Terry Pratchett's Unhappy News

This is really bad. Terry Pratchett, the world-renowned and much beloved author of the Discworld series, has been diagnosed with an early-onset form of Alzheimers disease. In a note on artist Paul Kidby's site (http://www.terrypratchett.com/), he said that he is still alive and intends to find out what he can do next.

Our hearts go out to Mr. Pratchett and his worldwide legions of fans (which includes Kat and me).

National Book Festival This Weekend

If you're in the DC area, check out the 2007 National Book Festival this Saturday on the National Mall. There used to be a separate science fiction and fantasy section, but it's been merged into a larger meta-fiction category.

However, WSFA is hosting three of the Festival's star authors (Terry Pratchett, Harry Turtledove and Holly Black) for dinner that evening. Kat and I are going and it should be a very interesting, entertaining night.