Following on from today’s two other posts about Terry Pratchett, I reached out on Twitter to a few bloggers to get their thoughts on Sir Terry’s work. Here is what they had to say, as well as some of my own thoughts on one of the greatest, most-beloved fantasy series.
In the second post in the Terry Pratchett appreciation series, soon-to-be-debut author Django Wexler writes about his love of the Discworld series and Pratchett’s writing as a whole.
“On Pratchett” by Django Wexler
“Write a couple of paragraphs about your favorite Discworld books.” I should have seen the trap in that one. It’s hard for me to pick favorites at the best of times, but starting with the Discworld canon it’s an impossible task. For starters, there are so many of them, and almost all of them are so good! I have more Terry Pratchett books in my personal library than any other author. It’s not even close – there are at least two shelves-worth just for Discworld. I started reading them in high school and never stopped.
Ah, it’s that time of year again, when more information is released about Terry Pratchett’s next release. This time, it’s another Tiffany Aching novel (young adult series), and it’s called I Shall Wear Midnight. Amazon UK have the artwork, which is below (sorry for the poor quality image, it’s a screen-capture):
I’ve not been able to find a synopsis, although one frequent piece of information is that it is the “concluding” novel of the Tiffany Aching series.
I’ve also managed to find the possible US artwork:
I’ve liked this series ever since the first book, The Wee Free Men. The story was great, the characters interesting and all with the Pratchett magic touch. Particularly for me, the Wee Free Men themselves – or, the Nac Mac Feegle, as they are really known – are a genius creation from an author who has already given us so many interesting creatures and so much entertainment.
I Shall Wear Midnight will apparently be released in the UK on September 2nd 2010 (Doubleday), and in the US on September 28th 2010 (HarperCollins).
So, anyway: Crivens!
[On a slightly-related note, the next Moist Van Lipwig novel will apparently be called Raising Taxes, but not sure when it will appear]
