Once More With Footnotes

the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan Books Ltd, U.K., 1990.
     
    Imaginary Worlds, Real Stories: Folklore, Folklore Society, October 1, 2000.
     
    Incubust: The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades and David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, Esse x, 1988.
     
    Introduction to "The Leaky Establishment" by David Langford: The Leaky Establishment, Big Engine, Oxfordshire, 2001.
     
    Introduction to "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy": The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy, ed. David Pringle, Carlton Books, London, 1998.
     
    Introduction to "The Unseen University Challenge": Dave Langford, The Unseen University Challenge, Gollancz, London, 1996.
     
    Introduction to "The Wyrdest Link": Dave Langford, The Wyrdest Link, Gollancz, London, 2002.
     
    Let There be Dragons: T he Bookseller Magazine, June 11, 1993.
     
    Magic Kingdoms (published as Fantasy Kingdoms): The Sunday Times, July 4, 1999.
     
    Medical Notes: Nac Mac Programme Book, Discworld Convention, 2002.
     
    Neil Gaiman: Amazing Master Conjurer: Boskone 39 Program Book, Febr uary 2002.
     
    No Worries: SFX Magazine, 1998.
     
    Once and Future: Camelot, ed. Jane Yolen, Philomel Books, New York, 1995.
     
    The Orangutans Are Dying: Mail on Sunday, February 19, 2000. Paperback Writer: The Guardian, 2003.
     
    Roots of Fantasy: The Roots of Fant asy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype, ed. Shelley Dutton Berry, World Fantasy Program Book, 1989.
     
    The Sea and Little Fishes: Legends, ed. Robert Silverberg, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1998.
     
    Secret Book of the Dead: Now We Are Sick, ed. Neil Gaiman an d Stephen Jones, DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, 1991.
     
    Sheer Delight: Tribute to Bob Shaw: SFX Magazine, April 1, 1996.
     
    Theatre of Cruelty: W.H. Smith Bookcase Magazine, July/August 1993.
     
    Thought Progress: 20/20 Magazine, May 1989.
     
    Thud — A Historical Per spective: Thud: The Discworld Boardgame, Trevor Truran.
     
    Troll Bridge: After The King, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, TOR Books, New York, 1992.
     
    Turntables of the Night: Hidden Turnings, ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen, London, 1989.
     
    Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting: Time Out Magazine, December 16, 1987.
     
    Whose Fantasy Are You?: W.H. Smith Bookcase Magazine, September 17,1991.
     
    A Word About Hats: Sunday Telegraph, July 8, 2001.
     

Once More With Footnotes
     

Terry Pratchett:
    The Man, The Myth,
    The Legend, The Beverage
     
     
     
    The Man:
     
                  I met him on the floor of a hotel bar in the year that the World Fantasy Convention was in London — Not-the-Docklands-One. Really. On the floor. No, not for the reas on you are thinking and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. He was one of several people playing a game called Amnesia. I forget the rules. I do remember that after a while socializing with this charming gentleman it came to light that he was TERRY PRATC H ETT. Yes, that way, all uppercase or, if you prefer, THE Terry Pratchett, also known as "Oh my God, you're YOU! You're really YOU! I LOVE you! I have ALL YOUR BOOKS! You are SO BRILLIANT! Eeeeeee!" Which was probably what I would have said to him had we b e en formally introduced.
     
                  Luckily for me, Amnesia is a great equalizer and so I did not make a complete fool of myself when I finally discovered I had been sharing the barroom floor with a writer of such incredible talent and — dare I say it? — genius.
     
                  Oh he ck, sure, I dare: Genius. There. I said it, I mean it, it's true, and I regret nothing. Except that night in Macao.
     
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    The Myth:
     
                  That British Funnystuff Wot He Writes — It's All Monty Python-like — Innit?
     
                  No, it's not. Of course it makes you laugh, but i t also makes you think. It makes you think about things you never thought you needed to think about, which is precisely why you need to think about them. (All right, who's the wiseguy who said, "Things like how to find your way through that sentence withou t a machete?")
     
                  Little things: Love and hate and heroism, time and space, life and death and immortality, evils great and small, hedgehogs and "headology" and a funny old wild card called human decency. It also makes you learn things you knew all along, b ut because it makes you laugh, it makes you remember those lessons learned, for a change.
     
                  So pay