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What's a Knight without his magical sword?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:51 pm
by Aaron
Terry Pratchett made himself a
sword from meteorites.
Re: What's a Knight without his magical sword?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:46 pm
by moose42
You know what's really sad about all this?
This...
Pratchett has stored the sword, which he completed last year, in a secret location, apparently concerned about the authorities taking an interest in it.
He said: "It annoys me that knights aren’t allowed to carry their swords. That would be knife crime."
Re: What's a Knight without his magical sword?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:22 pm
by Aaron
Sir Pratchett has, I believe, made his stance on weapon laws clear a few times. He has particular fun with the idiocy in Men at Arms.
Re: What's a Knight without his magical sword?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:27 pm
by Jericho941
Aaron wrote:Sir Pratchett has, I believe, made his stance on weapon laws clear a few times. He has particular fun with the idiocy in Men at Arms.
It's been years since I read one of the Discworld novels, but yeah, if memory serves, that was when the citizens of Ankh-Morpork got around the sword ban by rising up with gardening tools.
Seems he's going on strong in spite of the Alzheimers'.
Re: What's a Knight without his magical sword?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:02 pm
by Aaron
Naa, the citizens of Ankh-Morpork have been getting around the sword ban throughout the series. Men at Arms featured the first firearm on the Discworld. Which had a will of its own and made the owner kill people.
I imagine Sir Pratchett was in danger of pushing his tongue through his cheek while writing that.