Not sure if anyone else heard yet: PTerry is on the Queen’s New Year Honours list as a Knight, for services to literature.

Well done Terry.

Next step: Duke!

Go Pterry!

Damn Spider pig

Carpe Jugulum...

I can't resist it - I have to be the first one to use his line from Wyrd Sisters - a knighthood will keep his ears warm in bed!

But seriously, folks - a well-deserved honour - I have read that various librarians and teachers have said that Sir PTerry has got kids into reading more than any other author - this has got to be a good thing!

So congratulations to Sir PTerry, The Marthter, Supreme God of the Discworld (and probably the Patrician in disguise, (or possibly Sam Vimes - the senior one, not the one with difficulties in cow-location))

That's great news, here's the full story from the BBC:
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Wiltshire | Fantasy author Pratchett knighted
Fantasy author Pratchett knighted


Sir Terry said he was "gobsmackingly amazed" at his knighthood

Author Terry Pratchett has been knighted in the New Year Honours list.
Pratchett, 60, who lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire, has sold more than 55 million books worldwide and his works have been translated into 33 languages.
Pratchett started his career on a local newspaper and published his first novel, The Carpet People, in 1971.
He is best known for his Discworld comic fantasy novels. Last December he announced he had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease.
He has since campaigned to raise awareness of the disease and improve research funding.
Discworld is a parallel universe supported on the back of four elephants that stand on the shell of a giant turtle.
"There are times when the phrase 'Absolutely, totally, gobsmackingly, mindbogglingly amazed' just doesn't cover it, but I find that in the Queen's New Year Honours list I am now a knight, for services to literature," Sir Terry said.
Four people in Wiltshire have been appointed OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list. They are:
• Christine Kent of Salisbury
• Professor Andrew Pettigrew for services to local and national higher education
• Dr Randal William Richards of Marlborough for services to science
Six people have been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours list. They are:
• Meg Atkinson of Swindon for services to the Soldiers' and Airmen's Scripture Reader Association
• Alan Kells of Codford-St-Peter for public and voluntary service
• John Aves of Salisbury for services to people with disabilities
• John Hansford of Malmesbury for services to science
• Councillor Thomas James of Trowbridge for services to local government in Wiltshire
• Michael Norton of Malmesbury for services to the water industry and to international trade

Dragon's Kingdom - Stop typing "alot" when you mean "a lot"! - Disappointed

Yea...

Great news

(also gave me proverbial kick up the rear - didn't realize so much time had passed since I've been online )

I don't think a kick up the rear is quite the right treatment for your current condition (unless something has happened since your last post - or I could check with my nephew the doctor - not that one - this one has no TARDIS) but just think - if it's a boy, you could call him Terry - possibly the first of the name called by a fan after Sir PTerry got his knighthood (and I've already done the joke about keeping his ears warm in bed!)

'Tis well deserved methinks.

R.

Q. How do you write?
A. One word at a time.

That's great!

As an American, I don't set a lot of store in titles, but I know to citizens of the UK, it's a huge honor. Very well deserved in this case as well.

Now if the Queen would only declare some section of land in the country to be named Ankh-Morpork and make him the Duke...

That's a nice idea, but have you thought of the technical difficulties of polluting a river so much that you can't actually sink in it and the fish explode when exposed to fresh water? Besides, the screams of outraged ecological fanatics would deafen everyone!

Simple solution, just invite the eco-fans for a nice swim in the "native" river.

Every fight is a food fight to a cannibal. - Demetri Martin

Most deserving in my opinion. I hope to be not too far behind him myself.... ;-)

Back to stay!

Where'd you come from? And where have you been?

PhD Student: Research information sheet

There once was a man named Bruce
Who liked to sit on a spruce
He ate lots of chowder
And yelled at me louder:
"I'm talking to YOU, Mrs. Hughes!"
--> The Literary Genius: Mowgli

And what are you plotting, sneaking up behind Sir Pterry?

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

If anyone wants to see Terry being knighted. ( The sound quality is really rubbish though, I had to turn the volume right up and concentrate)

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Novelist Pratchett becomes a Sir