Limited Edition? Novella?

[jools]

Checking out my GTA:SA pre-order status, I noticed that it is marked as 'limited edition', and includes some mysterious 'Novella'. Does anyone know what it is?

thanks, jools

[Asif]

You may not have noticed/read the news about this topic on gtagaming.com main page.

Today we can reveal the first details on the limited edition version of GTA: San Andreas for PC. The game will ship with a "novella" which was described to me by a retailer as being a "prequel".

The retailer I spoke to described it solely as "a book" and stated the information received was straight from Take 2.

The listing of the "novella" has appeared on the websites of Gameplay (http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.a sp?productcode=RM01614&title=grand_theft_auto_san_andreas_limited_edition _(dvd_rom)_), Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007A5F WQ/qid=1117737533/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/026-6505372-9410863) and Play.com (http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=cntdn&page=title&r=PC&title=570863).

Update: Rockstar have now confirmed to me that the PC version will ship with the novella worldwide and that it is a "very nice looking book".

Check back soon for further details. Check out the dictionary definition of novella (http://www.answers.com/novella&r=67) while you wait!

[jools]

Oh, TYVM. I really had missed that news out. Thanks again for quoting it to me. Cool. I didn't ask for it, and I'm getting a book(let) at the same price. w00t.
Tho it's not really 'limited', because, as I've understood it, every PC copy of GTA:SA will have the novella attached.