Terry Pratchett interview - Monstrous Regiment

[@Three-Headed-Monkey]

A great interviewer. He's read the books, makes some great observations and asks very good questions about Pratchett's writing.

[@Cheesusful]

And not only has he read them, based on his reactions, he seems to have enjoyed them too :)

[@ianmartinezcassmeyer]

He also does something very crucial to be a good interview: he stays quiet as his interviewee speaks and let's them speak until they come to the end of their train of thought.

[@noewayart6049]

Came to this video after watching someone discuss the latest J.K. terf nonsense. I love Sir Terry. I love him with all my heart. Im trans, and its hard. I'm glad I had books like Terry's that spoke about a wider theme of decency and self expression. Im an atheist, I have been since I was 14 ish. When Terry Pratchett died I remembered that it was the first time in my life that I willed myself to believe in a heaven, just so Terry Pratchett could be taken care of. Everyday I wake up and try to be a better person because of this man.

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

That's beautiful. He left a legacy, a collection of books with oceans more compassion, love, and themes of acceptance than any religion could pretend to encompass.

[@cathyj9382]

I love your philosophy, and I would bet a lot of money that Terry would too.

[@Morgan-kd9yd]

Wow, I'm also a transgender atheist who's childhood was affected greatly by fantasy literature... I also came here from a video about Joann's terfery... How about that Algorithm, huh? I haven't read any of the Discworld novels (yet), and I confess I don't know much about Pratchett himself, but these interviews have me searching for an anthology on my other screen. They paint the picture of a man with an observant mind and a compassionate heart. I feel like stepping up to a new series of novels since ASoIaF, and there's a geeky 12yo me in the back of my brain who's very excited.

[@luciavonletkemann5462]

@@Morgan-kd9yd you can really start anywhere in Discworld- lots of us stumble in and then explore as you go. If this interview makes you interested in these books, just grab Monstrous Regiment and go. The Colour of Magic is the first, but the world isn’t fully formed yet. I started with Wee Free Men, a YA book, and read all the Tiffany Aching/Nac Mac Feegle stories first, then went to Going Postal (a favorite), Making Money, and Raising Steam. You can choose the Witches books, the City Watch books, the Wizard books, etc. it’s a wild, interwoven universe, and any door you take is the right one. Just grab and go, and enjoy the ride ❤️

[@tanyamorgan5362]

That's absolutely beautiful, and I share many similarities with you. I was Catholic until 13 then I went hard Athiest, I am trans, I grew up with my Dad living and breathing Pratchett's books, after I displayed much interest, he bought me my 1st one "The Last Hero" at 12, and I still have the poor, beaten up old thing now 20 years later. I even asked him the morbid question of being allowed to have his entirely collection of his books when he passes away to which he simply said, in his droll, unobtrusive way, Yes.

[@steamboatwilly]

I already loved sir Terry, but knowing he donated his royalties to orangutans makes me so happy.

[@sameljota]

Ook.

[@josephperez2004]

Just that anecdote is hilarious in its simplicity TP: "I'm getting all is money, would you like it?" OS: "...yes."

[@Dontstopbelievingman]

Terry Pratchett is one of the few 'celebrities' who i feel genuine sorrow at his passing. I get choked up thinking of what he gave us, what he gave women, and frankly, trans people. With comedy, incisive wit and empathy, he helped shape a chunk of my world, and my passion for writing. May he rest in peace.

[@CyrisAeon]

I can still make myself cry thinking about him.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

He may be gone, but his influence still spreads.

[@j9lorna]

I cried at hearing how his death was announced. With death leading him off to his next destination.

[@phily8093]

What exactly did he give to the trans community?

[@billiecruz4399]

@@phily8093 this book specifically, discworld broadly.

[@sidney001]

All credit to the interviewer who obviously reads Terry's books and loves them just as much as we all do, it was a nice thing to see, and he engaged Terry in such a way as to get the best out of him I thought GNU Terry Pratchett GNU

[@tobysinbad]

Anyone know who he is? It’s a wonderful skill to get a writer talking in a specific direction, while giving his own thoughts and leaving space for the conversation to flow

[@TiredHistorian]

@@tobysinbad Tom Schaad

[@SamTahbou]

The smoking GNU?

[@tobysinbad]

@@TiredHistorian thanks so much!

[@almitrahopkins1873]

@@SamTahbou Receive and return. GNU keeps him alive as a message in the clacks, by constantly receiving and resending the message up and down the line. GNU Terry Pratchett.

[@elainemagson213]

Isn’t it wonderful to see Sir Terry again; articulate, funny and wise. Tom Schaad is a splendid interviewer. Huge thanks for this.

[@seekingabsolution1907]

I hadn't realised before but, it was recently pointed out to me (by a KZbin channel called Shaun) That Sergeant Jackrum, the lovely fellow that gets Polly through the war in "The Monstrous Regiment" is basically a trans-man, like he only ever refers to himself in masculine terms, and he keeps living as a man after the war is over when he goes to live with his son.

[@chrisebay8694]

Have you read the book? I only ask because it is all made clear at the end of the novel.

[@seekingabsolution1907]

@@chrisebay8694 yes, but when I read the book the first time I wasn't fully informed about what a trans man was so whilst I sort of got that Jackrum was "a man" regardless of what he was born as (I think I did, this may be a hindsight thing) I didn't realise that's what it meant to be trans. As such when I became more informed later I didn't go back and make that connection till it was pointed out.

[@AfroGannon]

He was too ashamed to show himself as a mother to his long lost son. and this is in a country where being a woman is to be confined to essentially nunlife. not to say the only way to be trans is to use it as a coping mechanism, but its not the nicest way to transition.

[@chrisebay8694]

@@seekingabsolution1907 Okay, I guess the book has many layers and if you were younger it might not have been obvious.

[@theghostoftom]

Ah I forgot about "I swear I'm not a violent man" *Thwack*. Jackrum telling everyone who was paying attention that he wasn't a man, constantly. I don't think Jackrum had a way to 'change back'. Just raw ingrained habit, doing a job that only a hard man could do. That's life for Jackrum and has been for decades.

[@JeroIron]

Oh my God, why isn't this guy doing ALL interviews? Ever. On every channel and every language. That's the most pleasant thing I've ever watched, good job mr Tom Schaad!

[@peterfreeman6677]

He interviewed our Terry twice more (at least) : in 2005 for 'Thud', and in 2011 for 'Snuff'. Perhaps Terry approved of the interviewer. Links are up top, somewhere. Or browse this channel.

[@TheKnightofTheNorth]

Oh, it breaks my heart. Seeing Pterry articulate with an engaged, interested interviewer is so bloody superb.

[@charlesparr1611]

I've been rereading the disc world. In fact, I have been re--reading the disc world ever since I found 'Mort', forgotten (and soaked through in rain) sitting on a bus bench. God knows why, I carefully peeled it open. I was lost. Lost in the thoughts and demons, set to paper with an unassuming artistry, of the funniest, wisest, most compassionate, angriest and best natured human I have ever failed to meet. (I stood beside him once, paralyzed, and heard him talk about traffic once. Since then I have always tried to complain about traffic in just the same way...) I suppose I could have bobbed up in his field of vision, but I could not bear the thought of wasting 15 seconds of his life with 'big Fan, sir, thank you, never get them back if I lend them, oh yes traffic just awful'. Makes me grow cold in shame just thinking on it. There have been damned few days in the last 30 odd years where I didn't have one of his books open in my house. Ratty paperbacks, crumbling spines, dog eared, notable few with large bloodstains or worse. And for all of this, the fact that he was cut down in his prime, in a time you can see him comfortable, happy, by such a terrifying illness. What he lost, what we all lost, is priceless. So each of you, who can afford to, please do an old man in Canada a favour. First, find your favourite book in some used bookstore, buy it, and leave it somewhere to be found. Inside, I always write, in the margins of some half page, 'gotcha, old son, this far in you will never claw out. Or want to. There are dozens more waiting, and I envy you for what you have before you. I shall never read a word of this man's work for the first time again'. I always then sign this inscription, normally with the name of some offensive hard right political figure. Putin is a favourite. Secondly, if you can find an honest charity, about research or assistance, and not about paying administrators, give them just a little to carry on. If each us gave a buck each time we replaced a worn out copy, they would have to hire people to count the money, and maybe some day, nobody will grow slowly alien to their own world, terrified, not always able to understand why everything seems so wrong, to feel ones very mind wrestled slowly, blood fringed synapse by blood fringed synapse, painful from your brain. It is good, I guess, that Sir Terry was a brave man, he needed to be, and was. Still, if we could not stand each and take our turn between him and horror, for that monster could have had 5% of my brain, cheerfully, in exchange, then we can give to those who work to stop it. Now I need to go have a good cry.

[@sheilafederman512]

Brilliant testimony, Charles. You made me cry, on this Glorious 25th of May. If lilacs only grew in this climate, I’d be wearing the lilac. Thank you.

[@haydenmaines5905]

This is beautiful

[@annalisalundberg4561]

You, sir, gave me quite a good idea. I have quite a few of sir Terry's books, some in English, some in Italian (my mother language). I want to buy them all in English, since the translations are always a bit meh, but I was trying to think of what could I do with the Italian books (cannot, for the life of me, keep them all...my home is quite small, and I'm already a bookaholic, making mine the quote "One does not simply stop buying books because there is no more space on the bookshelves" directly from the Lord of the Rings). The idea of leaving some on a bus or in the metro, putting them in a book exchange, leave them where people can find them and get hooked, is genius!! And I want to write a small dedication inside them, instead of "ha, too late, you're hooked now!", although that sounds like fun too, because I want people to choose to get engaged. Thanks a lot!!

[@charlesparr1611]

@@annalisalundberg4561 ;)

[@aaronkoppenhafer9884]

Monstrous Regiment was the first discworld book I ever read. I happened to be in the military at the time and so much of the book rang true that I was shocked GNU Sir Terry GNU had never been in the service.

[@ianmartinezcassmeyer]

Discworld is such an unusual series. It's not a series that tells the story of one character or set of characters; it's a series about a place, hence the title. And the thing about places is that they're full of lots of smaller (relative term) stories because places are usually full of lots of people.

[@chuckoneill2023]

Wow, this just reminds me what a loss his death was. ❤ I had the honor to meet him in person, he was a lovely, decent man apart from talented and brilliant.

[@thatdognotthepuppy5809]

I wish I could've met him, he seems like a remarkable man.

[@Muljinn]

He was. Got to listen to him give a talk on the art of writing back in 2001 or so. Was lucky enough to shake hands with him afterwards. Still have my signed copy of “The Truth” from then.

[@cwildeman]

Fantastic interview, on both sides. Much respect to Mr Schaad; obviously a big fan, but he resisted the urge to completely nerd out, and instead asked some really great questions.

[@teamstarpug]

I enjoyed the interviewers approach. He allowed Terry Pratchett enough room to discuss his ideas with breadth and insight, but was still able to add insightful and intuatives questions that guided the conversation. Either very well researched or a genuine fan.

[@SCX2k]

I cant even explain how much this person means to me. I cant say it out loud. He was the biggest inspiring figure in my life. I am so immensely thankful that I discovered his books as a lost teenager. His books are my heaven on earth.

[@Demonmixer]

I love the Discworld. Brilliant imagination, just the right amount of grittiness and dark humour, well rounded characters. Brilliant series of books, very clever writing.

[@nielsjensen4185]

To quote Pterry: serious is never the opposite of funny.

[@murryshaw3733]

Came to the vid loving sir Terry gnu... Left with a great appreciation of the interviewer. It's so nice (& accurate) to see a true legend not have to sully themselves with inane standard responses.

[@rhoddryice5412]

Hopefully you have watched the interview about "Where's My Cow" by now. If not you should. Cheers

[@k50moga]

I came across this video interview while looking for some background on Monstrous Regiment. I discovered a great deal more thanks to one of the best interviewers I've seen work. He brought out a lot of material from Sir Terry that I had not heard before and he did it with skill, respect, and deep knowledge about his interview subject. Very well done indeed. Thank you.

[@Cheesusful]

And he knows when to let Sir Terry talk

[@cherrybrandy269]

That was a truly superb 20 minutes! It was wonderful to hear Terry being interviewed by a fan. This world is a better place for having had this wonderful author living in it.

[@roel.vinckens]

One can only applaud such an interview. The one remark I will give is that it should go on for much longer.

[@johannachalu3668]

I cried when he died.

[@L0LWTF1337]

Terfs: Trans people werent a thing 10 years ago! Terry in 2003:

[@almitrahopkins1873]

Find the first appearance of Corporal Littlebottom. That was Terry’s gift to the trans community.

[@BarginsGalore]

It’s fascinating to hear him talk about seeing Vimes from other perspectives since Going Postal was released the year after this interview happened. Going Postal features Vimes from the perspective of a criminal and I wonder how much of that had been written when Terry was talking here. Also on the subject of Going Postal and perspectives I love the differences between Lord Vetenari in Moist’s perspectives and Vimes’s especially since we never got a good look of the world from Vetenaris point of view.

[@davidioanhedges]

Verinari's point of view is probably unwritable, a man who enjoys reading music, does not get sudoku because it is too easy, but enjoys the (very) brief challenge of crosswords.. has a mind thst is so alien it's not easy to describe

[@BarginsGalore]

@@davidioanhedges same problem as vorbis

[@davidioanhedges]

@@BarginsGalore Vorbis's point of view was described by Om : his mind was a steel ball - nothing went in, and nothing came out; all he heard when he prayed was the sound of his own thoughts coming back to him.

[@HawkOfGP]

From what I remember his assistant Rob Wilkins saying, Terry was typically already writing the book three books away from release when his "latest" one was released so most likely Going Postal would've been mostly completed at the time of this interview. Edit: Oh also at the very end he says he's written 20 000 words of Going Postal, so I guess not close to completed yet but anyway.

[@ZagorTeNayebo]

This video made me happy, but also sad in a deep hollow way, i hope that wherever you are Pterry that you are living it up, cause you taught me what life is about and while i live you will not die cause your name will be spoken

[@scottmantooth8785]

i've enjoyed every Discworld novel i've read or heard as an audible narration... Monstrous Regiment is a personal favorite...also dearly love the Wee Free Men which i have as an illustrated book which i treasure since it was a gift from my mom.

[@annehathaway2107]

The Witches are firmfavs

[@BatteryExhausted]

"I Ate'nt Dead"

[@ShireNomad]

Battery Exhausted So long as his name is yet spoken.

[@sashanelson8917]

Would that it were the truth. Sadly missed.

[@daemonartursson7159]

I still miss not getting to read Sir pTerry's latest released book. Rest in Peace sir.

[@rainylupin]

I wish I could have met Sir Pterry in his life. He seems like he was a really decent bloke.

[@jaycreswell7008]

He was and every bit as insightful and sardonic in person.

[@saltymedic3713]

My only regret is I never knew about these interviews and videos until recently. Definitely giving me insight into the type of man Sir Terry was, and how he did what he did

[@lucideandre]

Terry Pratchett was doing a large connected universe way before than Marvel. It would be an interesting thing for some studio to try and adapt his books into a Terry Pratchett/Disc World Cinematic Universe

[@JamesBuckley-mq3cl]

in the comics, Marvel has been doing a large connected universe since the 1960's

[@kida4313]

Here's to you, Sir Terry. You are greatly missed.

[@Cruelty-Torture]

This was a superb interview. Wish more interviewers were as respectful and knowledgeable about their guests. :)

[@WobblyLance]

What a fantstic interview. Sir Terry is much missed.

[@drtaverner]

I got into Pratchette as a teenager when Wyrd Sisters came out and we were reading the Scottish Play at school. I honestly felt like I lost my best friend, or maybe older brother, when he died.

[@rossnar5651]

At the start I nearly didn't continue watching, but this was a fantastic interview. The host was great. Glad I kept going.

[@JM76Miller]

I love Sir Pratchett's writings. I think we should take the best of them.

[@ferretboy221]

Wonderful interviewer....great to see that TP could have some interesting and engaging interviews...

[@drorbedrack8720]

I'm so glad I found this interview!

[@unseenlibrary2845]

These interviews are goldmines for a fan!

[@MWhaleK]

I honestly hope Pterry either meet a Grim Reaper very much like DIscworld's Death or Death of the Endless when he died.

[@aazhie]

I hope we can all be so lucky, tbh

[@almitrahopkins1873]

His old friend was by his side when the time came.

[@NafNav32]

Watching this again, after the attempts of the "Gender Critical" to suggest that Pratchett would have been a Terf like Rowling if he were still alive today. 2003 and this interview addresses themes of gender identity and sexuality present in the books. Obviously the GC do not read. Or do any research of any kind. I miss Sir Terry.

[@Adderkleet]

Someone went further and looked at how he uses pronouns for Jackrum towards the end of the book. The pronouns seem to be from Polly's viewpoint, and they switch back to male (Polly sees Jackrum as a man, in the end). The GC's have no weight to support them, and quickly flipped to the "well, you can't say what Pratchett would've said, because he didn't say anything!" - completely abandoning their position.

[@MrZauberelefant]

@@Adderkleet I think it was Shaun who did a video about it and which pointed me here, thanks to the algorithm.

[@SchrodingersTransCat]

Oh, for the love of myself as a woman. I'm no gender-critical myself, and Monstrous Regiment is my favourite Discworld novel... but it's really quite gender-critical in its outlook. Or at least radfem / second-wave feminist. (Spoilers for MR ahead.) The story is about women having to *disguise themselves* as men in order to do traditionally masculine things, like join the army. Not about *becoming* men, or believing that they're men, or thinking that they've always been men on the inside. Polly and her mates are very, very aware at all times that they're girls. Same way Mulan in the Disney animated film never for one moment decides that she's actually a man. They're pretending to be boys Because Reasons, like finding their brother or escaping a bad situation at home. When they're caught out, they admit they're really girls. They don't get angry and say, "No, we're *guys*! Ignore these misleading boobs, they're just biological mistakes! We demand that you use male pronouns for us even though we're obviously female!" ... the way certain people have been known to do. At the end, most of them throw off the disguise with relief and go back to their former lives. But a few--like Polly herself--realise that they enjoy the soldier's life. So Polly rejoins the army... as a woman. Because society has grown a little more open, and women can now enlist openly (even if they might be treated as jokes or mascots at first). She's now free to do things as a woman that she wasn't allowed to in the past. In other words, she's no longer so constrained by gender expectations of what's 'masculine' or 'feminine'. She's just a soldier who is a woman, alongside soldiers who are men, defending their country together. She has critiqued socially constructed ideas about gender and found them to be a prison that kept her from achieving her full potential as a human being. Gosh, it's almost like Polly is a person who is critical of gender or something. Granted, you can argue with some things. Polly is OK with girls enlisting as disguised men if they want. After all, it's now a fine Borogravian tradition (and you get trousers). Some GCs and a lot of more hardcore radfems would probably glower at that. And there are scenes like the cross-dressing, expertly-ironing male lieutenant, Blouse, who thinks he's passing as a woman, while all the laundry women humour him and play along to be polite; many radfems would say, "Don't encourage him!" But the essence for Polly is choice. The freedom to escape from a social cage. I don't think she'd want to swap one cage for another and say, "If you like guy things or wanna do guy things then you must really BE a guy on the inside." Isn't that kind of old-fashioned and restrictive? What Pterry would have thought of real-world trans stuff if he were around these days, or whether he would have agreed with Rowling, I'm in no position to judge. But I reckon he'd at least give JKR and the GCs a fair hearing. Which is more than a lot of people seem willing to do. "Are you trying to be smart?" "No, sergeant!" "*Why not?*"

[@sweetpeabee4983]

@@SchrodingersTransCat uh. Wow lmao, where to begin? First, the book is loosely from the POV of _Polly,_ not Terry Pratchett lmao. And it's really obvious that Polly is uh, very sheltered to say the least. She doesn't even understand that lesbians are a thing until she sees it in the army and gets it explained to her jocularly by Maledicta! Do you seriously think that _Terry Pratchett_ at time of writing didn't know what lesbians were either lmao? We're obviously not supposed to take what Polly thinks as the be-all, end-all of what's correct and wise about the world. And man, good thing, too, because it's really obvious that Polly is dealing with a heaping dose of comphet/cisnormativity. In that same conversation with Maledicta, the vampire jokes that Polly is having her first exposure to cross-dressing. And she is wearing _women's clothes_ in that scene!! You could read that as dramatic irony, but it ends up being just an astute observation from Maledicta -- someone who spends an awful lot of time paying attention to Polly lol. At the end of the novel, Polly does rejoin the army as a woman, yes, but you're leaving out how she _distinctly_ notes how strange it is that she feels like she's _dressing up as a woman._ Like, come on lol? Shit's obvious. There's a reason Polly's closest character foil is Jackram, someone revealed at the end of the novel to be a trans man. In the text, Jackram was not "made so" by the military and clearly expresses always having had discomfort with the feminine role assigned to him, like having to take care of his idiot brothers (doesn't that sound an awful lot like another character we know??). There's a reason Polly has an entire _arc_ about her hair: being ambivalent to/not really liking her long hair; wondering why she held onto that trapping of femininity that she cut off when it could have outed her; rejecting the power her hair has over her; enjoying her short hair at the end. Use your brain and read between the lines a _little:_ there's a reason she "pretended" so well compared to the others girls lmfao. She's just not quite to a Jackram level of self-awareness yet at the end of the book -- but her taking on "little lads" shows her being well on her way there. Also, re: Blouse "not passing" as a woman -- he IS passing. Did we read the same book?? Blouse is the only one of the monstrous regiment who _does_ pass; the guards let him in without question because he is so successful at presenting female. One guard asks him on a date! He irons shirts super well and shows other women how to do a "traditionally feminine" (🙄) task better. That _is_ passing!! Gender being socially constructed and not really meaning anything is the _whole joke._ What the washerwomen are doing is just the mirror version of Jackram or Polly "clocking" men as "not really men" even though, for all intents and purposes, they "pass" within greater society and are possibly _better_ at that social role than people who are assigned to it based on biology. I could go on. But anyway, please pay attention when you read! Authors and their characters are not the same thing, obviously, but even if Pratchett really did think the same way Polly does (lmfao), this is a book from the _2000s._ Were you as knowledgable about these issues back then as you are now? Why would you assume that Pratchett wouldn't evolve his thinking, given how progressive this book was for the time, to be more in line with more modern ideas? Besides, while neither one of us knew the man, people who _actually_ knew him in real life say he wouldn't give these people the time of day, let alone a "fair shake" or whatever tf. That should be the nail in the coffin. Let it be. Take the loss on this one, Miss "I'm no gender-critical, but..."!! 😂

[@holliswilliams8426]

@@SchrodingersTransCat No I think you misunderstood totally. The viewpoint of the story is that of the character Polly and is clearly meant to be an ironic viewpoint. I'm not sure how you didn't understand that. Irony is a big part of a lot of comic writers and is I think the reason why some people just don't ''get'' Jane Austen, as it's all about the irony in her books.

[@jamesbuchanan474]

I miss him. I miss his writing. I miss his world view.

[@tobysinbad]

I love this amazingly well-read, thoughtful, soft spoken interviewer! slightly disappointed to see it’s more likely an event interviewer than a TV so likely less well-known and recorded, does anyone know who he is and if there are other videos of his work? I mean I always like hearing Terry Pratchett speak about any of his books, but I’d love to see more SF/fantasy interviews from him

[@Cheesusful]

The interviewer is quite good too :)

[@peterfreeman6677]

Tom Schaad. Two more interviews with Terry on this channel - for 'Thud' and 'Snuff'.

[@TheNerdstalgicPodcast]

We get to see terry do a footnote in real life 🥰 and i love that!!

[@walteredstates]

HOOOLY FUCK! I do read [the] comments under most/all videos i watch. THIS one discussion here takes the total cake: I've NEVER seen a proper, entire discussion, spelled and grammar'd correctly, without at some point derailing into ad hominems, on any video, anywhere in the eight corners of YT, not even science nerds. Wow. What a testament to Pterry's readership. I salute youse all - you seem like decent ...humanists... Personally I have other...hobbies and prefer to be confused about and/or righteously engaged in other topics (JOKE!!....couldn't resist, ...sorry!) - but I might have to come back one day just to get educated on the finesses of nuanced gender/trans arguments, currents, sentiments, and verbiage....

[@almitrahopkins1873]

Vines would go spare if we stepped out of line. And I’m certain Granny would have a few choice words normally only uttered by Nanny Ogg on the matter.

[@NotEnoughBooks]

If you start reading them, you become articulate very quickly.

[@NotEnoughBooks]

@@almitrahopkins1873 imagine the pile of ash that would be the poor soul who met with their disappointment.

[@patkelly8309]

I really enjoyed this thanks Tom.

[@bangormc3rd562]

I think part of the children's book thing carries over to all forms of media: things aimed at children can have messages about morality. About, as Terry says, "loyalty and belief and heroism and the really serious things that involve us as a species." You can address those issues to children and say, 'This is right and this is wrong.' You can talk seriously about what makes someone a good person or a bad one. But trying to teach morality to adults is somehow insulting, even though we clearly live in a world where most adults have no concrete understanding of the difference between right and wrong.

[@emmartheindomitable]

my favorite author. watching this while incredibly ill and its quite soothing, thank you

[@sandiebrown6553]

Thanks so much

[@ayehtunohn]

Mosteroud Regiment is one my favourite STP books.

[@BathTubNZ]

What a wonderful video.

[@Annagramma-u7x]

I wish he were still here. He made a lot of sense out of the ridiculous

[@VonBlade]

My goodness what a glorious interviewer.

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Good interview!

[@franohmsford7548]

What a great interview :)

[@dreioo8759]

What an amazing person! Terry is good too!

[@madiantin]

"But Americans, being...you should excuse the phrase.."American"..." Hahaha =D

[@WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot]

Death Says ~"Come along Sir Terry Pratchett" Sir Terry Pratchett `Oh my, is it that time? "for you it is" Sir Terry ~but I am not finished writing. "No one ever is finished, yet your "creations" or I would say your World where you have come from has been missing you". "Give the Wizards at Unseen University my regards Supreme Arch Chancellor Terry Pratchett" Sir Terry Pratchett~ It is strange but I think I will miss some people, even you Death. Death~ "They will be along shortly, don't you worry if anything you made me most efficient and I will personally see to them as I do to all Wizards... what you would call Writers and Artists and Creative people". In Honor of Sir Terry Pratchett~~ Amazing Man with a vision that was having fun did not even consider the Universe he made could one day become real.

[@BatteryExhausted]

TheDarknessIsWaiting DEATH SOUNDS LIKE THIS

[@BeeKisses]

To anyone saying STP is gender critical - fucking READ his work, namely feet of clay, where Corporal Littlebottom 'comes out'

[@AfroGannon]

almost as if Cheri is critical of the expectations on dwarven women ie to be just like the men. which i would call being gender critical.

[@BeeKisses]

@@AfroGannon errrrm no. You clearly dont understand STP past the words written.

[@AfroGannon]

@@BeeKisses yeah nice attempt at a comeback. Perhaps next time choose a race other than the one whose women didn't socially exist beforehand to "come out"

[@BeeKisses]

@@AfroGannon *visible confusion* What the fuck are you on about??

[@kakizakichannel]

@@AfroGannon why should words mean anything when we can just make up definitions on the fly?

[@roberthigbee3260]

And the book he said he had just started, Going Postal, is one of his best. And the Wee Free men are one of his funniest and cleverest creations, except for Nanny Ogg, The librarian, CMOT Dibbler, The luggage (made of Sapient Pearwood), Binky (Deaths horse), Nobby Nobbs, Sam Vimes, Cheery Little bottom of the Watch, Angua von Uberwald, Lord Vetinari, Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, Rincewind, Susan Sto Helit (Death’s granddaughter), Granny Weatherwax…. Help! I can’t stop, they are all great!

[@SocialJusticeAlchemyLive]

Obviously this has to be around 2008, but everything about the video quality and curtain backdrop just *screams* 1993.

[@SocialJusticeAlchemyLive]

Also, the chiron that says "host" and the fact that Host Tom is wearing a boringaf red tie with a blazer and khakis. ... and that mustache.

[@lyleabraham470]

I miss you Terry

[@paulmc4414]

there is a scene in Thud,,,, where I always cry when i read it :),,,, While laughing,,,,,

[@poskeegget8043]

Is it 'Where's my cow!?' ?

[@davidioanhedges]

pTerry just laughed...

[@beningram1811]

Disappointed that the Truckers movie never made it. Would have been a fantastic thing to see. Dreamworks doesn't seem to have ever finished it.

[@chequereturned]

Astonished he said ‘Tudor London’. Clearly he is a bit of an authority on the Discworld and Ankh-Morpork (…) but for many, many reasons I’d have focused on early-ish 19th century London

[@KeithOlson]

Discworld is the Creator's experiment in polar gravity. 'Nuff said.

[@donarnold8268]

Thank You!

[@deefman123]

the last exchange at the end omg XD

[@meyou4772]

Rip sir Terry Pratchett

[@AndrewJFO]

GNU Terry Pratchett

[@TerryPratchettsJungleQuestFilm]

Intelligent interviewer.

[@dockaos924]

Wrote a short story in the life of a door step yrs back it was mostly about how shows approach

[@chequereturned]

Wonder who he meant. I suspect he misremembered. Both William de Worde from the Truth and a couple of major characters from the Watch appear in Monstrous Regiment.

[@MurderHoboRPG]

Rip Terry!

[@patkelly8309]

He was always way ahead of the so-called curve

[@Dengakuima]

TP 4ever!

[@KmaC2464]

Brilliant interviewer, what is his name?

[@KmaC2464]

Tom Shod?

[@deanazcoolzi4382]

Great mind; yet at the end of the day my man needs to be paid

[@voiceofraisin3778]

And if you dont, expect a visit from serious men with shiny suits and very thin watches!

[@stevenpremmel4116]

Before 2010 did all authors have to wear a leather jacket?

[@rocthatisrolling]

11:15 Superheroes League of America? Is that what the English call the Justice League?

[@OlafLewitz]

18:35 Writing for Children

[@stevenbray9056]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🧯🧯🧯

[@chazk7530]

Books aren't finished they're done

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

Who is this excellent interviewer? Can he really be American?

[@almsahrah]

I'm so happy he never had to see that 'Night Watch' abortion.

[@Bookwright]

4ö ,,önv

[@vlahobukovac3417]

none of the fallout, all of the fun, so much better than stupid harry potter!

[@TheAyeAye1]

I love Pratchett's work with a passion, but he really need to stop writing when his disease made his books read like increasingly bad fanfiction. UNSEEN ACADEMICALS was the last time he read like himself.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

I spent a 5 hour bus journey seated next to a Terry Pratchett fan . He spent the entire journey explaining the Discworld novels in great detail . I lost the Will to Live eventually . And have always hated Terry Pratchett since..!

[@gerdforster883]

This is terribly sad. His books are a lot better that his rabid fans.

[@poskeegget8043]

@@gerdforster883 Can confirm this. I value my book collection far more than my none-exsisting social life.

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

You must either spend your life hating things, or otherwise live a blessed life, if such things affect you so strongly.

[@georgeferguson7114]

First few minutes. The host seems to be as thick as a brick. Discworld books are supposed to be non serious .

[@jonm7272]

No, they contain lots of humour but this does not make them not serious. Try reading 'I shall wear midnight' for an example of how serious these books can get.

[@davidioanhedges]

Serious does not exclude comedy, dead pan humour is some of the funniest, and complex jokes reference some extremely serious subjects

[@willsuttie3683]

GNU Terry Pratchett

[@aaronu6870]

GNU Terry Pratchett

[@because_the_internet]

GNU Terry Pratchett

[@pattheplanter]

GNU Terry Pratchett