He has become the most shop-lifted author in the UK, selling more than 2.5 million copies every year, and these will be the most desirable editions of his novels yet published." Sir Terry said: "The truth is that even big collections of ordinary books can distort space, as can readily be proved by anyone who has been around a really old-fashioned second-hand bookshop, so just think what a lovely big collection of Discworld novels like this might do" Each book is £9.99 These editions will be published by theme, with the first theme 'The Death Collection', consisting of Reaper Man & Mort having been released already (they're the ones I snapped at Waterstones above). ![]() Gollancz said: "Gollancz began publishing the Discworld novels, which have sold more than 85 million copies around the world, in hardback in 1987 and have worked with Sir Terry Pratchett ever since. The project will see the release of many of Pratchett's Discworld novels, from The Colour of Magic to Jingo (no more than that I guess because Doubleday/Random House now do Pratchett's books), released in collectible hardback editions all with a matching style that'll dominate any bookshelf. So, I thought I'd do a bit of digging! These swish hardback books with their retro, silhouette style are the result of a project that Gollancz and Sir Terry Pratchett have been working on for a while called The Discworld Collector's Library. ![]() Fantasy Faction Fantasy Book Reviews & Community The Discworld Collector’s Library After tweeting a picture earlier today of the beauuuuuuuuuuuutiful Terry Pratchett Special Edition Hardbacks by Gollancz that I spotted in my local bookstore, Waterstones in Weston- super-Mare, I was inundated with messages asking what these versions were made for and where people could pick them up from.
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