Sir Terry's first published story, aged 15 1/3

[HighlandTiger]

I'm sure I don't need to tell you all but Sir Terry Pratchett's first published and paid for story was "The Hades Business" in the Science Fantasy magazine in August 1963, Vol 20 No 60. A rare achievement for someone not yet 16.

I've been after a copy of this for a while and I have finally got my hands on one. Not any easy thing to find with its print run being in the low thousands.

It's not the cleanest of copies, a bit stained and yellowing, but I thought you may like to see some images of it. This is of course, Sir Terry's first ever "first edition"

 

[Molokov]

Wonderful!

The story has been republished in a few of the Pratchett Short Story collections (including Blink of the Screen), but getting hold of the original magazine is certainly a big win for you!

 

[Penfold]

WOW! A great find, Highland Tiger.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I see it also includes a Thomas Burnett Swann story of which I have quite a few of his books.

 

[Tonyblack]

Awesome!