MERE SURMISE, SIR. If the ending of No Country for Old Men left you unsatisfied, the Coen Brothers' latest film, A Serious Man , will drive you insane.

AN ADAPTATION of a Terry Pratchett novel is being staged at Kidderminstera s Rose Theatre.

Broadcasters are taking the safe option by commissioning literary adaptations that guarantee an audience "In these difficult times there's a little more security in adapting a book than in commissioning an original script," says Liza Marshall, head of drama at Channel 4 and soon to be head of film and TV at Ridley Scott's production company, Scott ...

Scarred by SuperFriends Friends, I wasn't always the superhero-loving comics reader you see before you.

Scarred by SuperFriends Friends, I wasn't always the superhero-loving comics reader you see before you.

Scarred by SuperFriends Friends, I wasn't always the superhero-loving comics reader you see before you.

Actors," said Granny, witheringly. "As if the world weren't full of enough history without inventing more.

The end of the world, via scientific calamity, and falling off the literal edge of the world - that's one connection between Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett.

"What's a philosopher?" said Brutha. "Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting," said a voice in his head.

Copies of "Johnny and the Dead" now available at library for book group Posted: Monday, October 26th, 2009 Copies of Terry Pratchett's novel, "Johnny and the Dead," are now available for check-out at the front desk of the Decorah Public Library.

There are strange goings-on at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork. A ghost in a white mask is murdering quite a lot of people, and two witches take a hand in unraveling the mystery.

Discworld is a publishing phenomenon, with about 50 million books in print. And it's terrific.

HAVE you ever watched a movie and thought you could write something better? Or maybe you've always had this idea for the next big stage play.

PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris .

In fact, no gods anywhere play chess. They prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight to Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.

An angel and demon attempt to stop the Apocalypse. Neil Gaiman is an author who has gotten a lot of attention lately.

There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.

Steve Sailer's post below mentions the fact that it's unlikely that the populace will give up the myth of the Emperor's New Clothes just because of the evidence of their own eyes and the voice of a small child-this is from Terry Pratchett's book Thief Of Time : And if you want the story, then remember that a story does not unwind.

This article originally appeared in SLJ 's Extra Helping. Sign up now! By Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 8/24/2009 2:10:00 PM Photo: Robin Matthews Most followers of the fantasy genre know Terry Pratchett's beloved "Discworld" series.

This article originally appeared in SLJ 's Extra Helping. Sign up now! By Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 8/24/2009 2:10:00 PM Photo: Robin Matthews Most followers of the fantasy genre know Terry Pratchett's beloved "Discworld" series.