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Something very special arrived in the post. A lot I'd won at the #authorsforgrenfell auction. A complete set of these. But it gets better... 
Because the books' superhuman authors, @gralefrit and @JasonHazeley, had annotated them. And not just with dicks and fannies, as expected...
...but some literary history, should-be-in-a-museum level shit. Memories/stories from the original writings, musings on joke styles, etc
So here, courtesy of @JasonHazeley @gralefrit & @ladybirdbooks, is a selection of those annotations. Hope you enjoy half as much as I have.
"This was our first go at the comedy of bleakness. Christ, it's fun to write" @JasonHazeley
"You forget how religious LB's world was"
Nice one, Chris T.T.
"Ladybird made a series of books for Caribbean kids, called Sunstart books"
"A nod to Arthur Dent looking for the bypass plans in episode 1 of Hitch-Hiker's guide"
"We like hyphenating thins to make them look old-fashioned"
I mean this page has got me properly giggling my tits off. (<---that's me, not a quote from the book)
"The second book. There are almost no pics of adults enjoying each other's company; we knew if we could do this one, the project might work"
"The perspective is twatted"
"I used to date there a lot" @gralefrit
"May remain best joke in the series"
"Named after David @quantick whom this looks a tiny bit like"
"Far too far into the future is funny"
"This was originally 'fingered'..."
"Slam-dunk observation so needs no frills" ---> this is an absolute fucking treasure trove for comedy writers like me
"I think this nails everything I think is wrong with absolutely everyone about everything" @gralefrit
