sir april march english author fantasy novels especially comical works best known series novels novel published novel colour magic published wrote books year average novel time release fastest selling adult readership novel records began selling copies days final novel shepherd crown published august months death million books sold worldwide languages best selling author 1990s appointed officer order british empire services literature new year honours won annual medal amazing educated book marketed children received world fantasy award life achievement december announced suffering early onset disease later substantial public donation research filmed television programme experiences disease bbc patron research died march aged early life born april england child david attended family moved briefly following passed plus exam earning place high technical high school key member debating society wrote stories school magazine described non student entry credits education early interests included astronomy collected tea cards space owned wanted lacked necessary mathematical skills developed interest reading science fiction began attending science fiction conventions stopped got job years later early reading included works book ought read later regarded getting education published short story entitled business rivals magazine tale man named finds devil flat cloud smoke business published school magazine published commercially earned levels started level courses art english history initial career choice journalism left school start working wrote things stories children circle section episodic stories contains named characters stories currently project available online day release finished level english took proficiency course journalists early career writing breakthrough interviewed director small publishing company meeting mentioned written manuscript published book illustrations book received strong reviews followed science fiction novels dark sun strata positions journalism area covered nuclear power stations later joked demonstrated timing making career change soon mile island nuclear accident pennsylvania said write book experiences thought believe novel colour magic published paperback edition published imprint popularity increased bbc broadcast colour magic serial parts later equal rites subsequently rights taken publishing house remained publisher agent fantasy author published gave working living writing finishing fourth novel sales increased quickly books occupied places best seller list according times selling highest earning author books published imprint published according pocket sales amounted fiction market sales value putting second place respectively paperback sales list came 5th value sales million copies year later life married moved somerset daughter writer born family moved village west salisbury wiltshire listed writing walking computers life described distinguished supporter honorary associate patron gave talk library visited child donated income event number occasions visited school speak students look known penchant wearing large black hats seen inside covers books style described urban cowboy city concern future prompted install kilowatts cells solar energy house having interested astronomy childhood observatory built garden named december announced knight bachelor queen new year honours formally received buckingham palace february said ask fantasy writer want know horse sword late sword help friends told interviewer end year sword dug iron ore field miles away helped interested friends iron ore clay garden straw lit making bow long term friend agent donated pieces iron iron special place magic remember iron apart looked like silver touched handled forth disease august having minor stroke doctors believed damaged right brain motor skills affected observed damage impaired ability write december posted online newly diagnosed early onset disease responsible stroke rare form disease posterior areas brain begin shrink describing diagnosis radio interview appealed people things cheerful proclaimed taking fairly possibly mild optimism stated felt time books added understood impulse ask case entertain offers high end experts brain chemistry discussing diagnosis bath literature festival early revealed found difficult write signing books later years wrote assistant speech recognition software march announced donate shocked find funding research find cancer said stay ahead long cure comes april worked bbc documentary series illness living broadcast bbc february drawing viewers audience share second broadcast february drew viewers audience share documentary won bafta award factual series category appearance talking condition subject edition ropes radio discussing affected life june news reports indicated experience described possible got past gods created big human traits physics ordered structure flows don actually believe head went detail row asked shift beliefs shift sense heard father talk garden day absolutely certain heard memories father head god gods come november met prime minister asked increase research funding august tested prototype device address condition despite apparent improvements ability device alter course illness met researchers article published stated wished die assisted suicide disliked term disease progressed critical point later said felt possible stricken ultimately fatal illness choose die peacefully medical help suffer selected bbc richard entitled shaking hands death broadcast february introduced lecture topic assisted death main text read friend condition difficult read june presented bbc television documentary choosing die assisted suicide won best documentary award scottish november september stated tell thought lot worse specialist interview stated mind untouched symptoms physical normal july cancelled appearance saying finally catching age related death died home morning march according publisher telegraph reported unidentified source saying despite previous discussion assisted suicide death natural death assistant wrote official account sir terry walk terry took death arm followed doors black desert endless night end use small capitals reference character death speaks works public figures paid tribute following death including british prime minister comedian authors including video game company added space station elite dangerous named disc developers added item game called core reference novel colour magic users social news site organised tribute overhead added site responses reference novel funeral service held march interests computers internet started use computers writing soon available computer computer properly writing later replaced authors routinely use internet communicate fans contributor consider internet hobby thing use computers house bank monitors rigged ease writing travelled took portable computer write experiments computer upgrades reflected avid video game player collaborated creation number game adaptations books favoured games intelligent depth citing half life fan missions thief examples additionally played described wonderful non combat oriented fan said enjoyed playing game natural history fascination natural history referred times owned greenhouse plants fossil sea turtle new_zealand named honour fans petitioned chemical element currently referred proposed symbol pronounced trustee animal future activities included visiting borneo channel film crew episode jungle quest seeing natural habitat following lead fan events adopted nominated charity acknowledged foundation popular fictional characters librarian library wizard transformed magical accident decides remain condition convenient work amateur astronomy observatory garden keen childhood appearance bbc programme sky night novel award sponsored award unpublished science fiction novel award prize publishing contract publishers award won jointly half sick shadows award won sir memorial scholarship estate late sir announced sir supports masters scholarship writing career awards received services literature new year honours list previously appointed officer order british empire services literature following commented fan newsletter suspect services literature consisted trying write added help feeling author year won novel award making money awarded honorary contribution public service won medal british recognising amazing educated year best children book published night watch won award best novel bbc conducted identify nation best loved novel finally published ranked list highest ranking novel number authors series led authors novels novels centre witch won annual award best young adult book hugo award best novel stating stress award enjoyment received award won lifetime honour significant lasting contribution young adult literature cited novels published observed tales won generations teen readers intelligence heart wit comic adventures mock fantasy genre novels expose contemporary society intricate expanding universe plots humor honors intelligence reader teens lose universe maps professor role education creative writing popular literature shall wear midnight won award young adult science fiction fantasy presented award ceremony announced sir terry recipient kate presented conference fanbase novels led dedicated conventions manchester worldwide author guest honour publication new novel accompanied international book signing tour known stretch outside author continued sign books intended finishing time fans restricted age gender received large fan mail enjoyed meeting fans hearing think books saying paid novels fans writing said write read extensively inside outside chosen genre point overflow advised writing hard work writers grammar spelling life enjoyed writing monetary rewards consequence reason writing fantasy genre early career wrote sci horror genres later focused entirely fantasy said easier bend universe story acceptance speech medal said fantasy isn silly seeing world new directions pointing novels lord rings speech acknowledged benefits works genre believed owed debt science fiction fantasy genre grew disliked term magical realism said like way saying write fantasy acceptable certain people care expressed annoyance fantasy literary form arguing oldest form fiction described infuriated novels containing science fiction fantasy ideas regarded genres debated issue novelist critic arguing fantasy fundamental way understand world integral aspect fiction july criticised media coverage author commenting certain members media think continued elevation achieved expense writers later denied claims said making claims pointing shared heritage fantasy genre posted harry potter media covered exchange views style themes known distinctive writing style included number characteristic example use usually involve comic departure narrative commentary narrative occasionally earliest novels written largely parody classic sword fiction occasionally science fiction series progressed parody entirely series evolved straightforward comedic satire tendency avoid chapters arguing book sense interview life happen regular chapters movies homer write chapters adding blessed know function serve books adults exceptions books younger readers divided chapters offered explanations sporadic use chapters young adult titles said use chapters editor screams felt unnecessary stopping point got way narrative characters place names titles books contain allusions culture references characters parodies known characters example character called parody conan character parody writing use dialogue quotation marks indicate character death communicating character mind characters types characters given similarly distinctive ways speaking reality having quotation marks correctly word new colour greenish yellow purple eighth colour spectrum colour magic number regarded magical number example eighth son eighth son wizard eighth son reason allowed children novels included modern innovation introduction world medieval setting public police force guards guards guns men arms submarines cinema investigative journalism truth postage stamp modern banking making money steam engine tower tower system sprang later novels mechanical optical telegraph napoleon era successfully wired electric telegraph chains change turmoil advancement implies resulting social driven changes serves setting main story influences secret outside influences work major source humour imported numerous characters classic literature popular culture ancient history adding unexpected twist crime novel fan reflected frequent appearances series child characters siblings explained fiction children interesting ones earliest inspirations wind works literary influences publishing history publishing history remained stable relationships international publishers turbulent especially america changed german publishers advertisement soup appeared middle german language version works series began writing series fun humorous satirical sequence stories set colourful fantasy universe series contains story arcs sub series number free standing stories set abundance locations detailed unified world drum broken drum drum public house twin city places continents regions countries disc characters locations series variously taking major minor roles described large disc resting backs giant elephants supported giant turtle great way space books essentially chronological order seen development creation paper money novels series parody real world subjects film making newspaper publishing rock roll music religion philosophy egyptian history gulf war australia university politics trade unions financial world included parody feature stories including subjects films numerous fiction science fiction fantasy characters bureaucratic ruling systems books wrote collaborated number books novels serve accompany series companion written guide edition renamed published fourth recent edition companion published october collaborated series fictional illustrated comprises large comprehensive map small booklet contains short biographies disc prominent explorers discoveries released focusing particular regions disc diaries published collaborations collaborated design illustrated based traditional humorous recipes collaborated year illustration pearson collections related art released book form portfolio collections paintings major characters details added character origins book young children cow illustrated short story reads child published developed book contains cut seven major buildings following release sky adaptation released written contains final shooting script pictures film additional illustrations published published combined trade laws fully revised city map artwork number publications released novels participation world book miss features handbook illustrated guide railway resisted mapping time noting firmly designed map narrative possibility map fans complain placed building wrong street adjust geography fit story science wrote books collaboration professor mathematics reproductive biologist globe darwin watch books chapters alternate fiction non fiction fictional chapters set universe characters observe experiment universe physics non fiction chapters written stewart explain science fictional events appointed stewart honorary ceremony awarded honorary degree collaborated study relationship persons places events described books counterparts myths legends fairy tales folk customs earth novels writing adult novels dark sun strata science fiction taking place partly disc shaped world subsequent concentrated series novels children exceptions good collaboration nominated humorous story apocalypse set earth nation book young adults writing good began work book rainbow mars eventually completed book states number ideas remained finished version collaborated british science fiction author parallel earth series novel entitled long earth released june second novel long war released june long mars published fourth book series long published june fifth june volume collected short fiction published title screen similar collection published non fiction entitled slip keyboard juvenile literature children novel published novel substantially rewrote released novels young readers small like creatures called trilogy continued wings subsequently wrote trilogy adventures boy called friends comprising save mankind johnny dead johnny bomb nation marked return non children novel followed children novel set victorian london november released guide london september anthology children stories written illustrated published collaborations contributions cat humorous book cat anecdotes written illustrated edited contains science fiction short story world time good written king stories honour edited contains short story featuring story published compilation book comic fantasy edited sick written includes poem called secret book dead short story compilation edited includes short story called theatre cruelty short story compilation edited starts story called night featuring death albeit set reality edited includes short story called hollywood chickens legends edited contains short story called sea little fishes ultimate encyclopedia fantasy edited foreword establishment written foreword later anthology essays compiled contains essay cult classic edited assortment short stories articles introductions appeared books magazines newspapers program books hard find writers artists includes article process writing fantasy long earth series written includes following titles long earth long war long mars long long unfinished texts according assistant left awful lot unfinished writing titles know fragments bits pieces past mentioned texts scouting novel new character notes left outline ideas old folk solve mystery missing treasure defeat rise dark lord despite failing memories secret crystal cave plants constable watch introduced involving decent honest second book amazing amazing educated daughter current franchise stated occasions plans publish father unfinished work continue adaptations comic books graphic novels graphic novels work released originally published adaptations colour magic light fantastic illustrated second published adaptations subtitled guards guards illustrated adapted graphic novels light fantastic republished june adaption small gods planned release june feature films held feature films rights number books sold films director announced interview empire magazine planned adapt good needed funding commissioned adaptation believed reported set directed said got reading proposed screenplay revealed hoped direct adaptation internet games world featured fan created online mud multi user dungeon allows players play humans universe created music collection songs inspired novels author contributing production record album features songs books appear novels wizard staff end video parts complete songs actually written performed complete songs released audio operated write produce album october based novels featuring radio number radio adaptations colour magic woman hour save mankind guards guards small gods night watch early amazing educated minute play adaptation started march guards guards adapted hour audio drama performed live dragon con adaption good aired featured cameos television adapted stop motion animation series thames television johnny dead serial children itv itv adapted animated cartoon series illustrated published respectively january bbc aired adaptation johnny bomb feature length version starring voice aired sky united_kingdom december opposed live action films negative experience hollywood film makers changed opinion saw director producer enthusiastic cooperative feature length adaptation sequel light fantastic aired sky adaptation aired end sky adaptations notable author presence cameo roles credited having adaptations founded television production company hold rights works development television series watch based stated terry given blessing forward adaptation good wished currently series theatre novels adapted plays published book form produced include adaptations truth guards stage adaptations novels performed continent world including antarctica addition adapted stage adapted stage week long theatre run adaptation produced production adapted directed play toured venues march june version adapted stage produced performed june july inside year old castle york revived tour england musical adaptation save mankind premiered edinburgh festival music book lyrics january announced annual winter family production theatrical adaptation novel nation novel adapted playwright directed production premiered theatre november ran march broadcast cinemas world january worked times years bring adaptations stage august brand new adaptation performed rose theatre kingston role playing games role playing source books written offer insights workings books released september art video games universe basis number video games range formats sony playstation dos windows based following notable games colour magic game based series far directly adapted novel released spectrum commodore animated point click adventure game missing presumed sequel developed subtitled mortality north_america game based series parody film noir genre example game created published playstation released europe australia board games far games published relating publisher resembles ancient norse games involves unequal sides different moves capture abilities guards guards designers published conjunction man games quest game players manoeuvre piece board collecting stolen spells return dealing characters published games game player secret victory condition usually relating owning buildings controlling areas city game players play cards hand place control elements city remove players pieces manipulate ownership areas published games game aimed younger family oriented players town surrounds dealing problems ranging sick pig invasion vampires player use special power semi cooperative game players lose game wins resolve problems win designers published conjunction man games game players compete send message board disrupting opponents messages resembles game constantly changing board works collection essays writings compiled book guilty literature edited published isbn second expanded edition published old earth books isbn wrote published isbn writers uncovered biography young readers published isbn arms
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