I'm a late-comer to Terry Pratchett and Discworld. When the books first hit the scene in the US I had weaned myself from fantasy and was heavily into cyberpunk. On top of that, I spent most of the 1990s and early 2000s in college and grad school and moving across the country to start a new profession.
Sure, I'd read Good Omens, but that was during a Neil Gaiman binge. But in 2020, on the recommendation of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mackiedockie I took the plunge and bought a lot of Discworld books on eBay. And then some more. And plundered the library for more.
So when Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes was published last year I added it to my Books to Buy list. My goal for the past few years has been to read more nonfiction and this was a natural addition to the list. Just before my trip to Gallifrey One this year I bought the audiobook. I actually meant to buy the eBook, but in the end I was glad that I bought the audiobook instead. Although I didn't get around to listening to it while traveling, for the last few weeks I've been listening to a chapter a day on the treadmill each morning. This morning, tearing up during the death, funeral, and memorial scene, I finished it. Written and narrated by Rob Wilkins it is a fantastic biography. Wilkins worked as Pratchett's assistant for 15 years and used Pratchett's own autobiography notes. With lots of humor (and lots of footnotes) I really enjoyed the book.
Sure, I'd read Good Omens, but that was during a Neil Gaiman binge. But in 2020, on the recommendation of
mackiedockie I took the plunge and bought a lot of Discworld books on eBay. And then some more. And plundered the library for more. So when Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes was published last year I added it to my Books to Buy list. My goal for the past few years has been to read more nonfiction and this was a natural addition to the list. Just before my trip to Gallifrey One this year I bought the audiobook. I actually meant to buy the eBook, but in the end I was glad that I bought the audiobook instead. Although I didn't get around to listening to it while traveling, for the last few weeks I've been listening to a chapter a day on the treadmill each morning. This morning, tearing up during the death, funeral, and memorial scene, I finished it. Written and narrated by Rob Wilkins it is a fantastic biography. Wilkins worked as Pratchett's assistant for 15 years and used Pratchett's own autobiography notes. With lots of humor (and lots of footnotes) I really enjoyed the book.
