Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Gary R. Schmidt" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Highlights and Lowlights - July 2024 Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 21:15:01 +1000 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <3astnk-p2a.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 5YQV1lpCybj3u3yh7UzO2A8Bc0VZCwYPHmMmpb0aHmBG1ekX8= X-Orig-Path: paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:awdJXs9Wm21CFauq8t1nTC9EbCo= sha256:v21cKqnQDATgykU6rTXWNibZJnwAWA6MPr0Prl9RGaU= User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Bytes: 2194 On 04/08/2024 02:29, Cryptoengineer wrote: > On 8/1/2024 10:19 PM, Gary R. Schmidt wrote: >> On 01/08/2024 22:27, Tony Nance wrote: >> [SNIP] >>  > ( +++ ) Guards! Guards! - Pratchett [Discworld #8]> Consistent high >> quality, very funny in parts. A few bumbling magic users >>> bite off way more than they can chew when summoning a dragon. After >>> the dragon becomes king of Ankh-Morpork(!), Vimes, Carrot and the >>> other guards — with the help of the Librarian (ook!) and Lady Ramkin >>> — try to stop the dragon. Good stuff. >>> You haven't read all of Pratchett yet? >> >> You lucky, lucky, lucky Bastard!  :-) >> >>      Cheers, >>          Gary    B-) > > There's a new Pratchett out: > > https://www.amazon.com/Stroke-Pen-Lost-Stories-ebook/dp/B0C9JJJWPF/ > > It collects short stories he wrote under pseudonyms for local papers > in SW England during the 70s and 80s, recovered by some very dedicated > fans. > > Its very minor Pratchett - there's only one, I think, that leans > towards a Discworld setting. > > But for the completist, this is gold. > Agreed, definitely for the completist. :-) Cheers, Gary B-)