THUD!

[tealin]

To the Citizens of the United States of America:

You have been given a gift. A beautiful gift. A gift that makes you the envy of many. Unfortunately, it is a gift of which a great deal of your countrymen remain ignorant or unappreciative, so I charge those of you who acknowledge this boon to express your gratitude ...
AND READ THUD! TODAY!

Comments

[gypsyjr.livejournal.com]

*is a little less than halfway through it*

[alicey.livejournal.com]

Thud is out??!?!?! Thanks for letting us know! I would have missed it otherwise. (Am from Louisiana, have been so caught up by the hurricane stuff that I haven't paid attention to book release dates.)

[thorn-of-blood.livejournal.com]

I think Britain has it, but i'm not sure...

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Yes, they've had it since the first, I believe. That's why I said the envy of many, not all.

[polingly.livejournal.com]

*is on page 26, reading it aloud to my sister*

Yum. ^_^ I shall also wear my Great A'Tuin earrings in honor of this occasion....

HEy twirly

[zeshen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you got this or you don't care but here is a banner for you that I made for all your beautiful pictures

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/171/tealinsbanner7sr.jpg

If you want just right click and save

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

That's very nice of you, but really this is the sort of thing that should be an email...

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

Aww, Tea, if I could I'd mail you a copy. ^-^

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Naw, it'd take three weeks anyway. I'm fine with it, I just kick and whine a lot. ; )

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

Heh. But the different release dates must suck. You've got to be wary on the net now. Did I tell you about this one asshat who decided to ruin the sixth Harry Potter book for this community I was in?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Man, and that was one release date... that's, like, a time zone injustice.

It's the price I pay for getting ARCs, I figure. Waiting three weeks for a Pratchett book is more fair than getting to read Fly By Night four months early.

It's also ironic because back when I was a teenager, living in the States and obsessed with Redwall, I'd be jealous of Canada because they'd get Redwall books far earlier.

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

I'm not for the whole "release the same book to countries who speak the same language at different times" thing. I'd be pretty annoyed if I were in your place.

What's Fly By Night about? Is it a Pratchett book?

(Oh, my volunteer job at the library is AWESOME by the way. ^-^)

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

My Fly By Night post (http://www.livejournal.com/users/twirlynoodle/52507.html)

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

Hmm. That does sound pretty interesting. I'll have to keep my eyes open when it's released here.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Amazon says October 7 for you, and it's coming straight to paperback down there. We get it November 1 but we get a week of hardcover before the paper hits the shelves! Haha!

There's also an audiobook ... I wonder who reads it.

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

Probably someone who's total crap. Poor undiscovered books are usually subjected to such injustice.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

According to my roommate, it's been getting lots of positive attention in Britain, and they're really trying to push it over here, so who knows? Could be someone good. Let's see if amazon.co.uk has any clues... Hmm, nope. So far only amazon.ca even has an audiobook listed.

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

I'm really hoping it's an awesome reader with an intriguing voice. I have a HUGE love of books on CD.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Ooh, me too. There is nothing better than reading while drawing. I had always yearned for some way to do both, when I was younger, and now I have found it... The wrong reader can totally kill a good book, so I hope it's a good one.

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

Reading while drawing is definitely heaven. Last week or so ago, I checked out The Miserable Mill from the library and listened to it while I finished an English project. (Had to draw scenes from a book excerpt.) And even better: reading while drawing and snacking.

alicey- is it really as bad as they say?

[(Anonymous)]

i have only 1 regret: that my outside-reading-book-page has only 15 spaces for books. 'good omens' is terry pratchett+ neil gaiman's (vocabularic) genius. eldest comes first, eventually. i have 2 read the other 25 before.....

[rebekah-weasley.livejournal.com]

*Goes to look up THUD! on Library computer*

[jesidres.livejournal.com]

Am doing so with great gusto! (I must say, I wandered in after spying some Discworld, and fell in loff with your Carrot. And Angua. Bless drawing skills given to people who use them for the right reasons...)

At least you folks probably get the nice cover. We get a load a dung, if ye ask me....

[marcyleecorgan.livejournal.com]

You *finally* friended me. *giggles*

Use your aggressive feelings!

[(Anonymous)]

I went to my local Walden Books today, where I have bought every single Discworld book to date, and they told me that Thud! wasn't even on their release lists, and when I told them of the Canadian delay, they told me that *all* of the releases would be pushed back. Obviously, I'm being jerked around - other Americans are apparently reading and enjoying their copies of Thud! Time to call upon the Dark Side, I guess, and torture the truth out of them - that they're hoarding copies of Thud! for themselves!

I guess there's no good reason for me to not wait for the Canadian release, then - or eBay it from the UK...

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Hey, the Canadian release wasn't delayed, the US was bumped up! If you lived in the States, you could get it off Amazon long before it became available up here ... unless you're holding out for the Paul Kidby cover.

[my-fox-rocks.livejournal.com]

Hang on a minute, Britain had it first?

I live here. How come I didn't know this "-_- lol. I must endeavor to find my way to a bookshop.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I thought you got it Sept. 1 ... ? I may be mistaken.

[my-fox-rocks.livejournal.com]

You're probably right, lol, I'm just so used to the UK getting everything second ;)

[jesidres.livejournal.com]

According to Amazon.co.uk it's October 1st....

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

That ... is just bizarre.

BIZARRE.

And not right. Not right at all.

(As in 'just,' not 'correct.')

[jesidres.livejournal.com]

*meep!*
Don't blame me! I just am an ugly American who can't stand the HaperCollins covers- I'm having one shipped from England. And gets bad sketch ideas. Like Super!Carrot.

*Worships your feet, then goes back to into the darkness, waiting to catch a Carrot....*

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it'd probably be cheaper to buy a Canadian one – same cover, same typefettinge, same everything as far as I know – especially on shipping. The three days longer you'd have to wait ... well, no, probably wouldn't be made up for in shipping time. US/Canada shipping is notoriously slow.

[jesidres.livejournal.com]

eh, its coming with a bunch of other things the Brits are hoarding, so I'm alright. But, you're right, normally I would do such. But yes, the publishing world is idiotic. To the point of idiocy

Thud

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my! Is that already out here? Goodness! I must see to reading it after the honeymoon.

:heart: Becky

[my-fox-rocks.livejournal.com]

October the 1st? Awww...see I was right...we do get everything second...even stuff that should probably be ours first... : (

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

It's just ridiculous. That was the day the US edition was supposed to come out. I suppose, though, at least yours will have had time to be proofread. It's like the entire USA got the ARC.

[shirasakura.livejournal.com]

Autographed copy! Terry Pratchett was in New York City today (Sept. 16)!