So I was thinking there how hard it is to get some of PTerry's short stories, articles from newspapers, introductions, etc. So far on 'The Ultimate Guide To Terry Pratchett's Written Works' there are 22 listed short stories, 21 in the Contributions/ Introductions/ Forewords section, and 44 Articles/ Speeches. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not talkng about mass sending of writing, just some of the ones next to impossible to get, such as the short story 'Night Dweller', if anyone has it? This was published in a magazine years ago and sells for extortionate prices on Ebay. Members could say what particlular thing they are looking for, and someone who has it could swap it via email for something they need. What do people think?
As was pointed out in other areas, we probably need to be sensitive about copyright here. Officially at any rate...
[quote:f64275e27f="sleepy_sarge"]As was pointed out in other areas, we probably need to be sensitive about copyright here. Officially at any rate...[/quote:f64275e27f] Yes, to obey copyright, we would not post writing here, but via PM or email. This has happened in the past when some story cropped up of interest. Now we would just be taking things a bit futher
Um... sending it via PM or email wouldn't make it any less a copyright violation... on a completely unrelated note, philosophically speaking a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters for a thousand years could probably reproduce most of the marthter's short stories, and if someone were to happen to just cut and paste from money-script text files into an email, what would be the harm in that?
Keeping in the spirit of things, if anyone has the short stories: 'History In The Faking' or 'Night Dweller' ...I'd be very appreciative, if you [b:2212d433f2]didn't[/b:2212d433f2] PM me. They're the only ones I've not read and have spent [i:2212d433f2]ages[/i:2212d433f2] trying to find them or for that matter, if you have any Articles / Contributions which you know to be hard to come by Edit: added bit about articles because they're even harder to find than short stories
jackal, if anyone PMs you with sensitive, copywright information, do NOT pass it on to me so i can read it, too. do NOT do it promptly, because I haven't got anything else to read except Lovecraft at the moment, and I just aint in the mood for more of that.
Maybe there should be a list of short sories etc. that members' have [b:78750f37cb]not[/b:78750f37cb] had pm'd to them so that we know what [b:78750f37cb]not[/b:78750f37cb] to request?
[quote:cf51de87b3="sleepy_sarge"]Maybe there should be a list of short sories etc. that members' have [b:cf51de87b3]not[/b:cf51de87b3] had pm'd to them so that we know what [b:cf51de87b3]not[/b:cf51de87b3] to request?[/quote:cf51de87b3] Good thinking, that man
I for one would roll over in my future grave if anyone PMed me a short story or article. So, please do [b:ed080d7243]not[/b:ed080d7243] PM me any stories. As a matter of fact, [b:ed080d7243]don't[/b:ed080d7243] PM me anything, cause my message box is empty and clean and who wants a cluttered message box?
I hope you wouldn't even [b:1b9fda73ed]think[/b:1b9fda73ed] of sending me anything of such a ridiculous nature. I hope i do [b:1b9fda73ed]not[/b:1b9fda73ed] find any PM's in my inbox because as redneck said "who wants a cluttered inbox?"
I have [b:4a5a74491b]not[/b:4a5a74491b] emailed several members with the recently published short story, [i:4a5a74491b]A collegiate casting-out of devilish devices[/i:4a5a74491b], and I am [b:4a5a74491b]not[/b:4a5a74491b] happy to pass it on to others. I do [b:4a5a74491b]not[/b:4a5a74491b] have [i:4a5a74491b]Hollywood Chickens[/i:4a5a74491b] saved on my hard drive either.
Warning! Do not send any PMs with stories to Ba! Especially do not e-mail any stories to Ba at Ozymandias.Strange@gmail.com
Ooh, I've just found some new links to short stories on different sites on the internet. Each seem to have proper copyright authority. The old and new links are as follows: 1. [u:7f5d5c4d53]The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 2. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Death and What Comes Next[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 3. [u:7f5d5c4d53]FTB / The Megbyte Drive to Believe in Santa Claus[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 4. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Incubust[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 5. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Theatre of Cruelty[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 6. [u:7f5d5c4d53]The Sea and Little Fishes[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 7. [u:7f5d5c4d53]The Secret Book of the Dead[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 8. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Troll Bridge[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 9. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Turntables of the Night[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 10. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Ode To Multiple Universes[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 11. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Why Gandalf Never Married[/u:7f5d5c4d53] 12. [u:7f5d5c4d53]Alien Christmas[/u:7f5d5c4d53] Edit: Some of the links are not working. If so, try this one instead: Short Stories
Well, I must admire everyone's dedication for [b:f3ad76eb32]not [/b:f3ad76eb32] sending me anything so far. I'm [b:f3ad76eb32]not[/b:f3ad76eb32] expecting something any day now
[i:a4beb8b0a6]Ahem[/i:a4beb8b0a6]. Ba must not have made himself clear. Do [i:a4beb8b0a6]not[/i:a4beb8b0a6] send him the stories to his e-mail, which he listed in his previous post. Do [i:a4beb8b0a6]not[/i:a4beb8b0a6] send him the stories he wants so badly. Ba's looking at Grace.
Seeing that I have no time at my hands to read anyway, even though that might cheer me up, I don't want anyone to send me ANYthing either. Really.
I have [b:79b4a1bd80]not[/b:79b4a1bd80] sent a story to Ba, nor to Myn. If Hsing were to PM me her email address, I would certainly [b:79b4a1bd80]not[/b:79b4a1bd80] send a story to her either!
The Jackal would like it to be known that I would [b:22f34c252c]not[/b:22f34c252c] be able to email scanned copies of PTerry's short stories & articles that I have to anyone interested. I've Once More With Footnotes, which contains loads of great stuff by PTerry. Alas, you'd need a large email account, like Yahoo or Gmail, as the files wouldn't fit on Hotmail
What would be the size of these files? I am just being intrested here. I am certainly [b:11de5eb24e]not[/b:11de5eb24e] advocating sending scanned copies of a book over Email, which woud certainly be copywrite infringment. Do [b:11de5eb24e]not[/b:11de5eb24e] ask me via PM what my Email address is, for i will [b:11de5eb24e]not[/b:11de5eb24e] give it to you and let you incriminate me as well. EDIT: Stupid mistakes.
[quote:b2513815e5="TheJackal"]The Jackal would like it to be known that I would [b:b2513815e5]not[/b:b2513815e5] be able to email scanned copies of PTerry's short stories & articles that I have to anyone interested. I've Once More With Footnotes, which contains loads of great stuff by PTerry. Alas, you'd need a large email account, like Yahoo or Gmail, as the files wouldn't fit on Hotmail[/quote:b2513815e5] I would [b:b2513815e5]not[/b:b2513815e5] like to have those. You can find my Gmail address in my profile, but please do [b:b2513815e5]not[/b:b2513815e5] use it. Thanks.
I too, would be furious if sent something. So do [b:ee746f60ac]not[/b:ee746f60ac] send me any short stories etc; of any type.
Ahhh! So I scanned The Hades Business onto my computer (just for fun, of course). There are 6 files, 11mb each. But they wouldn't upload onto an email attachment for some reason (not even individually, rather than all 6 at once). Tried using Yahoo & GMail but neither would upload them. Are 11mb files too big or what? Unfortunately, I can't access the computer that the stories are on until next sunday, so I shan't be able to [b:1ab0e09b3b]not[/b:1ab0e09b3b] email them to interested people until then. Well, hopefully whatever problem I had yesterday won't happen again next sunday.
I, too, would be absolutely [b:d757b852cb]furious[/b:d757b852cb] if anyone sent me the stories to lipi.lady@gmail.com! Also, I absolutely [b:d757b852cb]do not[/b:d757b852cb] have Nanny cookbook or many of the long 'short stories' backed up in case I lost or lent the paperbacks. As far as I know, most mail providers including gmail have a 10Mb limitation per email. Zipping it might help, also it is possible to zip it in several parts.
I finally discovered how to properly scan stuff without making the files too big. You still need GMail or Yahoo though, Homail accounts sizes are too small.
well i would certianly [b:998a150170]not[/b:998a150170] want you to send them to adnil.weber@gmail.com as that would be a ridiculous breach of copyright and i don't think I could habdle the guilt :?
Jackal, thanks a lot for the trouble you've gone through in [b:424e360ac8]not[/b:424e360ac8] sending me wonderful short stories. It was very enjoyable.
[quote:09a28380a4="Cynical_Youth"]Jackal, thanks a lot for the trouble you've gone through in [b:09a28380a4]not[/b:09a28380a4] sending me wonderful short stories. It was very enjoyable. [/quote:09a28380a4] I would like to extend my thanks for the exact same reason.
Ba's e-mail is Ozymandias.Strange (a) gmail.com He is, of course, not saying anyone should e-mail him short stories. Indeed not. But if they do, well, what can he do to stop them?
[quote:d9c0e7b036="Ba"]Ba's e-mail is Ozymandias.Strange (a) gmail.com He is, of course, not saying anyone should e-mail him short stories. Indeed not. But if they do, well, what can he do to stop them?[/quote:d9c0e7b036] Block their addresses, make a filter to move anything they send directly to Trash...
[quote:d09c949e3a="Roman_K"][quote:d09c949e3a="Ba"]Ba's e-mail is Ozymandias.Strange (a) gmail.com He is, of course, not saying anyone should e-mail him short stories. Indeed not. But if they do, well, what can he do to stop them?[/quote:d09c949e3a] Block their addresses, make a filter to move anything they send directly to Trash...[/quote:d09c949e3a] Well, that's a [i:d09c949e3a]possibility[/i:d09c949e3a], certainly.
Jackal, l'm pleading you to [b:6ebb92e295] never [/b:6ebb92e295] send me any of the stories to shadogal@yahoo.co.uk. Be a dear and don't do it when you have the time. [/b]
[quote:ef494f0c58="shadowgirl"]Jackal, l'm pleading you to [b:ef494f0c58] never [/b:ef494f0c58] send me any of the stories to shadogal@yahoo.co.uk. Be a dear and don't do it when you have the time. [/b][/quote:ef494f0c58] Well, I was going to make a bad pun there about not being a deer but a human, and how walking around on all fours gets pretty tiring, but it doesn't sound as good written down as spoken (dear vs. deer). Terrible, I know! Sent that stuff though to Shadowgirl, Ba, and jajwhite, or did I:?:
Naturally I [b:d072078065]do not[/b:d072078065] condone copy right infringement and would [b:d072078065]not[/b:d072078065] appreciate massively anyone who might find it in their hearts to [b:d072078065]not[/b:d072078065] send short stories to dididave1978@yahoo.co.uk
