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Discworld is a comic fantasy [1] book series written by the English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.
The book includes an introduction by Stephen Briggs and an interview with Terry Pratchett, both of which have been updated in each edition. The first edition, published in 1994, contained information from all the novels up to Soul Music as well as the first two short stories.
Interesting Times is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. It is the seventeenth book in the Discworld series and is set in the Aurient (a fictional analogue of the Orient). [1] The title refers to the English expression, "may you live in interesting times", which is typically presented as a translation from a traditional Chinese ...
Andrew M. Butler wrote the Pocket Essentials Guide to Terry Pratchett published in 2001. Writers Uncovered: Terry Pratchett is a biography for young readers by Vic Parker, published by Heinemann Library in 2006. A BBC docudrama based on Pratchett's life, Terry Pratchett: Back In Black, was broadcast in February 2017, starring Paul Kaye as ...
Thief of Time: Terry Pratchett: Unfreezing and freezing of time using a small mechanism. 2002 Bones of the Earth: Michael Swanwick: Palaeontologists studying dinosaurs are trapped in the Mesozoic period, but also travel into the very distant future. The novel was nominated for several science fiction awards. 2002 Night Watch: Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1991, [ 1 ] it is the 11th Discworld novel and the second to focus on Death . The title is a reference to Alex Cox's movie Repo Man .
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of only 506 copies. [ 1 ] Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns ."
Thief of Time was shortlisted for the 2002 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. [1]At The Guardian, Sam Jordison called it "as complicated, daft, hilarious and satisfying as vintage P. G. Wodehouse: part kung fu epic, part philosophical novel, part mind-bending experiment with chaos theory (and a piss-take of those three things)", and categorized it as a book to "give (readers) hope". [2]