Dark Side of the Sun and Strata

[Tonyblack]

Yes, HERE it is.

 

[DaveC]

Yes, HERE it is.

Sorry to make you dig it up. I remember reading it the first time

 

[Tonyblack]

That's ok - I'm sure lots of people haven't read it.

 

[DaveC]

About to start reading Dark Side of the Sun.

 

[pip]

Enjoy. Its a fair bit different to the discworld stuff but i enjoyed it.

 

[DaveC]

I took it off the shelf and was amazed at how thin it was, i've been reading thick books for sooooo long. Terry sure piled on the pounds over his literery career.

 

[Tonyblack]

He wasn't a full time writer then - he was writing in his spare time I think.

 

[The Mad Collector]

He didn't go full time until fairly soon into the Discworld series. Dark Side of the Sun is clearly still a work by a writer finding his feet, Strata is better written. I like both of them

 

[Antiq]

He didn't go full time until fairly soon into the Discworld series. Dark Side of the Sun is clearly still a work by a writer finding his feet, Strata is better written. I like both of them

This exactly, and it's very obvious. They're both pretty naff, but worth reading to understand his development as a writer.

 

[Tonyblack]

The best part of Dark Side of the Sun is this cover.

Actually I've only read it (and Strata) once and probably should read them again before making such comments.

 

[DaveC]

The best part of Dark Side of the Sun is this cover.

Actually I've only read it (and Strata) once and probably should read them again before making such comments.

Never seen that cover before. I have the Kirby paperback.

 

[Tonyblack]

I found it by chance in a charity shop. I didn't know such a cover existed until I found it.

 

[The Mad Collector]

New English Library always had good covers on their fantasy books. That is the first paperback edition with the cover illustration by Tim White and is quite rare. That cover is only on the first paperback edition, the second edition was printed by Corgi and had the Josh Kirby cover

 

[pip]

sadly only have the Kirby one.

 

[Tonyblack]

Sadly my copy is pretty tatty. But I was pleased to find it.

 

[pip]

despite you only reading it once

 

[Tonyblack]

despite you only reading it once

Yes, as I said, it was second hand from a charity shop.

 

[pip]

saw a few good books in my last visit to the nearby one but nothing i hadn't got. still always get a kick when i find any TP though.

 

[DaveC]

saw a few good books in my last visit to the nearby one but nothing i hadn't got. still always get a kick when i find any TP though.

Me too. I always smile, and if they are not in order I discretely shuffle them around. Or make them more prominent.

 

[pip]

saw a few good books in my last visit to the nearby one but nothing i hadn't got. still always get a kick when i find any TP though.

Me too. I always smile, and if they are not in order I discretely shuffle them around. Or make them more prominent.

I did fix the order of the books in Chapters(second hand shop in dublin) about two weeks ago. It was satisfying but its odd because my own ones aren't actually in order on the shelf