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Podcast: Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book club
Episode: Let There Be Gaimans (A Slip of the Keyboard)
Description: Liz and Ben are joined by writer and publisher Peter M Ball for Pratchatâs first foray into Pratchettâs nonfiction! We discuss fandom, genre, Sharknado, figgins and even fit in six pieces from âA Scribbling Intruderâ, the first section of Pratchettâs 2014 nonfiction anthology A Slip of the Keyboard.
Pratchett writes about the letters he receives from various kinds of fans as a popular genre author in âKevinsâ (1993), before revisiting the same topic in the email age and explaining why he quit his own newsgroup in âWyrd Ideasâ (1999), both for The Author magazine. Then its time to discuss fantasy...