Topic: Terry Pratchett

Just part of the holiday

Snuff by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, RRP $55) . . Samuel Vimes - Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, husband, father and a few other things...

Recent arrivals, Dec. 17

New fiction:. . Snuff, by Terry Pratchett; The Artist of Disappearance: Novellas, by Anita Desai. . New non-fiction:. . Fighting for Afghanistan: A...
Posted on 10/17/11 at 1:26pm by WebWire . The speculative and the fantastic have gained a foothold on both the New York Times and BooksOnBoard...

Pratchett defends suicide film

Author Terry Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's, on Tuesday defended making a film showing a man dying at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland.Assisted suicide is illegal in Britain and anti-euthanasia campaigners complained that the programme "Choosing to Die", broadcast by ...

Peter Goodspeed: Death on demand

Terry Pratchett, a 62-year-old British writer of comic fantasy novels who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007, says he intends to commit...

Book Explores 'Our Encounters with Madness'

Book Explores 'Our Encounters with Madness'. . A new book seeks to dispel misconceptions about mental health and society's relationship with...

Patrick Stewart backs right to assisted death

Actor Sir Patrick Stewart has declared his wish to be allowed an assisted death.Stewart, best known for his role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, spoke to The Sunday Times about his decision to become a patron of Dignity in Dying ...
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List of Five

What constitutes a literary 'great' is a highly contentious issue subject to great debate. Forget 'Pride and Prejudice', for sheer power of emotion it's Emily, not Charlotte, who rules the roost. No. 4 - 'The Colour of Magic' by Terry Pratchett: A ...

Terry Pratchett Alzheimers

British author Terry Pratchett announced on December 12, 2007 that he has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. Author Pratchett has Alzheimer's (December 13, 2007) "I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I ...