: "Should I be reading these in order of publication?". Answer: "It helps if you read the first two". How handy. Six weeks later, I am back in Aberdeen, smiling sweetly at the man behind the Waterstones Books counter. I bought the first 23 and subsequent 4 books in print at the time. That was the time I flew back to Congo with 84 Kilos of luggage and somehow neither Air France nor Air Gabon charged me the excess luggage. I admit to believing in the God of No Excess Luggage Charges and she (naturally) answered my prayers that night. Since then, I have read the lot and buy every book as soon as it hits the shelf. The man simply makes me laugh out loud. If the world contains x amount of imagination, Mr Terry Pratchett got a whole country's worth (and is subsequently responsible for alot of people without any imagination whatsoever). I am constantly awed by his clever wit - volume, consistency and diversity. I didn't realise till last month what "Going Postal" means to an American.

Quote of the Day: Nasau: "WE HAVE FOUND A GIANT TURTLE FLYING THROUGH SPACE WITH 4 ELEPHANTS ON TOP OF IT WHICH IN TURN HAVE A WORLD SHAPED LIKE A DISK ON TOP OF THEM !!!". Response:"About bl**dy time too. When are you going to start shuttles cos I'd like to see what kind of gin they serve up in the Drum".