My brain is weird.

You have to know that I don’t live in the US. And yes, TCOM has been saddling the shelves of Blockbuster for a few months now. It may have been in February or March when I rented it.

Thank you for mentioning the books. I’ll try to get a hold of them when I’m in Taipei. If they don’t have the English edition there, I may just have to order from Amazon. (Though, reading in Chinese aint bad, either. It’s just that certain nuances are lost.)

Blockbuster has TCOM? Shoot, it’s on the ’save’ list at NetFlix. I’d read about the making of the show (it apparently airs, like Hogfather, on one of the DirecTV channels, not on local cable)

Of course, the novels are even better. I recall Leo Laporte, Chief TWiT, mentioned a Discworld novel in his Audible.com ad being available in audio.

J/P=?

That’s why I don’t study biology.

Uh-oh, PZ Myers is gonna be whippin’ yo’ asstronomy.

No, I’m not aware that Mr. Pratchett has the early stages of Alzheimer’s. In fact (and I hope I am forgiven for this), I never knew of Mr. Pratchett at all until that fateful day earlier this year when I chanced upon The Colour of Magic at the local Blockbuster store (we have no Netflix here, sorry). The cover looked nice, had Sean Astin looking like a goofy Hawaiian tourist, and had an intriguing plot, that I took the chance to rent the video. To be honest, that was my first encounter with Terry Pratchett (and to think that he has been around for a long time now!).

I’ll be sure to look into the animated adaptations you wrote about. Thank you. Now, if only I could find them here!

Btw, I liked the way the eggs hatched in space.

You should check out the animated adaptations of some of the Discworld stories (I have VHS of Wyrd Sisters, and have seen Soul Music via NetFlix) and the 3-D animation of The Great A’tuin… some nice graphics.

(There is also the live-action Hogfather, and another pending)

J/P=?

P.S. Are you aware that Pratchett has admitted to being in early stages of Alzheimer’s? SO sorry to hear that.