Terry Pratchett Has Begun the Doctor-Assisted Suicide Process in Switzerland
Take this news how you will. Pratchett has been a fervent defender of doctor-assisted suicide in the last year or two, spearheaded, we can assume, by his diagnosis with Alzheimer’s. The Guardian reports that Pratchett received the forms from Dignitas, a clinic in Switzerland: Pratchett, whose BBC2 film about the subject of assisted suicide is to be shown on BBC2 tomorrow, revealed he had been sent the consent forms requesting a suicide by the clinic and planned to sign them imminently. “The only thing stopping me [signing them] is that I have made this film and I have a bloody book to finish,” he said during a question-and-answer session following a screening at the Sheffield documentary festival Doc/Fest. I can’t speak for everyone who has been on this show, but I’m sure we all wish Pratchett the best, whether he goes through the process or not. Let’s hope that no more fantasy icons have to experience the same similar things and that a cure is found (sooner rather than later).
Episode 40 — Your Artificial Face Are Belong To Us
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.8–YourArtificialFaceAreBelongToUs/Sandf–Episode2.8–YourArtificialFaceAreBelongToUs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s time for another week of wonderful news. We cover all of the SF/F-related films coming out in March and some great news from the SF/F community (some of it Gaiman-esque and some of it Scalzian), all followed by a lovely discussion of the Holy Grail people and artificial skin. Tune in and enjoy! Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 40 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 29:07): Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (IMDB) Beastly (IMDB) Rango (IMDB) The Adjustment Bureau (IMDB) Battle: Los Angeles (IMDB) Mars Needs Moms (IMDB) Red Riding Hood (IMDB) The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (IMDB) Limitless (IMDB) Paul (IMDB) Sucker Punch (IMDB) Help Nathan Fillion Buy Firefly! (Because he’s sexy — obviously.) Old Man’s War on its way to a movie! (Scalzi fans immediately plan an overthrow of the U.S. government…) Documentary about Andrew Norton in the works! Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is coming to a screen! (Obsessed girls everywhere scream a collective cry of “OMG!”) Michel Gondry is adapting Ubik by Philip K. Dick (Shaun has a geeky joygasm.) Inkjet Printers Inspire Scientists to Make Skin (…and Hollywood has a plastic surgery fit…) Free Monty Python Videos on YouTube Lead to 23,000% DVD Sale Increase (Shaun’s repressed marching band memories reemerge.) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
