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The Hades Business
The Hades Business
by Terry Pratchett
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Short story
Published in	Science Fantasy Magazine; The Unfriendly Future; Once More* *with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen
Publication type	Magazine
Media type	Print
Publication date	1963-08-??

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“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 fourteen^[1], and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, The Technical Cygnet, in December 1962. He submitted it for publication to the editor of three prominent science fiction magazines, John Carnell, and made changes and additions based on Carnell's advice. Carnell accepted the revised and expanded version for publication, and it appeared in the August 1963 edition of Science Fantasy under the final title. The same version without any alterations has been republished several times.

Synopsis

Crucible, an advertising man whose dealings are not always above board, arrives home one day to find his study full of smoke - and the Devil himself. The Devil has an offer for him he can’t refuse: he wants Crucible to sell Hell to the public, as it’s been empty of souls for the past two thousand years...

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this story.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2024-06-08	Pratchat	“How to Get Below in Advertising”	pratchatpodcast.com

Other appearances

These are episodes which contain significant discussion about this story, but which are primarily about something else.

Date	Show	Episode	External link

External links

“The Hades Business” at the L-Space Wiki

Footnotes

↑ In his intro to the story for A Blink of the Screen, Pratchett says he was thirteen, but Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes says fourteen. The story was first published in the Cygnet in December 1962, when Pratchett was certainly fourteen, so the latter age is more likely correct.

[1] In his intro to the story for A Blink of the Screen, Pratchett says he was thirteen, but Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes says fourteen. The story was first published in the Cygnet in December 1962, when Pratchett was certainly fourteen, so the latter age is more likely correct.

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-{{THB}} - originally titled '''“Business Rivals”’'' — was [[Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett’s]] first published work. He wrote it for an English assignment at the age of fourteen<ref>In his intro to the story for {{BS}}, Pratchett says he was thirteen, but {{ALWF}} says fourteen. The story was first published in the Cygney in December 1962, when Pratchett was certainly fourteen, so the latter age is more likely correct.</ref>, and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, ''The Technical Cygnet'', in December 1962. He submitted it for publication to ''Science Fantasy Magazine'' and made changes and additions based on the advice of editor John Carnell. Carnell accepted it for publication under the final title, and it appeared in the August 1963 edition of ''Science Fantasy'' under the new title.
+{{THB}} - originally titled '''“Business Rivals”''' — was [[Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett’s]] first published work. He wrote it for an English assignment at the age of fourteen<ref>In his intro to the story for {{BS}}, Pratchett says he was thirteen, but {{ALWF}} says fourteen. The story was first published in the ''Cygnet'' in December 1962, when Pratchett was certainly fourteen, so the latter age is more likely correct.</ref>, and it was published in Pratchett’s school magazine, ''The Technical Cygnet'', in December 1962. He submitted it for publication to the editor of three prominent science fiction magazines, John Carnell, and made changes and additions based on Carnell's advice. Carnell accepted the revised and expanded version for publication, and it appeared in the August 1963 edition of ''Science Fantasy'' under the final title. The same version without any alterations has been republished several times.
 == Synopsis ==
+Crucible, an advertising man whose dealings are not always above board, arrives home one day to find his study full of smoke - and the Devil himself. The Devil has an offer for him he can’t refuse: he wants Crucible to sell Hell to the public, as it’s been empty of souls for the past two thousand years...
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-| 2024-06-08 || {{PC}} || TBC || pratchatpodcast.com (link TBC)
+| 2024-06-08 || {{PC}} || “How to Get Below in Advertising” || [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2024/06/08/pratchat77-how-to-get-below-in-advertising/ pratchatpodcast.com]
 |}