On a happier note.
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Here it is, on my Discworld shelf.
Close-up of the screens. A webpage about tortoises (one of Sir Terry's many interests), a Wikipedia page on Alzheimer's, two screens with a word processor and a chapter from "The Shepherd's Crown" open, and of course Doom.
You can also see Pongo the cat hanging out in the cat cave he had built into his desk.
Notice how worn-down the floor is around the chair.
The eagle lectern has a tiny felt fedora and a tiny leather jacket on it.
Wall closeup. The sword is a replica of Sir Terry's actual sword, though she cast it in tin rather than trying to make one out of iron.
Every book in the bookcase is individually bound. They're all glued in place, though, to prevent the whole thing from falling apart if touched.
The clock works.
The little figurine and the manuscript on the chest *can* be moved, because the chest can be opened.
There are some goodies inside the chest, too! The string-bound manuscript is *the entire text of "The Colour of Magic"*. Theer's also a printout of Queen Elizabeth's speech for Sir Terry's knighting, some newspaper clippings, etc. All printed in tiny, tiny, tiny copy.
Anyway. This is THE MOST AWESOME PRESENT EVER IN TIME. If I could gather 47 years' worth of past birthday me's for a poll, we would unanimously agree. I'm frankly stunned.
She wrote a blog post on the build process - Danish and English is interleaved, but it's the same text in both. (She *loves* if people leave comments on her blog, by the way, she's very tired of how Facebook has eaten up the entire online lives of her generation (she's 70)).
You know how when you're a kid, birthday presents are a much bigger deal than when you're an adult?
This year, my mother gave me a birthday present that even 10-year-old me would have agreed was the most. awesome. birthday. present. EVER.
A 1:12 scale model of Terry Pratchett's study.
(it's a "compound study" based on multiple pictures she'd found of what his study or home office looked in the various homes he'd had over the years)