Terry was once asked why he worked across six monitors; âBecause I donât have room for eightâ was his cheeky response, although I suspect that if he had really wanted more screens he would have insisted that I found the space. These days, a multi-screen setup isnât unusual for the professional author, but when I first joined him, Terry, like most people back then, was still using clunky CRT monitors, which couldnât possibly have been stacked up in multiples. The lure of being able to spread Windows across two screens prompted him to invest in flat LCD panelsâcutting edge at the time. Soon though, two screens just werenât enough, so we looked for ways to expand further.
You might wonder what an authorâwho was surely only ever working on one thing at a timeâcould possibly need with six screens. Itâs true that the text of Terryâs latest novel was always front and center, but it was never the only document open. There was fan mailâlots and lots of fan mailâand letters to The Times, written under the guise of âSir Terence,â should the need for a social conscience arise. There were letters to the bank, letters to the lawyers, letters to his publisher and agentsâand there was Doom. Most gamers had long-since moved on from this 1993 classic as computer capabilities increased, but Terry remained faithful to what is now considered to be one of the most significant and influential titles in gaming history. It had its own screen and he loved it, calling it âbubblegum for the brain.âÂ
âRob Wilkins
(Taken from âTerry Pratchett: His Worldâ)
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