Short Story:The Hades Business - Revision history

Guybrush at 02:13, 30 May 2024

2024-05-30T02:13:39Z

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	The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars popping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.		The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars popping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.

	“The Hades Business” - originally titled “Business Rivals” — was [[Terry Pratchett]]’s first published work. He wrote it for an English assignment at the age of thirteen (according to {{BS}}) or fourteen (according to {{ALWF}}), and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, ''The Technical Cygnet'', in December 1962 (when Pratchett was definitely fourteen). He submitted it ~~for publication~~ to ~~''Science Fantasy Magazine'' where the~~ editor, John Carnell, suggested some further edits. Pratchett tightened up the opening and added to the story’s length, and in 1963 Carnell accepted it for publication under the final title.		“The Hades Business” - originally titled “Business Rivals” — was [[Terry Pratchett]]’s first published work. He wrote it for an English assignment at the age of thirteen (according to {{BS}}) or fourteen (according to {{ALWF}}), and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, ''The Technical Cygnet'', in December 1962 (when Pratchett was definitely fourteen). He submitted it to science fiction magazine editor John Carnell, who suggested some further edits. Pratchett tightened up the opening and added to the story’s length, and in 1963 Carnell accepted it for publication under the final title in ''Science Fantasy Magazine''.

	The ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' version was ~~later~~ reprinted in {{OMWF}} and {{BS}}.		The ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' version was reprinted in the 1965 anthology ''The Unfriendly Future'', and collected with other short Pratchett works in {{OMWF}} and {{BS}}.

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* * [https://archive.org/details/Science_Fantasy_v20n60_1963-08_SLiV/page/n67/mode/2up “The Hades Business” in ''Science Fantasy''] at archive.org		* [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?95002 “The Hades Business”] at the Internet Speculative Fictional Database
			* [https://archive.org/details/Science_Fantasy_v20n60_1963-08_SLiV/page/n67/mode/2up “The Hades Business” in ''Science Fantasy''] at archive.org

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Guybrush at 07:36, 29 May 2024

2024-05-29T07:36:07Z

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	The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars popping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.		The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars popping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.

	“The Hades Business” was [[Terry Pratchett]]’s first published work. He ~~originally~~ wrote it for an English assignment at the age of thirteen (~~so probably in 1961~~), and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, ''The Technical Cygnet'', ~~under the original title “Business Rivals”~~. He submitted it for publication to ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' where the editor, John Carnell, suggested some further edits. Pratchett tightened up the opening and added to the story’s length, and in 1963 Carnell accepted it for publication under the final title.		“The Hades Business” - originally titled “Business Rivals” — was [[Terry Pratchett]]’s first published work. He wrote it for an English assignment at the age of thirteen (according to {{BS}}) or fourteen (according to {{ALWF}}), and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, ''The Technical Cygnet'', in December 1962 (when Pratchett was definitely fourteen). He submitted it for publication to ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' where the editor, John Carnell, suggested some further edits. Pratchett tightened up the opening and added to the story’s length, and in 1963 Carnell accepted it for publication under the final title.

	The ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' version was later reprinted in {{OMWF}} and {{BS}}.		The ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' version was later reprinted in {{OMWF}} and {{BS}}.

Guybrush: Updated history section

2024-05-29T07:32:37Z

Updated history section

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	The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars popping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.		The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars popping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.

	~~Originally posted~~ in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and ~~redone~~ in {{BS}}~~, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework..~~.		“The Hades Business” was [[Terry Pratchett]]’s first published work. He originally wrote it for an English assignment at the age of thirteen (so probably in 1961), and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, ''The Technical Cygnet'', under the original title “Business Rivals”. He submitted it for publication to ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' where the editor, John Carnell, suggested some further edits. Pratchett tightened up the opening and added to the story’s length, and in 1963 Carnell accepted it for publication under the final title.

			The ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' version was later reprinted in {{OMWF}} and {{BS}}.

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* * [https://archive.org/details/Science_Fantasy_v20n60_1963-08_SLiV/page/n67/mode/2up ~~''The~~ Hades ~~Business''~~ in ''Science Fantasy''] at archive.org		* * [https://archive.org/details/Science_Fantasy_v20n60_1963-08_SLiV/page/n67/mode/2up “The Hades Business” in ''Science Fantasy''] at archive.org

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Guybrush: Added link to archive.org digitised copy of the original publication; changed sort name

2021-01-08T01:59:59Z

Added link to archive.org digitised copy of the original publication; changed sort name

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	Originally posted in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and redone in {{BS}}, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework...		Originally posted in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and redone in {{BS}}, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework...

			== External links ==
			* * [https://archive.org/details/Science_Fantasy_v20n60_1963-08_SLiV/page/n67/mode/2up ''The Hades Business'' in ''Science Fantasy''] at archive.org

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Old Dickens: typi, stubs

2016-07-17T13:45:05Z

typi, stubs

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	The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars ~~poping~~ up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.		The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars popping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.

	Originally posted in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and redone in {{BS}}, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework...		Originally posted in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and redone in {{BS}}, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework...

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AnnieBudgie at 09:13, 17 July 2016

2016-07-17T09:13:31Z

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	The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, ~~and~~ the Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up~~. Have~~ day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.		The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, who got ''quite'' the wrong impression. The Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up, with people having day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, with restaurants and bars poping up all over the place, and teenagers flocking there, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.

	Originally posted in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and redone in {{BS}}, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework...		Originally posted in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and redone in {{BS}}, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework...

AnnieBudgie: Just saw this page needed to be created and I thought 'may as well...'

2016-07-17T09:08:52Z

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The Hell business is just not paying. No-one's been down there for two thousand years except some chap called Dante, and the Devil wants Crucible, the owner of the Square Deal Advertising Company, to help him get it back up. Have day trips, a grand day out for all the family and such. The entire place becomes increasingly popular, until it's only Hell for one person: the Devil himself.

Originally posted in ''Science Fantasy Magazine'', and redone in {{BS}}, this was the first piece of writing ever published by [[Terry Pratchett]], when he was thirteen. He apparently wrote it for a piece of homework...

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