Wyatt the Odd  | 31 Dec 2008 2:21 p.m. PST |
Author Terry Pratchet has been knighted for "services to literature."
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| kyoteblue | 31 Dec 2008 2:23 p.m. PST |
How very cool !!!!!!!!!!!!1 |
| Arteis | 31 Dec 2008 2:47 p.m. PST |
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| Sue Kes | 31 Dec 2008 4:02 p.m. PST |
Now is the chance for all his fans on TMP to stage a massive Stick and Bucket Dance in his honour. |
| mweaver | 31 Dec 2008 4:44 p.m. PST |
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| Gallowglass | 31 Dec 2008 8:02 p.m. PST |
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| Andrew Walters | 01 Jan 2009 2:01 a.m. PST |
Well-deserved, well done. Andrew |
| Buff Orpington | 01 Jan 2009 2:18 a.m. PST |
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| Ed Mohrmann | 01 Jan 2009 5:29 a.m. PST |
Whomever makes up the Honor's List, well-done ! |
| Klebert L Hall | 01 Jan 2009 10:28 a.m. PST |
I don't know what's sillier – the concept of Knighthood, or giving them away in a popularity contest.
-Kle. |
| Andrew Walters | 01 Jan 2009 11:42 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure its a popularity contest. Its not like there were nominees and a vote. And I think its cool that a society has a non-commercial, non-monetary way to recognize people's contributions. No awards dinner, no magazine cover, no "hey look at me," just an official acknowledgement. Andrew |
| Karellian Knight | 02 Jan 2009 3:50 a.m. PST |
Well deserved that man! Time for a couple of choruses of the Hedgehog song. |
| Last Hussar | 02 Jan 2009 4:23 p.m. PST |
The trouble is he is now a knight- what happens if Vetinarii sends him a note that says "Terrence Pratchett- Knight"? 1st plane to Iraq? I like the honours system (not always the use it's put to though) – Gives a public recognition to all sorts of people (not just the famous- I had a boss who got one for 40 years service to her employer). |
| Klebert L Hall | 02 Jan 2009 5:03 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure its a popularity contest. Its not like there were nominees and a vote. It's based upon his popularity as an author, just like Elton John's is based upon his popularity as a musician. He hasn't done anything especially remarkable, he just writes entertaining, sort of repetitious comedy. Don't get me wrong, he's contributed more to civilization that I have, certainly. And I think its cool that a society has a non-commercial, non-monetary way to recognize people's contributions. I guess.
The lower orders of Knighthood seem to demean the higher ones, to me. Sort of like if the US had a second-rate Medal of Honor that it gave out to celebrities.
-Kle. |
| Serotonin | 20 Feb 2009 4:18 a.m. PST |
He hasn't done anything especially remarkable, he just writes entertaining, sort of repetitious comedy. Don't get me wrong, he's contributed more to civilization that I have, certainly. Well other than bring entertainment to millions worldwide, provide business to book sellers and others in the literary field, encouraged reading and literacy, and now working hard to educate the public and campaign for better dementia care and treatment, not very much at all really. In the same way that Elton Johns was about his services to the British recording industyr, music industry and his chairty work. |
| lazyox | 13 Apr 2009 5:52 p.m. PST |
yeah that is great so where is his next book ? i really like where his last 2 books went , i like that Vetinarii is getting more and more fleshed out . i would really like a Vetinarii bibioliography book .what happened to the old patrician . |
