Terry Pratchett Podcast Interview

27 October 2007 (14:56) Interviews Terry Pratchett News News Archives

The National Book Festival website, as part of their podcast series, has interviewed Terry Pratchett.  The interviewer asked about everything from his early reading habits to “the genesis of Discworld,” to which Pratchett replied “because I take the fantasy seriously, by some strange alchemy, it then becomes funny.” To quote the podcast description:

Science fiction and fantasy author Terry Pratchett talks about his best-selling books and how he made “Death” one of his most popular characters.

The podcast is about half an hour long and was released September 13.

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