anybody heard anything about this book, ive just pre ordered it off amazon :?: :?:
C chris.ph Sergeant-at-Arms Mar 8, 2012 #1 Aug 12, 2008 7,991 2,350 swansea south wales Mar 8, 2012 #1 anybody heard anything about this book, ive just pre ordered it off amazon : :
Tonyblack Super Moderator City Watch Mar 8, 2012 #2 Jul 25, 2008 30,997 3,650 Cardiff, Wales Mar 8, 2012 #2 It seems to be set in the same world as Nation - an alternative Victorian Britain. I know a lot of people didn't much care for Nation, but I loved it.
It seems to be set in the same world as Nation - an alternative Victorian Britain. I know a lot of people didn't much care for Nation, but I loved it.
A Anonymous Guest Mar 8, 2012 #3 Mar 8, 2012 #3 From what I heard it'll be about a boy working in the sewers
A Anonymous Guest Mar 8, 2012 #4 Mar 8, 2012 #4 And Paul Kidby is working on the cover (link has photos) --> http://discworldfanatics.co.uk/kidby-news/
And Paul Kidby is working on the cover (link has photos) --> http://discworldfanatics.co.uk/kidby-news/
Penfold Sergeant-at-Arms Mar 8, 2012 #5 Dec 29, 2009 9,125 3,050 Worthing www.lenbrookphotography.com Mar 8, 2012 #5 Tonyblack said: It seems to be set in the same world as Nation - an alternative Victorian Britain. I know a lot of people didn't much care for Nation, but I loved it. Click to expand... To be honest, it took me a couple of goes to read but once I got into it I thought it was excellent.
Tonyblack said: It seems to be set in the same world as Nation - an alternative Victorian Britain. I know a lot of people didn't much care for Nation, but I loved it. Click to expand... To be honest, it took me a couple of goes to read but once I got into it I thought it was excellent.
Molokov Corporal Mar 9, 2012 #6 Sep 29, 2011 588 2,575 Adelaide, South Australia ausdwcon.org Mar 9, 2012 #6 Tonyblack - although yes, earlier information from Terry had suggested it was in the same universe as Nation, Terry (or Rob) wrote on twitter yesterday that it definitely /not/ a sequel to Nation, so it is unlikely to be in the same universe.
Tonyblack - although yes, earlier information from Terry had suggested it was in the same universe as Nation, Terry (or Rob) wrote on twitter yesterday that it definitely /not/ a sequel to Nation, so it is unlikely to be in the same universe.
Who's Wee Dug Lieutenant Mar 9, 2012 #7 Jul 27, 2008 19,862 3,400 Stirlingshire, Scotland Mar 9, 2012 #7 It's about the workers in the Thames sewers in Victorian times called dodgers.
Tonyblack Super Moderator City Watch Mar 9, 2012 #8 Jul 25, 2008 30,997 3,650 Cardiff, Wales Mar 9, 2012 #8 Thanks for clearing that up, molokov. Wharever it is, I'll be waiting in antisipation.
B Bouncy Castle Lieutenant Mar 9, 2012 #9 Apr 29, 2009 11,929 2,525 London Mar 9, 2012 #9 Tonyblack said: Thanks for clearing that up, molokov. Wharever it is, I'll be waiting in antisipation. Click to expand... Given the subject matter of the book, my mind read that as constipation.
Tonyblack said: Thanks for clearing that up, molokov. Wharever it is, I'll be waiting in antisipation. Click to expand... Given the subject matter of the book, my mind read that as constipation.
Tonyblack Super Moderator City Watch Mar 9, 2012 #10 Jul 25, 2008 30,997 3,650 Cardiff, Wales Mar 9, 2012 #10 Mind like a sewer . . .
B Bouncy Castle Lieutenant Mar 9, 2012 #11 Apr 29, 2009 11,929 2,525 London Mar 9, 2012 #11 You know me so well!!
R raisindot Sergeant-at-Arms Mar 9, 2012 #12 Oct 1, 2009 5,317 2,450 Boston, MA USA Mar 9, 2012 #12 Bouncy Castle said: Tonyblack said: Thanks for clearing that up, molokov. Wharever it is, I'll be waiting in antisipation. Click to expand... Given the subject matter of the book, my mind read that as constipation. Click to expand... Dammit, Bouncy, you beat me to it!
Bouncy Castle said: Tonyblack said: Thanks for clearing that up, molokov. Wharever it is, I'll be waiting in antisipation. Click to expand... Given the subject matter of the book, my mind read that as constipation. Click to expand... Dammit, Bouncy, you beat me to it!
A Anonymous Guest Mar 9, 2012 #13 Mar 9, 2012 #13 And to have my old-grumpy-man-ramblings off the list: Are you still going to say there ain't a rather scatalogical turn in the past few works?
And to have my old-grumpy-man-ramblings off the list: Are you still going to say there ain't a rather scatalogical turn in the past few works?
DaveC Sergeant Mar 12, 2012 #14 Jul 7, 2010 3,629 2,650 Portishead, UK davecfilmgeek.tumblr.com Mar 12, 2012 #14 According jun Facebook, the sleeve art will debut tomorrow1
Tonyblack Super Moderator City Watch Mar 13, 2012 #15 Jul 25, 2008 30,997 3,650 Cardiff, Wales Mar 13, 2012 #15 There's a blurb of Dodger HERE along with (I think) the American cover.
DaveC Sergeant Mar 13, 2012 #16 Jul 7, 2010 3,629 2,650 Portishead, UK davecfilmgeek.tumblr.com Mar 13, 2012 #16 Tonyblack said: There's a blurb of Dodger HERE along with (I think) the American cover. Click to expand... Makes it seem a bit like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the way it seems like it will characters from fiction together. :shifty:
Tonyblack said: There's a blurb of Dodger HERE along with (I think) the American cover. Click to expand... Makes it seem a bit like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the way it seems like it will characters from fiction together. :shifty:
DaveC Sergeant Mar 13, 2012 #17 Jul 7, 2010 3,629 2,650 Portishead, UK davecfilmgeek.tumblr.com Mar 13, 2012 #17 Looks good, but a bit too Discworldy for a non-Discworld book... :think: Attachments 425832_10150597860600025_43413980024_9319718_1520480941_n.jpg 109.7 KB Views: 713
pip Sergeant-at-Arms Mar 13, 2012 #18 Sep 3, 2010 8,765 2,850 KILDARE Mar 13, 2012 #18 I love the way its described as a bestseller before its even sold a copy Mrs Cake must write the blurb
I love the way its described as a bestseller before its even sold a copy Mrs Cake must write the blurb
DaveC Sergeant Mar 13, 2012 #19 Jul 7, 2010 3,629 2,650 Portishead, UK davecfilmgeek.tumblr.com Mar 13, 2012 #19 pip said: I lvoe the way its described as a bestseller before its even sold a copy Mrs CAke must write the blurb Click to expand...
pip said: I lvoe the way its described as a bestseller before its even sold a copy Mrs CAke must write the blurb Click to expand...
Who's Wee Dug Lieutenant Mar 13, 2012 #20 Jul 27, 2008 19,862 3,400 Stirlingshire, Scotland Mar 13, 2012 #20 Dave if it going to be loosely related to the next Discworld book or is it the one after ? maybe that is why the cover looks like that. :
Dave if it going to be loosely related to the next Discworld book or is it the one after ? maybe that is why the cover looks like that. :
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