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Daily Archives: August 20, 2010
‘Unseen Academicals’ – Terry Pratchett
I’m a fan of Pratchett’s work (though not to the extent of buying Sam Vimes artwork or Mustrum Ridcully figurines or any of the ‘Folklore of the Discworld’ books and suchlike), and so to state that I enjoyed this one … Continue reading