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Terry Pratchett Knighted

Posted by samzenpus on from the sir-discworld dept.

ackthpt writes "Headlines have been popping up on Google News: 'Terry Pratchett declared himself "flabbergasted" to receive a knighthood as he led a group of writers, actors and performers honoured today.' The Discworld author and stalwart adversary of Alzheimers Disease has been a member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to Literature since 1998. He will be entering the new year as Knight Commander. Well done and Oook, Sir Terry."

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  1. Re:Just for the record, only UK subjects by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 1, Troll

    It seems that the British Empire used to award knighthoods to people who actually did something - social reformers, military heroes, literary giants, and so on. These days, they give it out to pop singers, movie set designers, and funny book writers. It would be nice for the award to have some other meaning than "you sure sold a lot of books!" It seems to be sort of like the Oscars or Emmys...more like a popularity contest than an award of any genuine merit.

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