Fascinating . . .

[Tonyblack]

I just saw this on the Terry Pratchett Facebook page . . .

Anyone like to speculate what it means? :think:

 

[MrsWizzard]

I see bees, so my first thought is Granny Weatherwax. Something to do with the upcoming Tiffany Aching book, perhaps?

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Or maybee Death will make an appearance as he has Bees.

 

[pip]

Very interesting. Definitely have to check out face book come Thursday. Thankfully dont need memebership to see his page

 

[pip]

Has to be the new Tiffany book as the following was added an hour later

 

[Tonyblack]

The new Tiffany book is out in September. Maybe the cover art is going to be made available.

 

[pip]

Sounds plausible

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

There will also be a special collector's edition, so maybe news about that as well.

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

I may have been seeing things but I thought I saw Terry during the ad break earlier this evening in the 'look ahead' slot... maybe there's another documentary coming up? :think:

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Was that on a TV channel if so what one Jan. :

EDITED to add I found it Jan on the BBC news online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32950148

 

[RathDarkblade]

Yep - it's the book cover.

I'm not sure if that's bees - it looks like falling leaves to me. *shrug* Maybe I need bigger lenses on my glasses...

 

[The Mad Collector]

Interesting

 

[Tonyblack]

The sign on that site has now changed to say "There Will Be A Reckoning Fri 5th June 9am EST 2pm GMT and this quote:

“Ye ken, we've been robbin' and running aroound on all kinds o' worlds for a lang time, and I'll tell ye this: The universe is a lot more comp-li-cated than it looks from the ooutside.”
Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Just found this little snippet it may be a futher clue to the Bees on the cover, Nac Mac Feegles possess a eusocial culture similar to bees,termites and other social insects. The plot thickens is Tiffany going to start a.....

 

[pip]

Very interesting

 

[Tonyblack]

And here it is!

 

[Tonyblack]

The US cover.

 

[pip]

Why go different when Paul Kidby gets it so right. That US cover is ugly

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

That's mostly been the way of things with the AMERICAN EDITIONS pip, the majority of their covers are appalling artwork.

 

[pip]

Yeah I've the US hardcover of Thief of Time and it just looks awful alongside the resr