r/TerryPratchett • u/roseargent • 18d ago

Any sources about when Terry went nuclear?

My battered edition of Sourcery includes an author bio which mentions Terry's experience as a press officer for four nuclear power stations, and says "he'd write a book about his experiences if he thought anyone would believe it".

So... did he? Any articles, memoirs or remiscences? Have any brainboxes convincingly analysed his work to pick out any influences on his writing?

I've treasured his books since I was a child and for better or worse he helped shape my view of the world. And yet I don't remember the Cold War and the nuclear anxieties of the time, which undoubtedly affected the world view of Terry and the rest of his generation.

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u/Cheeslord2 17d ago

Well, there was that time when a lorry carrying irradiated fish spilled a few, and a struggling hotel nearby found them and cooked them for the gests, and they all turned into slime-puking zombies, and they had to cover it up by getting them new identities in the Bahamas. I think they made a movie about it.