Some very sad news this afternoon, with beloved British author Sir Terry Pratchett having passed away aged 66 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The announcement was made with a series of scheduled tweets on Twitter, which read: “At last, Sir Terry, we must walk together. Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through […]
The Jim Henson Company bringing Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men to the big screen
The Jim Henson Company is set to adapt Terry Pratchett’s 2003 Discworld novel The Wee Free Men, with Pratchett’s daughter Rhianna set to pen the script for a big screen adaptation. Here’s the official description from the announcement: THE WEE FREE MEN, is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch […]
Book Review – The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
Tony Black reviews The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter… The final chapter in The Long Earth series, The Long Cosmos shall resonate in memory for being perhaps the final piece of published writing from the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett, who sadly died in 2015. The series, co-authored with hard science writer Stephen […]
Book Review – The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett
Villordsutch reviews The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett… I’m holding in my hands quite possibly something I never wanted to see in my lifetime. The Shepherd’s Crown is the final Discworld, and I have been a fan of Sir Terry Pratchett since I first met my wife – we’ll she wasn’t my wife when I […]
Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown to be published in September
Following the sad passing of the beloved British author Terry Pratchett last month, publishers Penguin Random House has announced that the final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown is set to hit shelves this September. “It is a huge privilege to be publishing Sir Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel, The Shepherd’s Crown.,” said Penguin Random House […]
BBC developing miniseries adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Terry Pratchett’s beloved fantasy series Discworld is heading to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that BBC Studios is in development on a six-part limited series which is going by the working title of The Watch. The site reports that Simon Allen (Strike Back, Das Boot) is scripting the series, and the BBC is said […]
