Terry Pratchett gets a knighthood in the new years honours list.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7805468.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7805468.stm
I third that.sirdanrhodes said:My thoughts exactly!Xojins said:Yay?
Hey, if someone ever has to write a fanciful novel, a soundtrack to accompany it, and then play it to gain her freedom, The Queen is set. And it is well known that alien ninjas do love themselves a fanciful novel set to a good song.TheBluesader said:I know it's stealing Conan O'Brien's bit, but I can't resist.
The Queen must feel a lot safer knowing Elton John, Paul McCartney, and now Terry Pratchett will manfully mount a rescue if she gets captured by alien ninjas. Or Nazi vampires. Or Liverpudlian separatists.
Never give up, never surrender!Break said:It's "hear hear". Even if you don't know the origin of the phrase, "here here" makes very little sense.
Still, good for him. He's a lovely author. Shame it doesn't look like he'll be able to write many more books.
They keep churning out James Bond movies, and here we are with the greatest ideas for thrillers EVAR. Oh, what a miserable, dull media world we live in.Calobi said:Hey, if someone ever has to write a fanciful novel, a soundtrack to accompany it, and then play it to gain her freedom, The Queen is set. And it is well known that alien ninjas do love themselves a fanciful novel set to a good song.