People bring Pratchett strange things to sign, including on the 1998 trip, both a coffin on castors and a long polished scythe blade on which the owner was going to etch his signature. A SLIP OF THE KEYBOARD COLLECTED NONFICTION by Terry Pratchett RELEASE DATE: Sept. He provides many insights into both the excitement and the exhaustion of signing tours. His visit to Gaslight Books in Fyshwick records his appreciation of a bowl of black jelly beans to eat while signing, with one fan travelling 14 hours to meet him. His 1998 Australian signing tour is covered in a chapter diary, No Worries, which includes his Canberra Times/ANU lecture in which this reviewer features. Pratchett likes Australia, which he has visited more than a dozen times, and which features as the subject of his Discworld novel The Last Continent. His advocacy of assisted deaths is also emphasised in several essays, notably his reprinted 2010 BBC Richard Dimbleby lecture Shaking Hands with Death. Pratchett has been very outspoken about his diagnosis and the problems of the British National Health Service (NHS). A Scribbling Intruder covers his career as an author almost literally from rags to riches A Twit and a Dreamer covers a range of subjects from school days to the meaning of Christmas, and Days of Rage covers issues relating to his struggle with Alzheimer's. Pratchett's dry humour and common sense pervades many of the essays, which are organised into three sections.
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