Various things...
Terry Pratchett
editing, but I'll post these various things:
1) It looks likely that RSN arrangements will be made for mail ordering
of the Soul Music T-shirt. The plan is 'same as UK price plus P&P'
2) Apparently a prototype Holy Anorak was being produced last week -- hope to
see it soon.
3) The editor and my main beta-test reader have raised objections to the title
Unclear Physics. They think it's a lovely title But they don't think it's a
good one for this book. Not do I, because I've got a better use for it --
I've realised how to utilise the squash court in UU... So it will be the
original working title: Interesting Times. At least for this week.
4) The tour just finished may have been the first one is which someone brought
a computer in to be signed -- a Sparc workstation, I recall.
5) Thanks to everyone who emailed me about the New Scientist article -- I think
-- about some guys at IBM solving some big mathematical puzzle by devising
'software ants'. Told yez...
6) When IT slides down the ramp I intend to have 55 minutes holiday and then
maybe start another Johnny Maxwell book.
7) I have seen the HarperCollins copy-edited MS of Soul Music. Don't ask me
when it'll be out, but it *will* be this year.
8) I'm told that t-shirts are going at least to the 'specialist' stores in
Oz. I'll check this out as soon as possible.
Terry
Jonathan. H. N. Chin
>4) The tour just finished may have been the first one is which someone brought
>a computer in to be signed -- a Sparc workstation, I recall.
Yippee! Fame at last.
I would have sent morpock[1] or skund but I didn't have time to warn
the users (they might have got upset if I took the fileserver or the
gateway down for a couple of hours `just' to have it autographed[2]),
and badass is too big to fit in a shoulder bag.
Too bad I couldn't have been there myself for the historic occasion.
-jonathan
[1] Yeah, I know. So sue the previous sysadm for not being able to spell.
[2] That was sneaky, that was. Going off with a brand new permanent marker,
and leaving us with the old one. Not even a medium nib at that.
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Adrian Ogden
>It's kind of busy right now with the next book going through some serious
>editing, but I'll post these various things:
>4) The tour just finished may have been the first one is which someone
> brought a computer in to be signed -- a Sparc workstation, I recall.
Yes indeedy. Thanks for that, and for signing "The Streets Of Ankh-Morpork",
(the map and the song). And the T-shirt, although I've just discovered to
my chagrin that the enamel doesn't last far beyond the first wash.
While I'm here, a couple of quick questions:
1) Is Bill Door any relation to Bill Gates?
2) If clothes on the Disc were labelled 'Stonewashed', would this mean
"hand-laundered by trolls"?
<< Adrian Ogden -- "Sic Biscuitus Disintegrat" -- a...@csres.cs.rdg.ac.uk >>
"There is no such word as 'impossible' in my dictionary. In fact,
everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade' appears to be missing."
Iain
Terry Pratchett <ter...@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
<snippo!>
>3) The editor and my main beta-test reader have raised objections to the title
>Unclear Physics. They think it's a lovely title But they don't think it's a
>good one for this book. Not do I, because I've got a better use for it --
>I've realised how to utilise the squash court in UU... So it will be the
>original working title: Interesting Times. At least for this week.
Shouldn't that be "Interesting Pants"?
>Terry
Iain.
Press 'n' now.
I warned you. Our powers that be refuse to let a message be posted unless it
contains more new text than included 'old' stuff. Even if the old stuff is by
someone slightly famous. Like me. Or Terry Pratchett. Can I stop drivelling
now... Probably not. I *did* warn you earlier, so if you are still reading this,then more fool you.! OK, that _should_ be enough.
Rich Holmes
>3) The editor and my main beta-test reader have raised objections to the title
>Unclear Physics. They think it's a lovely title But they don't think it's a
>good one for this book. Not do I, because I've got a better use for it --
>I've realised how to utilise the squash court in UU...
Great! And if it gets to the US before I get old and/or die, I'll be happy.
>So it will be
>the original working title: Interesting Times. At least for this week.
Oh deary deary me. What a very uninteresting title. Sigh.
Tell you what -- fax me the manuscript, I'll give it a quick read, and
suggest some titles for you. Every one a guaranteed bestseller. Onna
stick.
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Of course, it's perpetual April for a.r.k readers, isn't it?
- not Paul Tomblin
Edward Rothman
In article <shrchin.770894599@reading>, Jonathan. H. N. Chin (shr...@reading.ac.uk) writes:
>tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) writes:
>
>>4) The tour just finished may have been the first one is which someone brought
>>a computer in to be signed -- a Sparc workstation, I recall.
>
>Yippee! Fame at last.
>
>I would have sent morpock[1] or skund but I didn't have time to warn
>the users (they might have got upset if I took the fileserver or the
>gateway down for a couple of hours `just' to have it autographed[2]),
>and badass is too big to fit in a shoulder bag.
>
>Too bad I couldn't have been there myself for the historic occasion.
>
>
>-jonathan
>
>[1] Yeah, I know. So sue the previous sysadm for not being able to spell.
So this is why you sent Magrat (so I'm told). Cos' any mispelling of
that name is a distinct improvement.
>[2] That was sneaky, that was. Going off with a brand new permanent marker,
> and leaving us with the old one. Not even a medium nib at that.
All together now .... aaaah
Alan
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Roger Barnett
ter...@unseen.demon.co.uk "Terry Pratchett" writes:
> [1]
> So it will be the original working title: Interesting Times.
> [1]
>
> Terry
>
Interesting Times ??
Is this a reference to the (ex-)Thunderer along the lines of
Steve Interesting Davis ?
How about a "truth in literature" approach...
Fairly Interesting Times For Some Of Those Involved
...or the first-title-with-a-footnote approach...
Interesting Times[3]
...or the CMOT approach...
Interesting Times (inna bun)
...or the I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue approach...
One Wizard And His Ape
...or...
--
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"There are helicopters on the walls of Troy"
Clive James
[1] <snip>[2]
[2] is editing pTerry allowed ?
[3] well its better than Boring Times
Paul Gillingwater
: >So it will be
: Oh deary deary me. What a very uninteresting title. Sigh.
It's not too bad. It's clearly from the ancient Chinese curse (and thus
the implication of the Emperor-- BTW, what happened to "Imperial
Wizard?"), which goes: "May you live in Interesting Times." Of course,
the safest way to view "interesting times" is by a distance of around
500 years... :-)
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: ...or the I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue approach...
: One Wizard And His Ape
<sigh> I'm sorry, but it has to be done. What you really meant was One
Man And His Mon^H^H^HApe.
The old ones are the best, aren't they?
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Rich Holmes
>Rich Holmes (rsho...@gamera.syr.EDU) wrote:
>: >So it will be
>: >the original working title: Interesting Times. At least for this week.
>
>: Oh deary deary me. What a very uninteresting title. Sigh.
>
>It's not too bad. It's clearly from the ancient Chinese curse (and thus
>the implication of the Emperor-- BTW, what happened to "Imperial
>Wizard?"), which goes: "May you live in Interesting Times." Of course,
>the safest way to view "interesting times" is by a distance of around
>500 years... :-)
Is this a record -- an APF entry so far before publication, the title
isn't even certain?
Yes, I knew the origin of the phrase. It still doesn't do much for me.
Then again, who needs it to? The author's name will be 5x as large and
that'll guarantee bestseller status.
In England. In the US, God knows what it'll take. More than a clever
title, anyway.
D.G.Hemingway
>>3) The editor and my main beta-test reader have raised objections to the title
>>Unclear Physics. They think it's a lovely title But they don't think it's a
>>good one for this book. Not do I, because I've got a better use for it --
>>I've realised how to utilise the squash court in UU...
I thought that the Alchemists had that one already covered in _Moving Pictures_ with Uselessium (or similar spelling...)
Does that mean that the UU has got hold of it? Gods help us :)
Having said that I remember my A-level days when I was studying Physics.. There was a radioactivity section, where we tested the radioactivity of certain elements like plutoniun and radium. thou we used the samples to play catch with, much to the fright of the arts students who where having a look round at the time (something to to with broadening the mind I think the excuse was:)
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>In article <770773...@unseen.demon.co.uk>
> ter...@unseen.demon.co.uk "Terry Pratchett" writes:
>> [1]
>> So it will be the original working title: Interesting Times.
>> [1]
>>
>> Terry
>Interesting Times ??
>...or the I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue approach...
> One Wizard And His Ape
At least it beats One Man and His Dog....(couldnt think of the change for Mow)
>--
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>[1] <snip>[2]
>[2] is editing pTerry allowed ?
>[3] well its better than Boring Times
Terry Pratchett
>Rich Holmes (rsho...@gamera.syr.EDU) wrote:
>: >So it will be
>: >the original working title: Interesting Times. At least for this week.
>
>: Oh deary deary me. What a very uninteresting title. Sigh.
>
>It's not too bad. It's clearly from the ancient Chinese curse (and thus
>the implication of the Emperor-- BTW, what happened to "Imperial
>Wizard?"), which goes: "May you live in Interesting Times." Of course,
>the safest way to view "interesting times" is by a distance of around
>500 years... :-)
>--
Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
Terry
Worm
> Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
> assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
Rincewind returns..hurrah! Stampeding sumo wrestlers? how *do* they run in
those nappies?
Worm.
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>Terry Pratchett (tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>> Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
>> assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>Rincewind returns..hurrah! Stampeding sumo wrestlers? how *do* they run in
>those nappies?
Erm.... slowly, and with their legs spread _very_ wide!
BTW who is running the apf there days?? to whom should new entries be
sent?
Cian.
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: Terry Pratchett (tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: > Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
: > assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
: Rincewind returns..hurrah! Stampeding sumo wrestlers? how *do* they run in
: those nappies?
This, of course, begs the question - are we also going to see the return
of our favourite travel accessory? If so then I suspect Rincewind's
search will be fruitless...
Roger Barnett
R.J.Wh...@durham.ac.uk "R J Whitaker" writes:
> Worm (xc...@city.ac.uk) wrote:
> : Terry Pratchett (tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>
> : > Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
> : > assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>
> : Rincewind returns..hurrah! Stampeding sumo wrestlers? how *do* they run in
> : those nappies?
>
> This, of course, begs the question - are we also going to see the return
> of our favourite travel accessory?
>
what do you thing they're stampeding _from_ ?
Robin Parkinson
: In article <2t17b0$7...@c2.eunet.co.at> pa...@eunet.co.at (Paul Gillingwater) writes:
: >Rich Holmes (rsho...@gamera.syr.EDU) wrote:
: >: >So it will be
: >: >the original working title: Interesting Times. At least for this week.
: >
: >: Oh deary deary me. What a very uninteresting title. Sigh.
: >
: >It's not too bad. It's clearly from the ancient Chinese curse (and thus
: >the implication of the Emperor-- BTW, what happened to "Imperial
: >Wizard?"), which goes: "May you live in Interesting Times." Of course,
: >the safest way to view "interesting times" is by a distance of around
: >500 years... :-)
: Is this a record -- an APF entry so far before publication, the title
: isn't even certain?
No - it's just a reannual.
- Robin.
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Karl Leaning
In article <770773...@unseen.demon.co.uk>, Terry Pratchett writes:
>
> 8) I'm told that t-shirts are going at least to the 'specialist' stores
in
> Oz. I'll check this out as soon as possible.
>
> Terry
whadda'bout here in NZ! We read your books too..
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Rich Holmes
>In article <2t4m7s$k...@mercury.dur.ac.uk>
> R.J.Wh...@durham.ac.uk "R J Whitaker" writes:
>> Worm (xc...@city.ac.uk) wrote:
>> : Terry Pratchett (tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>>
>> : > Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
>> : > assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>>
>> : Rincewind returns..hurrah! Stampeding sumo wrestlers? how *do* they run in
>> : those nappies?
>>
>> This, of course, begs the question - are we also going to see the return
>> of our favourite travel accessory?
>>
>
>what do you thing they're stampeding _from_ ?
The breadstuffs thread, is my guess.
D.S.King
>Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
>assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>Terry
Stampeding sumo wrestlers?
Now >there< is a frightening thought.
David "No, honestly, I've got nothing against fat orientals with BO...aaarggh"
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> Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
> assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>
> Terry
Civil war? How about "Gone with the Rincewind" then?
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>> : Rincewind returns..hurrah! Stampeding sumo wrestlers? how *do* they run
> what do you thing they're stampeding _from_ ?
Hordes of Perfectly Normal Beasts.
Gareth D Layzell
Terry Pratchett <ter...@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
>assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>
>Terry
Sounds a bit like the Warwick/Durham thread to me :)
Gareth
The Meach
Rich Holmes <rsho...@gamera.syr.EDU> wrote:
>In article <771143...@natron.demon.co.uk> Ro...@natron.demon.co.uk (Roger Barnett) writes:
>
>> R.J.Wh...@durham.ac.uk "R J Whitaker" writes:
>>> Worm (xc...@city.ac.uk) wrote:
>>> : Terry Pratchett (tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>>>
>>> : > Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for boredom during
>>> : > assassinations, rebellions, civil war and stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>>>
>>> : Rincewind returns..hurrah! Stampeding sumo wrestlers? how *do* they run in
>>> : those nappies?
>>>
>>> This, of course, begs the question - are we also going to see the return
>>> of our favourite travel accessory?
>>>
>>
>>what do you thing they're stampeding _from_ ?
>
>
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David Wald
rsho...@gamera.syr.EDU (Rich Holmes) writes:
>In article <771143...@natron.demon.co.uk> Ro...@natron.demon.co.uk
>(Roger Barnett) writes:
>>>:
>>>:> Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for
>>>:> boredom during assassinations, rebellions, civil war and
>>>:> stampeding sumo wrestlers.
>>
>
>The breadstuffs thread, is my guess.
I vote for the casting thread, myself.
-David
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> In article <RSHOLMES.9...@gamera.syr.EDU>
> rsho...@gamera.syr.EDU (Rich Holmes) writes:
> >In article <771143...@natron.demon.co.uk> Ro...@natron.demon.co.uk
> >(Roger Barnett) writes:
> >>>:Terry Pratchett (tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> >>>:
> >>>:> Exactly. A lot of the plot involves Rincewind's search for
> >>>:> boredom during assassinations, rebellions, civil war and
> >>>:> stampeding sumo wrestlers.
> >>
> >>what do you thing they're stampeding _from_ ?
> >
> >The breadstuffs thread, is my guess.
>
> I vote for the casting thread, myself.
What's this, the threads thread?
. Bill
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