Author Terry Pratchett has been knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace for services to literature.
Via:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7896865.stm --
Took them long enough. My fav author is now a Sir! I just hope his medical condition won't keep him from writing "one, two...lots!" more books. Sometimes I wonder what will happen when I run out of new (at least to me) Pratchett material. Armageddon? A space time continuum disruption? Who knows?!