Tag: pratchett
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Pulling at Death’s cloaktail
I guess with increasing age comes the inevitable demise of many of the people who shaped ones life, they generally being older to start with. Be it Spike Milligan, Fred Wedlock or your grandparents, they had a part in shaping how you turned out. It’s natural to miss them even when, for those cultural icons,…
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Dodger, Terry Pratchett
Dodger, by Terry Pratchett. Just got around to finishing this. In real hardback book format (like all my PTerrys) and therefore liable to being dropped each night as I slip into slumber. As with all PTerry works, this was very enjoyable. However, using the name Dodger in a real world Victorian London tale continually put…
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Currently Reading – Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music
Currently Reading – Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music Just because. Not the first read, and surely not the last. Although, it has to be said, there’re so many PTerry books on the shelf now that I may never find time to read them all again, as often as they deserve… yes, all hardback, first editions and…
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Currently Reading – Terry Pratchett: The Spirit of Fantasy, by Craig Cabell
Terry Pratchett: The Spirit of Fantasy, by Craig Cabell Being a long time fan, I’ve got all the Discworld novels in hardback first editions (and not one of them signed, what a rarity!). I got this book as a welcome birthday present, and I’m looking forward to reading a bit more of the background to…