New book of short writings

[The Mad Collector]

OK, in the tired way of news journalists, this is from "sources close to Terry Pratchett"

There is currently being prepared a new collection of short writings. This will include items left out of Once More With Footnotes as well as works in that collection. The description of the book as a collection of short writings means that anything could be included, quite a lot of the pieces in OMWF are not stories but introductions, prefaces and other articles for books or magazines not otherwise featuring Terry. One item that will definitely be included is the description of Discworld and how he saw it developing that Terry wrote for the proof copy of Sourcery which has never been reprinted in any form, as he had only written five of the books by then this gives a whole new view to what he thought he was creating.

PS. No I'm not about to reveal my source but he is very reliable

 

[Tonyblack]

I just hope this one doesn't cost an arrm and a leg, so us mere mortals can afford to buy it.

 

[The Mad Collector]

Well OMWF cost less than £15 when I bought it Tony

 

[Tonyblack]

Really? To be honest I don't remember much about it coming out, except that it was a limited run and pretty much impossible to get second hand except for mega bucks.

 

[Dotsie]

I bought mine a year after it came out, for £20. I could smell an investment

 

[deldaisy]

Had never even heard of it before I came on this forum... and I have a daughter who is a bigger fan of DW than I am....

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I got mine at the WorldCon in Boston and picked one up for a friend. It was $25 and published by NESFA Press.

del here it is.

 

[archerinwood]

Is your realiable source a mr T P, who resides in or around Wincanton?

 

[poohcarrot]

I reckon it's the stuff from the Bucks Free Press.

That site started, then got terminated pretty damn sharpish, after only posting a couple of stories, leading me to believe it got bought out.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Your probably right there Pooh that where the clippings and news snippets are coming from. they have smelt the money.

 

[The Mad Collector]

No it's not the Bucks Free Press stuff, this is a legitimate publication that will be published by Terrys normal publishers (my source knows what he is talking about) . It appears to be a sort of unlimited version of OMWF with quite a lot of what was in that reprinted along with bits that got left out for various reasons.

By the way the Bucks Free Press site is still up and running but under instructions not to add anything more or make any other changes

http://terrypratchett.weebly.com/

 

[The Mad Collector]

Is your realiable source a mr T P, who resides in or around Wincanton?

I don't know of a mr T P, who resides in or around Wincanton Sir Terry Pratchett doesn't even live in the same county as Wincanton so he can't be the man you are referring to. I wonder who you meant

 

[poohcarrot]

By the way the Bucks Free Press site is still up and running but under instructions not to add anything more or make any other changes

http://terrypratchett.weebly.com/

That's what I meant.

So the publishers are going to do an "Eric" with OMWF.

How to totally destroy the value of something.

 

[deldaisy]

Oh come on.. you can't judge something that is only a whiff of rumour at the moment.

Lets all judge when it DOES come out.

 

[pip]

We'll all buy it wether we're bitching or not .

 

[DaveC]

By the way the Bucks Free Press site is still up and running but under instructions not to add anything more or make any other changes

http://terrypratchett.weebly.com/

That's what I meant.

So the publishers are going to do an "Eric" with OMWF.

How to totally destroy the value of something.

I'm glad for it, it's a bit embarressing huntiing for OMWF in charity shops, knowing it's not going to be there...

 

[deldaisy]

*sits next to Dave*

 

[poohcarrot]

Eric was recently re-released with all the Josh Kirby artwork, making the original hardback not so exclusive.

I bet this new book does the same for OMWF.

Still, good for people who haven't read the stories.

 

[deldaisy]

No No.... not exclusive..... (YOU should know that word means "to EXCLUDE")..... we need to share the love.

 

[pip]

Its the evil villain in Pooh that wants it all to himself