# Woo, new Pratchet **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492 "2004-04-28T15:44:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/21 "2004-04-30T11:15:06Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > Well, you don’t _necessarily_ have to wait. If you’re willing to pay UKP9 plus P&P, I can pick up a copy on the cheap and ship it to you. Where the smeg did you pay £9 for your copy? Mine was £12.99!!! ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/22 "2004-04-30T12:51:26Z")
Well, thanks for offering, **Evil Death** , but I discovered that there’s actually two editions at amazon - one is available right now (for 22,15 Euros = 15 pound btw) and it’s only the cheaper one that you have to wait for. Naturally I clicked on the link for the non-available one first. But since it’s supposed to be my birthday present I don’t care about cost and will spread the news among my friends 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/23 "2004-04-30T14:42:49Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > Where the smeg did you pay £9 for your copy? Mine was £12.99!!! You paid high street? Silly wabbit - supermarkets have prices that are often as good or better than online retailers. Tesco and Asda both have bookshops in their larger stores. They only stock “chart books”, but you can get some amazing deals. The new Jeffery Deaver short story collection is £10 off RRP, for example, and almost everything usually goes for £5 off or more. You can also sometimes get the books before official publication date. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/24 "2004-04-30T14:45:03Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > You paid high street? Silly wabbit - supermarkets have prices that are often as good or better than online retailers. But there’s no book selling supermarkets near me! _sniff_ And I know I could have ordered it off Amazon, but then I’d have had to have waited. A few quid is worth the near instant gratification. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/25 "2004-04-30T15:07:21Z")
**mallocks:** I just couldn’t get into it. The Nac Mac Feegle don’t tickle my funny bone, I guess. And the precocious child is not a character type I’ve ever felt any sense of identification with. At least in “Maurice” there was the character of Keith, who played the role of the’normal’ person, swept along with events. Young Miss Aching doesn’t fill those shoes, and so I find no sympathetic character through whom I can experience the story. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/26 "2004-04-30T19:32:07Z")
> [@Galanthus](#): > > Their accents also seem less broad … I felt he already toned down their accents in _Wee Free Men,_ myself. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/27 "2004-05-01T03:09:35Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > I felt he already toned down their accents in _Wee Free Men,_ myself. I did too. I didn’t read the book for yonks because I could never understand them, but I eventually borrowed Wee Free Men from a friend and found it quite enjoyable. However, If I never read about the Elf Queen again it will be too soon… ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/28 "2004-05-03T16:44:42Z")
Well, having finished Hatful of Sky on Friday night, all I will say is that its _goooood_. But the Wee Free Men’s accents have been toned down, a lot. Its just no fun with the toned down accents. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/29 "2004-05-03T17:19:10Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > You paid high street? Silly wabbit - supermarkets have prices that are often as good or better than online retailers. > > Tesco and Asda both have bookshops in their larger stores. They only stock “chart books”, but you can get some amazing deals. The new Jeffery Deaver short story collection is £10 off RRP, for example, and almost everything usually goes for £5 off or more. You can also sometimes get the books before official publication date. Thank’ee for the tip! Got _Wee Free Men_ at £3.74! (or summat) _Crivens!_ ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/30 "2004-05-10T07:59:18Z")
_Crivens_, indeed. I was hesitating about paying for the hardcover, since I didn’t really like Wee Free Men, which felt like a book about the Nac Mac Feegle that derailed. And the Queen Fairy land was just annoying. But I couldn’t wait, and the hardcover was only about €5 more than the paperback will be, so I got it, and I’m glad. A much, much smoother narrative, darker even than TAMAHER, with some great truths and insight in humanity. Extremely readable, and as I’ve said before, Pterry constantly hones the craft of writing. I can’t think of a single writer that so consistently gets better over the years. This will win him another award. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/31 "2004-05-13T00:41:54Z")
Just finished it this morning. Wonderful book! I am surprised to note that Granny Weatherwax laughed out loud and with happiness a couple of times - is that a first?!? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492/32 "2004-05-13T08:24:07Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Just finished it this morning. Wonderful book! > > I am surprised to note that Granny Weatherwax laughed out loud and with happiness a couple of times - is that a first?!? Yes. Kinda the point, too; this is very unusual behaviour for Esme Weatherwax. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-new-pratchet/242492.md?page=1)