A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK, September 25, 2014, 978-0-857-52122-4, £20.00, xvi+315pp, hc, co, cover: [photo] by Pal Hansen)
Foreword by Neil Gaiman. Simultaneous with the US (Doubleday) edition.
- xiii · Foreword · Neil Gaiman · fw A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014 [Ref. Terry Pratchett]
- 1 · A Scribbling Intruder
- 3 · Thought Progress · Terry Pratchett · ar 20/20 May 1989
- 7 · Palmtop · Terry Pratchett · ar The Independent July 9 1993
- 12 · The Choice Word · Terry Pratchett · ar The Book of Favourite Words, Bloomsbury, 2001
- 14 · How to Be a Professional Boxer · Terry Pratchett · ar Writers & Artists Yearbook 2006, 2006
- 17 · Brewer’s Boy · Terry Pratchett · fw from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1999
- 20 · Paperback Writer · Terry Pratchett · ar The Guardian December 6 2003, as “As One Book Closes, Another Opens”
- 24 · Advice to Booksellers · Terry Pratchett · ar A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014
- 32 · No Worries · Terry Pratchett · ar SFX #39, June 1998
- 43 · Conventional Wisdom · Terry Pratchett · in Third Australian Discworld Convention Programme Book, 2011
- 46 · Straight from the Heart, Via the Groin · Terry Pratchett · ar A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014
speech given at Noreascon 2004.
- 68 · Discworld Turns 21 · Terry Pratchett · ar Discworld Convention Programme Book 2004, 2004, as “A Word from Terry on Being 21”
- 73 · Kevins · Terry Pratchett · ar The Author Winter 1993
- 78 · Wyrd Ideas · Terry Pratchett · ar The Author Autumn 1999
- 83 · Notes from a Successful Fantasy Author: Keep It Real · Terry Pratchett · ar Writers & Artists Yearbook 2007, 2007
- 87 · Whose Fantasy Are You? · Terry Pratchett · ar Bookcase September 17 1991
- 89 · Why Gandalf Never Married · Terry Pratchett · ar A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014
speech given at Novacon 1985.
- 97 · Roots of Fantasy · Terry Pratchett · ar The Roots of Fantasy ed. Shelley Dutton Berry, World Fantasy Convention 1989, 1989, as “Roots”
- 103 · Elves Were Bastards · Terry Pratchett · ar Hillcon III (Beneluxcon 18) Programme Book, 1992
- 107 · Let There Be Dragons · Terry Pratchett · ar Bookseller June 11 1993
speech as Guest of Honour at the Booksellers Association Conference in Torquay in 1993.
- 114 · Magic Kingdoms · Terry Pratchett · ar The Sunday Times July 4 1999, as “Fantasy Kingdom”
- 120 · Cult Classic · Terry Pratchett · ar Meditations on Middle-Earth ed. Karen Haber, St. Martin's, 2001 [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]
- 127 · Neil Gaiman: Amazing Master Conjuror · Terry Pratchett · ar Boskone 39 Programme Book, 2002
- 132 · 2001 Carnegie Medal Award Speech · Terry Pratchett · ar A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014
speech given 12th July 2002.
- 137 · Boston Globe—Horn Book Award Speech for Nation · Terry Pratchett · ar A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014
speech read by Anne Hoppe, 2nd October 2009.
- 144 · Watching Nation · Terry Pratchett · ar The Daily Telegraph December 16 2009
- 148 · Doctor Who? · Terry Pratchett · ar Once More with Footnotes by Terry Pratchett, NESFA, 2004
transcript of speech accepting honorary doctorate at Portsmouth University.
- 152 · A Word About Hats · Terry Pratchett · ar The Sunday Telegraph July 8 2001
- 157 · A Twit and a Dreamer
- 159 · The Big Store · Terry Pratchett · ar Truckers stage production Programme Book, 2002, as “A Word from Terry Pratchett”
- 161 · Roundhead Wood, Forty Green · Terry Pratchett · ar Playground Memories ed. Nick Gammage, N. and H. Gammage, 1996
- 163 · A Star Pupil · Terry Pratchett · ar Celebrating 60 Years: Holtspur School, 1951-2011, 2011
- 165 · On Granny Pratchett · Terry Pratchett · ar False Teeth and a Smoking Mermaid, Age Concern, 2004
- 169 · Tales of Wonder and of Porn · Terry Pratchett · ar Noreascon 4 Program Book ed. Guy Lillian, Noreascon Four, 2004
- 172 · Letter to Vector · Terry Pratchett · lt Vector September 21 1963
- 174 · Writer’s Choice · Terry Pratchett · ar Waterstones Books Quarterly #12, 2004
- 177 · Introduction to Roy Lewis’s The Evolution Man · Terry Pratchett · in Corgi, 1989
- 180 · The King and I: or How the Bottom Has Dropped Out of the Wise Man Business · Terry Pratchett · ar Western Daily Press December 24 1970
- 183 · Honey, These Bees Had a Heart of Gold · Terry Pratchett · ar Bath & West Evening Chronicle April 24 1976
- 186 · That Sounds Fungi, It Must Be the Dawn Chorus · Terry Pratchett · ar Bath & West Evening Chronicle October 2 1976
- 189 · Introduction to The Leaky Establishment by David Langford · Terry Pratchett · in Big Engine, 2001
- 193 · The Meaning of My Christmas · Terry Pratchett · ar Western Daily Press December 24 1997
- 196 · Alien Christmas · Terry Pratchett · ss Ansible August/September 1987
given as a postprandial speech at “Christmas Dinner” at Beccon ’87.
- 203 · 2001: The Vision and the Reality · Terry Pratchett · ar The Sunday Times December 24 2000
- 208 · The God Moment · Terry Pratchett · ar The Mail on Sunday June 22 2008
- 209 · A Genuine Absent-Minded Professor · Terry Pratchett · ar A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014
given as the Inaugural Professional Lecture at Trinity College, Dublin, 4 November 2010.
- 214 · Saturdays · Terry Pratchett · ar The Radio Times November 12 2011
- 241 · Days of Rage
- 243 · On Excellence in Schools · Terry Pratchett · ar Education: What It Means to You, Department for Education and Employment, 1997
- 245 · The Orangutans Are Dying · Terry Pratchett · ar The Mail on Sunday February 20 2000
- 250 · The NHS Is Seriously Injured · Terry Pratchett · ar News of the World August 17 2008
- 255 · I’m Slipping Away a Bit at a Time…and All I Can Do Is Watch It Happen · Terry Pratchett · ar The Daily Mail October 7 2008
- 262 · Taxworld: What Is an Author to Do When Every Other Word He Writes Will Be Written for the Chancellor of the Exchequer? · Terry Pratchett · ar The Times May 23 2009
- 264 · Point Me to Heaven When the Final Chapter Comes · Terry Pratchett · ar The Mail on Sunday August 2 2009
- 274 · The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Shaking Hands with Death · Terry Pratchett · ar A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2014
broadcast on BBC 1, February 1, 2010.
- 293 · At Last We Have Real Compassion in Assisted-Dying Guidelines: The DPP’s New Guidelines Are Good. People, Not the Diseases, Need to Be in Control · Terry Pratchett · ar The Times February 26 2010
- 295 · Assisted Dying: It’s Time the Government Gave Us the Right to End Our Lives · Terry Pratchett · ar New Humanist July/August 2011
- 298 · Death Knocked and We Let Him In · Terry Pratchett · ar The Sunday Times June 12 2011
- 305 · A Week in the Death of Terry Pratchett · Terry Pratchett · ar The Independent June 18 2011
- 311 · And Finally…
- 313 · Terry Pratchett’s Wild Unattached Footnotes to Life · Terry Pratchett · gp (r)
- _313 · Antipasta · Terry Pratchett · ms Space Bar July 1990
- _314 · Sir Thomas Crapper · Terry Pratchett · ms Space Bar July 1990
- _314 · Beau Trap · Terry Pratchett · ms Space Bar July 1990
- _314 · Things to Order Loudly in Restaurants · Terry Pratchett · ms Space Bar July 1990
- _315 · Barry Normal’s Guide to Strange Jobs in Hollywood · Terry Pratchett · ms Space Bar July 1990
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