Craig Cabell

This book was so-so. The blurb states "featuring an in-depth look at the man and his work, as well as on-screen adaptations and a collector's guide, this is essential reading for any fan". However, I found this book does not really discuss Terry Pratchett or his life. So it's not much of a biography. Cabell selects a few of Terry Pratchett's books and does a brief analysis on them, but it reads more like a college paper than an "in-depth look at the man and his works". The collector's guide section is a list of almost everything type of adaptation and book Terry Pratchet wrote/ was involved in. Something you can probably find on his website. If you want to know more about Terry Pratchet, then I recommend reading the authors own words which is supplied in A Slip of the Keyboard: the Collected Nonfiction.… (meer)

[Terry Pratchett: The Spirit of Fantasy] by [[Craig Cabell]] is not so much a biography of Pratchett's life but a biography of his writing development, especially in terms of themes and imagination, and how his diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007 led to strong activism both for research on the disease and for assisted-death legislation as well as stimulating themes in his writing. Cabell is a journalist who apparently makes a living writing about authors. I don't know that I got any great insights into either Sir Pterry or his writing, but Cabell does include an exhaustive bibliography of book editions (British) and movies at the end.… (meer)