1. Where and how do I buy Terry Pratchett novels and audio/video tapes?
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This article is from the Terry Pratchett/Discworld Merchandise FAQ, by elfin elfin@lspace.org with numerous contributions by others.
1. Where and how do I buy Terry Pratchett novels and audio/video tapes?
In the UK and in most of Western Europe, Terry Pratchett's entire
oeuvre is readily available from the bookshops. Even if it isn't,
ordering is generally not a problem.
However, Terry's novels (especially the recently released and earliest
ones and the ever-elusive _Eric_) are not so easily available in the
USA, thanks to braindead publishers, and bookshops that apparently do
not consider it part of their job to order books for their customers.
For a list of titles and ISBN numbers of all Terry's novels (including
info on the places his short stories have appeared), read the
Bibliography:
<ftp://ftp.lspace.org/pub/pratchett/faqs/bibliography>
<http://www.lspace.org/faqs/bibliography.g.html>
With the advent of the World Wide Web, several on-line bookstores have
become available. The following look like winners in the Terry
Pratchett department to me.
o Interstellar Master Traders.
I.M.T. is Lancaster's specialist science fiction, fantasy & horror
book and role-playing games shop, obtaining books in other areas to
order. They sell all of the Terry books (including - subject to
availability - the first editions and US hardcovers), the audio
cassettes, Discworld GURPS, Josh Kirby artbooks, Discworld diaries,
maps and calendars, Paul Kidby's colour and mono Discworld cards
and many other items connected to Terry. I.M.T. will ship abroad;
they have an American agent who accepts USD checks on their behalf,
which avoids customers having to pay conversion charges on top of
the exchange rate current at any time.
Address: Interstellar Master Traders
33 North Road
Lancaster
LA1 1NS
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1524 382181
Fax: Available on request
E-mail: i-m-t@i-m-t.demon.co.uk
o Amazon.
Amazon, the on-line bookstore, seems to be pretty comprehensive in
their listing of Pratchett merchandise. The American branch
<URL:http://www.amazon.com/> sells the "Wyrd Sisters" video for USD
34.95 and DVD for USD 35.99, the "From the Discworld" CD for USD
17.97 and most of the Pratchett books, including the more recently
released editions.
The UK branch <URL:http://www.amazon.co.uk/> sells all of the
Pratchett books, the audio cassettes, plays, maps and foreign
language editions. A more recent addition to the available items
are videos, including the "Soul Music" and "Wyrd Sisters" box sets
(UKP 17.99 each) and the "Wyrd Sisters" DVD for UKP 16.99.
o Visually impaired information.
Information about Pratchett novels for visually impaired fans
can be found at The Audio Web:
<http://www.chloe.karoo.net/>
o The Discworld animation video tapes.
In 1997, animated versions of _Soul Music_ and _Wyrd Sisters_ were
produced by Cosgrove Hall for Channel 4 television.
Both "Soul Music" and "Wyrd Sisters" have been shown on British
television (and Australian?), but they are also both available on
video from Polygram, who have taken over from the previous
suppliers, Astrion.
The videos cost UKP 14.99 (plus postage and packing outside Europe)
and are available throughout the UK from all good video stockists
and selected book stockists - for example, see 'Amazon' above.
American fans can buy the "Wyrd Sisters" three-volume VHS boxed set
or the DVD from Acorn Media Publishing for USD 39.95.
Tel: 1-800-999-0212
E-mail: <info@acornmedia.com>
Acorn Media's on-line catalog <URL:http://www.acornmedia.com/>
lists the "Wyrd Sisters" boxed set and DVD, but not "Soul Music".
o The Discworld animation DVDs.
"Wyrd Sisters" was released on DVD at the end of March 2000, and is
available from Amazon and Acorn Media (see above). Exclusive extras
include a short test film made by Cosgrove Hall, a Pratchett bio,
Discworld book list, character bios and images, and storyboards
from the production, with hand-drawn images, directions and text
notes, all linked to the scenes they represent so you can compare
them.
As for "Soul Music", Acorn Media currently plans to release it in
2001, when it is likely (though not guaranteed) that both the VHS
and DVD versions will be made available.
o The "Truckers" video tape.
Made by Cosgrove Hall, this television show (telling the story of
the first book of the Nomes trilogy) was a big success but was,
unfortunately, unavailable on video for a long time. Now it has
been re-released by VCI.
Address: VCI plc
76 Dean Street
London
W1V 5HB
England
Tel: +44 (0)207 396 8888
Fax: +44 (0)207 396 8889
Web: <http://www.vci.co.uk/>
The video -- product code TV8159 -- runs 110 minutes, costs UKP
9.99 (excluding shipping), and is in PAL format. It can be
ordered online from <http://www.amazon.co.uk/>.
o The Discworld audio tapes.
Corgi audio is releasing audio cassette versions of the Discworld
books, narrated by Tony "Baldrick" Robinson. These are abridged
versions, running time approximately three hours.
Isis Audio Books is releasing unabridged (and more expensive)
versions. Some were narrated by Nigel "Neil from the Young Ones"
Planer, _The Truth_ and _The Fifth Elephant_ by Stephen Briggs, and
_Equal Rites_ and _Wyrd Sisters_ by Celia Imrie. You can order by
snail-mail or on their Web site (where audio versions of some
Discworld novels are available in mp3 format and on CD).
Address: Isis Audio Books
Isis Publishing Ltd
7 Centremead
Osney Mead
Oxford OX2 0ES
UK
Tel: 01865 250 333
Fax: 01865 790 358
Web: <http://www.isis-publishing.co.uk/>
E-mail: sales@isis-publishing.co.uk
Most of the mail-order bookstores should be able to order these
audio versions for you just as easily as the books themselves, or
you can visit the Internet Talking Bookshop which sells both the
Corgi and the Isis audio tapes.
<http://www.goodreading.co.uk/audio/main.html>
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