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This article is from the Terry Pratchett Bibliography FAQ, by p.pinto ppint@lspace.org with numerous contributions by others.

4.3 Johnny and the Bomb. (Terry Pratchett Bibliography)

%A Terry Pratchett
%T Johnny and the Bomb
%I Doubleday (h/cvr)
%D 4/96
ISBN 0-385-40670-3
%I Corgi (two-cassette audio/b; abr.)
%D 1996
ISBN 0-552-14458-4
%I Corgi (p/b)
%D 2/97
ISBN 0-552-52968-0

h/cvr blurb:

THERE WAS A FLASH OF LIGHT, THE AIR FLICKERED... AND THE WORLD
CHANGED. IT'S MAY 21, 1941, THOUGHT JOHNNY. IT'S WAR.

Mrs Tachyon the bag-lady is not the sort of person you'd normally
_choose_ to hang out with. But when Johnny Maxwell and his friends
find her semi-conscious in an alley, they have to do _something_...
as long it it's not the kiss of life.

The more time Johnny spends with her, the more he finds that Mrs
Tachyon isn't the ranting old nutter everyone thinks she is.
She seems to hold the key to different times, different eras -
including the Blackbury Blitz in 1941. Suddenly _now_ isn't the
safe place Johnny once though it was, as he finds himself bound
up more and more with _then_. And, as time shifts beneath him,
and the shopping mall and TV arials melt into air-raid sirens and
ration books, Johnny wonders just how much changing the past can
really change the future...

This time-stoppingly funny, richly entertaining new adventure from
the master of fantastical and irreverent wit, Terry Pratchett, is
the third in the series about Johnny Maxwell, following _Only You
Can Save Mankind_ and _Johnny and the Dead_.

p/b blurb:

There was a flash of light, the air flickered... and the world
changed. It's May 21, 1941, thought Johnny. It's war.

Johnny Maxwell and his friends have to do _something_ when they
find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley...
as long it it's not the kiss of life.

But there's more to Mrs Tachyon than a squeaky trolley and a bunch
of dubious black bags. Somehow she holds the key to different times,
different eras - including the Blackbury Blitz in 1941. Suddenly now
isn't the safe place Johnny once though it was, as he finds himself
bound up more and more with then...

 

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