Auf www.paulkidby.com findet sich ein neuer Eintrag von Terry Pratchett.
Er schreibt, dass sein Leben zur Zeit vor allem aus kurzen Schreibperioden besteht, unterbrochen durch Interviewanfragen. Seine Ankündigung, dass er an der Alzheimer-Krankheit leide, habe ihn auf mehr angesehene Talk-Show-Sofas gebracht als 25 Jahre Scheibenwelt-Romane. Er schreibt auch, dass er wegen der Medienaufmerksamkeit bezüglich aktueller Entwicklungen in der Behandlung der Alzheimer-Krankheit im Moment den Vorzug vor dem Schreiben gibt. Daher könne er keinen Zeitpunkt nennen, wann er Unseen Academicals (den neuen Scheibenwelt-Roman) fertigstellen werde.
Gesundheitlich geht es ihm gut. Ein vor kurzem durchgeführter Test habe ergeben, dass es ihm nicht schlechter, eventuell sogar etwas besser gehe als im vergangenen November.
In den nächsten Wochen wird er in die USA fliegen, wo er sich mit einigen Alzheimer-Spezialisten unterhalten wird. In Los Angeles wird er sich mit Beamten des Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) treffen, die dafür zuständig sind, verirrte Jogger mit Erinnerungsschwierigkeiten, die nicht mehr nach Hause zurückfinden, wieder nach Hause zu bringen. Er habe so etwas immer für eine "Großstadtlegende" gehalten, offensichtlich handele es sich aber um die Wahrheit. Rechtzeitig zur Scheibenwelt-Convention in Großbritannien werde er aber zurück sein.
Eine schlechte Nachricht habe er noch, die Dreharbeiten zu Going Postal würden aus verschiedenen Gründen erst Anfang 2009 beginnen können. Heute seien aber seine Szenen für die The Colour of Magic-DVD aufgenommen worden, die im Oktober erscheinen werde.
Im erweiterten Teil des Eintrags findet sich die Meldung im englischen Original.
Dienstag, 5. August 2008
Neuigkeiten von Terry Pratchett (1. August 2008)
An Update From Terry
Folks,
To those that want to know, it would be true to say that my life right now is occasional short periods of writing interspersed and interrupted with requests for interviews. As my UK readers will know, merely catching a variant of Alzheimer’s has propelled me onto more prestigious chat show sofas than I have ever seen in 25 years of quietly writing the Discworld series.
My general health is good. The most recent test by my specialist indicates, in effect, that I am no worse now, and possibly slightly better than I was at the back end of November. I have no idea when Unseen Academicals will be finished, simply because of the amount of media interest that continues to be generated by recent developments in the treatment of AD. Frankly, and with the agreement of my publishers, I feel that this is something that I should give priority to.
In a weeks time we are flying to the States to talk to a number of specialists in AD research and, incidentally, go out with the LAPD officers who are tasked with – and I am not kidding – locating and bringing home those elderly joggers with memory
difficulties who have jogged five miles and can’t remember where they live. I thought this was an urban myth, but apparently it is true. We will, obviously, be back in time for UK convention, which I would not miss for root canal surgery.
The bad news is that it looks as if, for various reasons, Going Postal The Movie will be delayed and shooting will not begin until the start of next year. However, the guys from Mob turned up this morning and filmed my sequence for the Colour of Magic DVD which will be released in October.
Folks,
To those that want to know, it would be true to say that my life right now is occasional short periods of writing interspersed and interrupted with requests for interviews. As my UK readers will know, merely catching a variant of Alzheimer’s has propelled me onto more prestigious chat show sofas than I have ever seen in 25 years of quietly writing the Discworld series.
My general health is good. The most recent test by my specialist indicates, in effect, that I am no worse now, and possibly slightly better than I was at the back end of November. I have no idea when Unseen Academicals will be finished, simply because of the amount of media interest that continues to be generated by recent developments in the treatment of AD. Frankly, and with the agreement of my publishers, I feel that this is something that I should give priority to.
In a weeks time we are flying to the States to talk to a number of specialists in AD research and, incidentally, go out with the LAPD officers who are tasked with – and I am not kidding – locating and bringing home those elderly joggers with memory
difficulties who have jogged five miles and can’t remember where they live. I thought this was an urban myth, but apparently it is true. We will, obviously, be back in time for UK convention, which I would not miss for root canal surgery.
The bad news is that it looks as if, for various reasons, Going Postal The Movie will be delayed and shooting will not begin until the start of next year. However, the guys from Mob turned up this morning and filmed my sequence for the Colour of Magic DVD which will be released in October.
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