Friday 15 February 2013

Terry Pratchett update

Terry Pratchett reports that he is hard at work on the next Discworld novel, which will feature a new character and will not be part of any existing sub-series. It's been confirmed not to be Raising Taxes, the long-awaited third and final book in the 'Moist von Lipwig' sub-trilogy.


Meanwhile, pre-production is continuing on the City Watch TV series. Terry and Rhianna Pratchett have also clarified previous comments suggesting that Rhianna would be taking over the Discworld books once her father (who is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's) retired from writing the series. Apparently Rhianna Pratchett has now ruled out this possibility, feeling it would not be appropriate to continue the main series without her father's involvement. However, she will be involved in possible spin-offs and future adaptations of the series to other mediums.

4 comments:

Leia Tortoise said...

Hello,
excuse me, but I'm following quite closely the news about Terry Pratchett, and I've read the Discworld Monthly issue that you linked as a source but I haven't seen anything about Pratchett reporting that the next Discworld book will feature a new character... I've juste read that it won't be Raising Taxes, nothing more...
Did I miss something, a tiny hint? Please help me, I'm eager to count this information as an official sourced one! :D
Thanks in advance

Leia Tortoise said...

argh, sorry for the multiple posting, that was not intended :/

Bryan said...

I think it will be Scouting for Trolls. It makes sense. Even though trolls have been a part of discworld from the start, we never even got a glimpse of their history and culture until Thud, and it was a small glimpse at that.

Adam Whitehead said...

The next book will be RAISING STEAM. Pratchett confirmed the title a few weeks back.