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Here's proof positive that my favorite bookstore, Chester County Book & Music Company, is the best bookstore in the world. Terry Pratchett is coming to Chester County Book & Music Company on September 30 for a signing of his latest Discworld novel, "Making Money." As the store's web site puts it:

Fantasy master TERRY PRATCHETT visits to sign and discuss his wildly entertaining and funny new novel, MAKING MONEY, at 1:00 PM. Terry Pratchett's novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold over 45 million copies. In addition to his bestselling series about the fantastical flat planet Discworld, he has written several children's books, including the books of the Bromeliad Trilogy: TRUCKERS, DIGGERS, and WINGS. He has also written three award-winning volumes about the young witch Tiffany Aching: THE WEE FREE MEN, A HAT FULL OF SKY, and WINTERSMITH. Mr. Pratchett has also been awarded the Carnegie Medal, Britain's highest honor for a children's novel, for THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS.

Since CCB&MC is practically in my backyard, and the signing is on a Sunday, at about the time when we'd be there for brunch *anyway*, naturally esrblog and I will be there. If we're lucky, we'll get to say "hi" (we've met him personally a number of times in connection with Penguicon and other events) and if we're really lucky he might have a few minutes to visit us and meet our cat (highly unlikely, but we did e-mail him an invitation).