Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography

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Now, the book Terry sadly couldn't finish has been written by Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the Pratchett literary estate. Drawing on his own extensive memories, along with those of the author's family, friends and colleagues, Rob unveils the full picture of Terry's life - from childhood to his astonishing writing career, and how he met and coped with what he called the 'Embuggerance' of Alzheimer's disease. Alison Flood (30 May 2019). "Terry Pratchett predicted rise of fake news in 1995, says biographer". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 April 2023.

Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities. Dalya Alberge (4 July 2020). " "The untold story of how Terry Pratchett met Roald Dahl". The Telegraph . Retrieved 26 October 2021. Short Stories: Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest". BFI Film & TV Database. n.d. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007 . Retrieved 7 November 2015.The responsibility of documenting his life when I lived so much of it with him has been such an emotive experience. A Life With Footnotes is a book that I hope would have made Terry proud,” said Wilkins. Saunders, Tristram Fane (8 January 2016). "Terry Pratchett's Discworld colour Octarine could join the periodic table". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Pratchett's earliest inspirations were The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, and the works of H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. [29] [197] [198] His literary influences were P.G. Wodehouse, Tom Sharpe, Jerome K. Jerome, Roy Lewis, [199] Alan Coren, [200] G. K. Chesterton, and Mark Twain. [201] Publishing history [ edit ] Professor Sir Terry Pratchett OBE was the creator of the hugely successful Discworld series of novels, and became Britain’s best-selling author of adult fiction, writing over fifty wildly successful titles in his lifetime.Here we chronicle Terry’s life and highlight some exciting facts you may not have known about this incredible author and scholar of the human condition. That single gesture, it seemed to me, would send the clearest signal about the book that I was in a unique position to write, if I could manage it. Because, yes, of course I would want to write about Terry Pratchett the author, the public figure whom people knew. But I would also want, and even more urgently, to write about the Terry Pratchett who would be less familiar to people: the Terry Pratchett I saw every day, at his desk, without his hat on – Terry Pratchett the writer.

Look after the business and it will look after you. For all you have done, for all of the little things and all of the much bigger things and for the burying of the bodies … I thank you. According to Pratchett's assistant Rob Wilkins, Pratchett left "an awful lot" of unfinished writing, "10titles I know of and fragments from many other bits and pieces." [51] Pratchett had mentioned two new texts, Scouting for Trolls [52] and a Discworld novel following a new character. [53] The notes left behind outline ideas about "how the old folk of the Twilight Canyons solve the mystery of a missing treasure and defeat the rise of a Dark Lord despite their failing memories"; "the secret of the crystal cave and the carnivorous plants in the Dark Incontinent", about Constable Feeney of the Watch, first introduced in Snuff, involving how he "solves a whodunnit among the congenitally decent and honest goblins"; and a second book about Amazing Maurice from The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. [54] Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg (1998), contains a Discworld short story called " The Sea and Little Fishes". Wilkins, Rob (29 September 2022). "14. Rubber Gloves, TV Snobs and an Olivetti on the Line at Waterloo". Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes. Transworld (published 2022). ISBN 978-1-473-56894-5. Professor Pratchett joins Trinity staff". Irish Examiner. 30 October 2010 . Retrieved 6 April 2023.And then there was the top hat he bought in Manhattan on a whim, and the bowler I bought him for Christmas. There were, as I say, many hats. Naturalist Sir David Attenborough and Writer Terry Pratchett Among Recipients of Honorary Degrees". Trinity College Dublin. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008 . Retrieved 24 December 2008. Digital Dreams, edited by David V Barrett (1990), contains the science fiction short story "#ifdefDEBUG + "world/enough" + "time".