Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
# Genre: Comic Fantasy, Fantasy, Satire # Hardcover: 400 pages # Publisher: Harper # Publication Date: October 6, 2009 # ISBN-10: 0061161705 # ISBN-13: 978-0061161704 # Author Website: Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett continues his pattern of taking something from the real world, twisting it to fit in the Discworld universe, and adding bits of wry British humor in Unseen...
The Wertzone (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... a grateful city government. However, it is still regarded as a joke, as Men at Arms makes clear. Pratchett once again uses the cliches and ideas of police procedurals to generate humour and satire, although this volume is much more of a hard-bitten (in some cases, literally) mystery novel. Sam Vimes is portrayed as the cynical, weathered old cop doggedly pursuing his case in the face of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Discworld creator to appear at Guardian book club on 14 December at Kings Place, London Join us for a very special Book club with Terry Pratchett , who will talk about his 37th Discworld novel, Unseen Academicals: 'Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Although Discworld is peopled with wizards and vampires who have agreed not to suck blood, the central character in Unseen Academicals appears to be a goblin, and the main action takes place in a university whose librarian is an orang-utan, Discworld's themes and characters will nevertheless seem oddly familiar to us here on "Roundworld". One of Pratchett's preoccupations is with the natural...
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Although Discworld is peopled with wizards and vampires who have agreed not to suck blood, the central character in Unseen Academicals appears to be a goblin, and the main action takes place in a university whose librarian is an orang-utan, Discworld's themes and characters will nevertheless seem oddly familiar to us here on "Roundworld". One of Pratchett's preoccupations is with the natural...
Salisbury Journal | News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
AUTHOR Sir Terry Pratchett signed more than 70 copies of Salisbury Civic Society’s book, Salisbury in Detail, at a special book launch held at Salisbury library.
42 Challenge (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... Who and the Three Doctors by Terrance Dicks The Second Ship by Richard Phillips Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Firehorn by Robert Reed Destination Moon by Georges Remi Hergé Explorers on the Moon by Georges Remi Hergé A Rebel in Time by Harry Harrison Retrograde Summer by John Varley The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon Paradiso Lost by Albert E. Cowdrey Adaptogenia...
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... Dracula the Un-Dead maintains its position at number 23 for its second week on the NYT list. Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals is down four spots, finishing its third week on the bestseller list at number 26. For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . Eoin Colfer's And Another Thing. . . is down seven positions, ending its second week on the charts at number 27. For...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... Jeff VanderMeer . Fantasy Book Critic interviews Gary A. Ballard . News Guardian Book Club with Terry Pratchett . PS Publishing's Postscripts doubling in size . Realms of Fantasy : Designer Needed . The Clarkesworld Citizenship Drive . Spread the word, get a free DRAGONS shirt! Tor.com Buys Book-Size Webcomics to Serialize . (via Booksquare ) Kylie signs with Angry Robot . Interfictions...
Mind Hacks (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... apparently from the late 1940s makes for fascinating viewing on YouTube . New Scientist meets Terry Pratchett to talk about his work and his diagnosis of an uncommon form of Alzheimer's disease. Research on what increases altruism in toddlers in covered by the wonderful BPS Research Digest . Frontal Cortex muses on several studies showing the mental impact of a bad night's sleep ....
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... on Layers of Language . Shine Anthology on Kindred Spirits Part 8 . News Guardian Book Club with Terry Pratchett . PS Publishing's Postscripts doubling in size . Realms of Fantasy: Designer Needed . The Clarkesworld Citizenship Drive . Spread the word, get a free DRAGONS shirt! Tor.com Buys Book-Size Webcomics to Serialize . (via Booksquare ) Kylie signs with Angry Robot . Interfictions...
Jay G's Gadgets (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Louis Vuitton Travel Case – Includes Solar Panels and TV Live Luggage – Not What Terry Pratchett Planned
L(J) Space (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In case anyone hasn't seen the new interview in New Scientist : Terry Pratchett: Fighting to keep the fantasy alive The prolific author discusses tinkering with science, his battle with Alzheimer's, and the odds of escaping from a crab bucket.
Kaleidoglide (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... I cannot wait. Here's the trailer, anyway. It's rather amazing. Unseen Academicals – Terry Pratchett In recent years there has always been a new Terry Pratchett book on my birthday. This year's seemed like it would be a good one: a return to the Discworld (after the rather awesome detour into Nation , his alternate history Victorian YA that came out last year),...
Knitting on the Green (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This one deserves a post on its own. Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett. London: Transworld/Doubleday, 2009. Brilliant. Pratchett takes on the Beautiful Game and wins. We get everything from Real Football, or whatever it was called in the days of bearbaiting, cockfighting and other lethal sports, to the start of the modern game; in conjunction with Ridcully, Rincewind, the...
