Terry Pratchett the Toymaker

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A long, entertaining interview with Terry Pratchett can be found now at thisisthenortheast.co.uk.  The interviewer asks – and Pratchett tells – about a whole hodgepodge of interesting tidbits, including his fan demographic (not entirely made up of 14-year-old boys), his travel to Australia recently, and his small foray into acting.  To quote Pratchett:

 

I have a very small role and I play the little old toy shop owner whose job it is to look absolutely terrified at the fact that Death is standing in front of him, which was not difficult because there was Marnix (Van Den Broeke, who animated Death’s robe and skull) – I think he was six foot six anyway and he’d got built-up shoes – so you’re looking at the better part of a seven foot tall Grim Reaper, with glowing blue eyes.

 

Seeing a figment of your imagination standing in front of you is bad enough, but out of camera this little hand came out of the robe and gave me a thumbs up.  And that came close to freaking me out, but it certainly achieved the effect – I looked suitably scared.

 

Pratchett also spoke about the most common question he’s asked – and you can see his reaction:

 

It’s a bit depressing really – the ink is hardly dry on the paper, you haven’t actually banked the cheque and so, with the new book in their hand they say “Right, when’s the next book coming out?”

 

The [question] an author really likes is “are there any more in the pipeline?”  I swear that one day I shall thump the table and say, “there is no pipeline!  There’s this guy sitting, banging his head on the computer screen, trying to finish this book.”

 

Don’t bang too hard, Terry, we need your genius yet!  (Yes, that means we want another book.)