# Just got the new Pratchett Book!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 18, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230 "2005-03-18T23:08:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230/1 "2005-03-18T23:08:42Z")

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My copy of \*_Once More…With Footnotes_ arrived today. I’ll be reading it this weekend, but so far I’m enjoying it. Even _The Hades Business_ isn’t bad, in spite of what PTerry thinks about his early work.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230/2 "2005-03-19T00:10:28Z")

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Whaaaaa? New pratchett?? Is it Discworld?

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230/3 "2005-03-19T00:12:08Z")

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ahh crap, and I just got paid too.

Oh well, off to the Evanston Borders before Stargate starts.

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230/4 "2005-03-19T00:21:45Z")

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Hmm upon review it is a compilation of shorts and other small bits he put together. Not in stock, I may beg **photopat** to borrow it 🙂

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230/5 "2005-03-19T01:48:40Z")

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I got it a couple of months ago. Worth reading for any Pratchett fan, but the Granny Weatherwax short (“The Sea and Little Fishes”) is worth the price alone. 😃

Classic headology, baby!

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-the-new-pratchett-book/295230/6 "2005-03-21T16:27:40Z")

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It’s a great book. It is a compilation, of short stories and articles he wrote for different magazines, as well as a couple of speeches he made. Highly informative and enjoyable and yes, **The Sea and Little Fishes** is an excellent short Disc story.