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The Facttracker
Part Ronald Dahl, Part Phantom Tollbooth... This is an Advanced Reader's Copy (which some consider the true first edition) and not
the hardcover version as stated above.
VERY RARE ADVANCED READERS COPY, ALSO KNOW IN THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS AS AN ARC, UNCORRECTED READERS PROOF AND OR A BOUND GALLEY.
Proofs are printed in advance of publication. Typically, proofs have very low print runs. Most proofs are extremely hard to come by and can become highly sought after collector's items, sometimes increasing dramatically in value.
If you are reading this, you're a genius.
Is that true? Who knows! But it sounds good. So does:
This book is better than ice cream, television, and your birthday combined!
The Facttracker is full of such statements. Unfortunately, most of them are lies, which is odd, since Traäkerfaxx is the town that produces all of the world's facts.
So how can a story about a bizarre town with a weird name become
The greatest novel ever written?
Dinosaurs would help. Or maybe aliens. Alien dinosaurs would be dynamite! Alas, we have none of those. Here's what we do have: the Facttracker, who tracks all the facts in Traäkerfaxx. The just small enough boy, who lost all his facts. And Ersatz, but the less said about him the better. And, of course, there are lots and lots of facts and lies, such as:
This book will make you good-looking and popular!
Was that a fact or a lie? For the answer, read on and encounter adventure, peril, and even more
Large, oversized words!
In like new, once read condition!
No reserve at all! GOOD LUCK!
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