Terry Pratchett and his rats

Terry Pratchett is the author of The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

It's a kids book. I actually prefer the radio version to the book version...but the book version is pretty good.

Terry Pratchet Photos #1

Rincewind on a stamp

A set of fantasy stamps came out in 2010...two of the stamps were of Terry Pratchett characters.

They were Rincewind and Nanny Ogg.

Rincewind and Nanny Ogg!

Not Death? Put him on a stamp with the Death of Rats so the uninitiated would know what it was about... coo-el.

Not the Librarian?

Not the Great A'Tuin?

Not Sam Vimes or the Patrician?

No - Rincewind!

And Nanny Ogg without Granny Weatherwax and Marat? What's up with that?



http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/193440-Rincewind-Magical_Realms-Great_Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9327000/9327675.stm
Two fictional characters created by Wiltshire author Sir Terry Pratchett are to appear on Royal Mail stamps in 2011.

Rincewind and Nanny Ogg, who feature in many of the author's popular Discworld novels, are among "the very best of British" to be celebrated by the commemorative stamps.

Sir Terry, who lives in Broad Chalke near Salisbury, has sold millions of copies of his comic fantasy novels worldwide and has had his work translated into 33 languages.

The eight stamps in the Magical Realms series salute "the fictional characters that have enchanted generations of readers".
Sir Terry Pratchett
The stamp issue celebrates the "very best of British"

Due to be issued on 8 March, the set will include both Rincewind, a central character in many of the Discworld novels, and the infamous witch Nanny Ogg on first-class stamps.

Voldemort and Dumbledore from JK Rowling's Harry Potter books, along with Aslan and the White Queen from CS Lewis' Narnia, will also be among the fictional characters featured.

Philip Parker from Royal Mail Stamps said: "This is by far the most exciting start to a year for Royal Mail Stamps.

"There's something for everyone in the first half of 2011, with Magical Realms just one of the themes dropping on the doormats across millions of homes in the UK and across the world."

It never ends redux

Now my computer monitor is going on the fritz...shorts out every few seconds and then comes back on...

I'll buy a new one tomorrow, and will get my posts started then!

Easter Pause

So sorry to have missed so many days of posting - unexpected family matters cropped up.

And now it's Easter, so more family matters.

Will get back on track Monday.

Thanks for your patience.

Time goes by so fast!

I'd made posts all the way through the month of March, and now it's already the 4th of April. Missed five days of posting!

And today all I have time to do is assure you that I'll get my girdle in gear and resume posting tomorrow.