W00t! Sannali tells us that Something Rotten, the next Thursday Next, will be published simultaneously in the US and the UK on 1 August 2004. Whee!

And of course, August 1st is a Sunday. Don’t these publishers have ANY awareness of the sheer numbers of easily amused people in the universe? Throw us a bone here! Give in to the punny goodness! The last book came out on a Tuesday. A Tuesday. I hear Terry Pratchett’s Thief of Time release corresponded with Spring Daylight Savings’ Time, where we all lose an hour. Harhar, ten points to Pterry’s publisher! We’re still waiting on you, oh Publishers of Nextian Goodness, to give us the weak pun we long for.

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