Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. I have to tell you, doc, because of this article

I spent the last 2 hours happily, and productively, mining the internet for the Brewer Reference books cited by Gaiman.

Turns out, Internet archive has them!
I now "own" Brewer's :
Dictionary of Miracles (1884)
wherein I can look up such topics as....Diana of the Ephesians, Caiaphas's Counsel to the Sanhedrim, and the Politeness of Saints When Dead.
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, which includes
The Rose Alley Abuscade ( of 1679 fame); Botley Assizes, what Bonnyclabber is, and why a parasite is called a toad-Eater.

The Historic Note-Book is equally fantastic filled with facts and explanations for various historic eras.

The author seems to have spent most his life collecting scads of information, details and fact which he then published, and I can see why people like Gaiman and Pratchett would find these works so very helpful.

Thanks, doc!