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Unseen Academicals. - Geoff - 18 Nov 2008 11:22 AM
New Discworld book!
I really should try and stay on top of the news.
http://www.thebookseller.co.uk/in-depth/trade-profiles/56984-on-embuggerance-and-humour.html
Quote:
Despite the disease, the subsequent media blizzard, and his appearance at an Alzheimer's conference ("Personally I'd eat the arse out of a dead mole if it offered a fighting chance," he memorably said), Pratchett has already started on the next Discworld novel, Unseen Academicals. It satirises the world of football - "Jesus, though, how could you satirise modern football? Talk about a target-rich environment" - in the same manner as Making Money took on banking, and The Truth took on journalism.
Making Money, quite frankly, has more and more relevance these days with people saying "Reccession." sotto voce. Very prescient release, there.
RE: Unseen Academicals. - Pete - 22 Nov 2008 9:00 PM
That was an interesting article if a tad out of date
RE: Unseen Academicals. - Geoff - 28 Nov 2008 2:25 AM
Oh, I see, because someone beat me to it...ohnotheydidn't!
Not my fault the news is so depressing that it is now SOP to dodge it.
RE: Unseen Academicals. - Simian Cyborg - 07 Feb 2009 5:39 PM
That book seller link didn't work for me
But I searched on wikipedia and found it XD
Looks like it's going to be a good book, not sure how he'll manage to fit a plot around a fotball team like..... no doubt denizens of the dungeon dimensions will somehow be involved
Saying that, in a few of his books I've thought "How could he turn that into a good book?!" and he's always managed to write a great story XD
RE: Unseen Academicals. - Pete - 14 Feb 2009 11:15 PM
The man's got a marvellous imagination. He could write a book based around a flat-pack furniture company and it would be great