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This is the pre-order for TP's new book, co-authored with Stephen Baxter.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Long-Eart...

I've got to say that they weren't the pairing that would immediately spring to mind, and the blurb seems to suggest a change in style/direction.

Through the store.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Long-Eart...

yes, sounds a bit more serious than the normal Pratchett. Intriguing...

Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "Through the store.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Long-Eart...
&tag=ethings-21"

Thank you. I was going to ask, but you are even more efficient than you are ... other things.

Kindle edition :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Long-Eart...

Oh heck! I haven't even bought and read 'Snuff' yet, and now there's three more to get before the year's out (this one, Dodger and The World of Poo...don't ask)

Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Kindle edition :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Long-Eart..."

Oh. Thought I had done the kindle one. Thanks Simon.

What 'other things', Darren? Hmmm???

Philip wrote: "Oh heck! I haven't even bought and read 'Snuff' yet, and now there's three more to get before the year's out (this one, Dodger and The World of Poo...don't ask)"

The world of poo is a 'Terry Pratchett Presents...' rather than one of his own.

Darren wrote: "Philip wrote: "Oh heck! I haven't even bought and read 'Snuff' yet, and now there's three more to get before the year's out (this one, Dodger and The World of Poo...don't ask)"

The world of poo i..."

Ah right. Thanks Darren.

Pratchett and Baxter were talking about The Long Earth at SFX Weekender 2011, I'm so excited that it's nearly here.

Anyone heard of a TV show called Sliders in which a team of scientists find a device that allows them to make their way through a series of parallel Earths... erm does that sound familiar?

Yep. There are no new stories just as there are no new jokes. It's the way you tell'em.

I have looked at the blurb and I suspect the seriousness is a double bluff. The hero is called Percy Blakney, that's not going to be a genuine slip is it... or are the Scarlet Pimpernel books out of copyright now?

On a lighter note...

Darren wrote: "The world of poo is a 'Terry Pratchett Presents...' rather than one of his own."

I am proud to say that Few Are Chosen is currently twinned with this one on Amazon... I'm not sure what that says. But I found it apposite since I live with a three year old I am therefore no stranger to the fascinating world of poo - via the efforts of those who are rather more fascinated with the fascinating world of poo than I am...

Phnark.

It was twinned with Snuff. A little more upmarket but not nearly as amusing.

Cheers

MTM

And now TP is up for a major comedy writing award.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainme...

Blimey. Snuff is very funny though.

Cheers

MTM

Darren wrote: "And now TP is up for a major comedy writing award.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainme..."

I can think of a couple of our authors who should be up that award.

It's terrible that TP has never won it before, however. Now, should he win, there will be the inevitable thought in people's minds that "well, it was his last chance, really".

The one that should have won it is Nightwatch or possibly Going Postal. A couple of the best books I ever read.

Frankly I'm amazed he's not won this and Andrew, I have to say that I'm thinking exactly the same as you. He is a criminally under-appreciated national treasure. I suppose I have a particular soft spot because a long time ago when I thought I'd never work out how to write a proper book I e-mailed him asking for advice. He wrote a very amusing and sympathetic e-mail back.

Cheers

MTM

SFX gave him a lifetime achievement award the year before last and he made a point, in his video acceptance speech, of saying that he didn't think of it as a 'we'd better give the old bugger something before he pops off' as the magazine had always been incredibly supportive of his work.

I've met him a couple of times at signings and he is an impossibly lovely man.

Andrew Wrote: "I've met him a couple of times at signings and he is an impossibly lovely man."

I agree and put it like this, there are two thirds of a trilogy on sale now, largely, I suspect, because of his encouragement and advice.

Cheers

MTM

I LOVE going Postal. I also think Monstrous Regiment is vastly under-rated.

Ignite wrote: "I LOVE going Postal. I also think Monstrous Regiment is vastly under-rated."

Mainly because it's vastly under-good.

Reaper Man is still my favourite Pratchett novel, along with Small Gods.

Soul Music is my favourite, but I have many other nearly-as-favourites.

M wrote: "I agree and put it like this, there are two thirds of a trilogy on sale now, largely, I suspect, beca..."

I think most of what I was writing in secondary school was influenced by Pratchett, to a lesser or greater extent. His books made me excited about writing again, and he's one of the few writers where I have the complete collection of his published work.

So far my favourite has been Witches Abroad but I'm still making my way through them all

Darren wrote: "Ignite wrote: "I LOVE going Postal. I also think Monstrous Regiment is vastly under-rated."

Mainly because it's vastly under-good."

I won't argue with you Darren - not even when you're wrong!

Whispers (I have never read a Terry Pratchett book)

Don't know why, no excuses, looks exactly my sort of thing. But now there are so many I don't know what to read first.

Help?

Ignite wrote: "Darren wrote: "Ignite wrote: "I LOVE going Postal. I also think Monstrous Regiment is vastly under-rated."

Mainly because it's vastly under-good."

I won't argue with you Darren - not even when y..."

I am, of course, talking about by his standards. Even his lesser books are eminently readable. Monstrous Waste was a book that failed to engage me as others have.

I loved it. I was engaged by it because I am a woman. I am pleased to report that according to rumour (and GL's eye witness reporting) you are not.

Monstrous Regiment wasn't a particular favourite of mine, but I recognised it as a bit of a departure for Pratchett. There was a point where all the Watch and witches stuff was getting a bit cosy, and the time was right for him to try a novel largely shorn of the 'usual suspects'.

Ignite wrote: "I loved it. I was engaged by it because I am a woman. I am pleased to report that according to rumour (and GL's eye witness reporting) you are not."

You're going to rely on GL for 'facts' now?

Darren wrote: "Ignite wrote: "I loved it. I was engaged by it because I am a woman. I am pleased to report that according to rumour (and GL's eye witness reporting) you are not."

You're going to rely on GL for 'facts' now?..."

Only when it serves her purpose.

Does anyone still have that nifty map of Terry Prachet books that someone posted a while back for Rosemary?

I thought I'd book marked it, but I can't find it now.

Anything with the witches in is fabulous, I love Granny Weatherwax, I am in awe of anyone who doesn't wear silk because she's suspicious of wearing something that's come out of a caterpillar's bottom. I loved the ones with Death in, too. I think the ones I didn't enjoy so much are the one about football and Hogfather. I agree with Ignite in that I loved that from a female perspective but it didn't quite keep up the momentum.

All of them show an instinctive understanding of human nature which I'm a bit in awe of. I didn't discover him until University. I started with the second one, because I'm like that.

Cheers

MTM

Rosemary wrote: "Whispers (I have never read a Terry Pratchett book)

Don't know why, no excuses, looks exactly my sort of thing. But now there are so many I don't know what to read first.

Help?"

You need this link Rosemary http://discworldfanatics.co.uk/downlo... I find the witches books very funny so they might be a good place to start?

Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "Does anyone still have that nifty map of Terry Prachet books that someone posted a while back for Rosemary?

I thought I'd book marked it, but I can't find it now."

Oh just read your post Patti :o) I have it. In work and at home in case I ever need it.

Oh Jud, that's brilliant, thank you xx

I got a list of the books in order that they were published Rosemary and just started working my way through it, I don't recommend that method and if I could decide which 'type' to read next I would use that map.

Atta girl Jud. Thanks.

Just found this:

Pratchett has occasionally hinted at other possible future Discworld novels. These include:
The World of Poo will be released on the 7th June 2012. [19] However, this will not be an actual Discworld novel, but a children's book to go with Where's My Cow?.

Phnark, apologies if I said this earlier but my book was twinned with world of poo for ages. People who bought this also bought Snuff for a few days and then World of Poo... I have a 3 year old so the World of Poo is a place with which I am familiar.

cheers

MTM

And Sir Tezza's gone and won it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainme...

I wonder if they offer him some of the bacon afterwards?

Yay!Go Terry! And Snuff the pig.

Fan-flippin'-tastic. Not before time. He's a genius.

Mwah ha ha h haargh! About sodding time!

Yay! I'm one more book closer to Snuff too as of lunchtime today

Sir Lord Majesty Terry is clearly churning out the books for all that he's worth at the moment.

The latest pre-order just went up.

"Book Description
A terrifically funny tale of dark deeds in Dickensian London, from master storyteller Terry Pratchett.
Product Description
Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London.


Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn't.


But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him.


And Dodger's tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins . . ."


Noticeably not a Discworld novel for all that the cover looks like the recent ones.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/03...

I have to say that I love TP books. Here's another that needs to be read. I love his style and his humour (he inspired me to write).

One of my favourite TP quotes “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”

I like the one about the problem with having an open mind is that people will come along and try to put things in it.

Cheers

MTM