STICKY Sad News for us all.
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Och, weel... I read it noo. Aye, I'm a bit of a daftie and noo mistake! 
From Wossname - a new and stylistically original tribute to Pterry has popped up in Stokes Croft, Bristol.
And PC Gamer magazine has released their own tribute to Pterry. As you all know, he was an enthusiastic gamer and was featured on the cover of the first PC Gamer issue - in 1993 - and they featured an interview with him. Here it is, an interview with Pterry from the good old days.
Now please excuse me... I'm all choked up.
From Wossname - a new and stylistically original tribute to Pterry has popped up in Stokes Croft, Bristol.
And PC Gamer magazine has released their own tribute to Pterry. As you all know, he was an enthusiastic gamer and was featured on the cover of the first PC Gamer issue - in 1993 - and they featured an interview with him. Here it is, an interview with Pterry from the good old days.
Now please excuse me... I'm all choked up.
Well we managed to go and see the awesome graffiti tribute in London, it took us a while to find it but it was well worth it.
If anyone else is thinking of going to see it, you need to start from the busy end of Brick Lane and then go down Buxton Street and then Cave Street, this is not clear from the articles!
If anyone else is thinking of going to see it, you need to start from the busy end of Brick Lane and then go down Buxton Street and then Cave Street, this is not clear from the articles!
I have the greatest admiration for Rhianna making that decision. The following is a quote from an article in Digital Trends I read some time ago -
"Rhianna very much sees herself as the carrier of Discworld‘s reins rather than an active creative participant in future novels. “I do not see myself writing the books. I don’t think my skills and talents lie in that area, in all honesty. I don’t think I would be able to match up to him in that area,” she explained. “I think when people say they want more Discworld books, they just kind of want more Discworld books from my father. So unless I have an extremely good Ouija board setup, that’s really not going to happen unfortunately.”
“My father is very open about his disease and his support for assisted dying. I sincerely hope it’s going to be many years from now, but just as dad thinks about the endgame and how that might go, who might take over Discworld, I have to think about it as well,” she continued. “I would just be taking over his books because I’m his daughter, not because I have experience in that area. I don’t think anyone needs that. All I would be at best is a good mimic, and that’s not the creative life I want for myself to be honest. They’re sacred to him and I don’t want to risk endangering that in any way.”
"Rhianna very much sees herself as the carrier of Discworld‘s reins rather than an active creative participant in future novels. “I do not see myself writing the books. I don’t think my skills and talents lie in that area, in all honesty. I don’t think I would be able to match up to him in that area,” she explained. “I think when people say they want more Discworld books, they just kind of want more Discworld books from my father. So unless I have an extremely good Ouija board setup, that’s really not going to happen unfortunately.”
“My father is very open about his disease and his support for assisted dying. I sincerely hope it’s going to be many years from now, but just as dad thinks about the endgame and how that might go, who might take over Discworld, I have to think about it as well,” she continued. “I would just be taking over his books because I’m his daughter, not because I have experience in that area. I don’t think anyone needs that. All I would be at best is a good mimic, and that’s not the creative life I want for myself to be honest. They’re sacred to him and I don’t want to risk endangering that in any way.”
While I am very sad she won't be continuing the series, I completely understand why she doesn't want to. Much as we'd like to believe we'd love to see her own personal flare one the series, people would be looking for PTerry in them, and possibly grow bitter toward Rhianna for not being able to resurrect her father. Moreover, I imagine she wants what she puts out, in any medium, to be hers. Regardless of how much part she had in writing the Discworld novels with her father, I imagine she doesn't want to piggyback on PTerry's legacy. Even with her being the one writing the books, there would be very little room for her own voice.
And like she says about not wanting to write them without her father, I feel the experience would be hollow. It's one thing to ride a tandem bicycle by yourself, but it's entirely different to ride it alone when there used to be a second person.
I got my copy of Hogfather shortly before PTerry passed. I've seen the film adaptation, but it's the one Discworld book I've never actually read. I think I've been putting it off for reasons other than general lack of time.
Given that, I've read some of his non-Discworld books, but the bulk of them are entirely unknown to me, so even when I've read all of the Discworld novels through, I'll still have new adventures waiting for me in a sense.
Good on Rhianna for her choice. I hope she's found her peace and comfort, and I hope she finds as much inspiration in her future ventures.
And like she says about not wanting to write them without her father, I feel the experience would be hollow. It's one thing to ride a tandem bicycle by yourself, but it's entirely different to ride it alone when there used to be a second person.
I got my copy of Hogfather shortly before PTerry passed. I've seen the film adaptation, but it's the one Discworld book I've never actually read. I think I've been putting it off for reasons other than general lack of time.
Given that, I've read some of his non-Discworld books, but the bulk of them are entirely unknown to me, so even when I've read all of the Discworld novels through, I'll still have new adventures waiting for me in a sense.
Good on Rhianna for her choice. I hope she's found her peace and comfort, and I hope she finds as much inspiration in her future ventures.
Rob said exactly the same thing to us at the Australian Discworld Convention last week. There were several unfinished story ideas, but they will not be released (as none were in a state ready for that, they were all partly formed).
However, there will still be spin off material (like the Atlas) and adaptations produced, as best they can. Nothing's confirmed beyond what was previous talked about, however.
The only new piece of information was that there will be a Good Omens musical produced in Australia this year/next year.
However, there will still be spin off material (like the Atlas) and adaptations produced, as best they can. Nothing's confirmed beyond what was previous talked about, however.
The only new piece of information was that there will be a Good Omens musical produced in Australia this year/next year.
Hmm... I'd love to know if (and when) the Watch TV series might be coming to us Downunder. :|
We did get Hogfather on Aussie TV, but as for the two followups - The Light Fantastic and Going Postal - I had to hunt them down and purchase them in various shops, as there was no general release for us Aussies (at least, I never heard of one). So... any ideas?
We did get Hogfather on Aussie TV, but as for the two followups - The Light Fantastic and Going Postal - I had to hunt them down and purchase them in various shops, as there was no general release for us Aussies (at least, I never heard of one). So... any ideas?