On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacy—which...
The truth will out, or at least it’s going to try to, any minute. New printing technology means that words just won’t obediently stay nailed down like usual. They can now be taken apart and used to make other words. Which is downright dangerous....
‘People have been messing around with time ever since there were people. Wasting it, killing it, sparing it, making it up. People’s heads were made to play with time.’
But time isn’t a toy to be played with. It’s bigger than all of us....
‘Some people would be asking: whose side are you on? If you’re not for us, you’re against us. Huh. If you’re not an apple, you’re a banana’
When it comes to racial hatred and sectarian violence, the phrase ‘vive la difference’ is...
Kingdoms wobble, crowns topple and knives flash on the magical Discworld as the statutory three witches meddle in royal politics. But Granny Weatherwax (of Equal Rites) and her fellow coven members find it's all a lot more difficult than...