Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett

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in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, The United Kingdom
April 28, 1948

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P. G. Wodehouse, G. K. Chesterton, Lloyd Alexander


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Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987 he turned to writing full time, and has not looked back since. To date there are a total of 39 books in the Discworld series, of which four (so far) are written for children. The first of these, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal. A non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 coll...more


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Congratulations to the six short-listed entrants in the Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now First Novel Award.



The last three months have seen a frenzy of reading activity, with a select team of professionals whittling down the entries to find the magic six to be discussed by the judging panel. The winning entry will recieve a £20,000 prize as an advance on a publishing contract...

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Average rating: 4.09 · 1,413,148 ratings · 41,705 reviews · 215 distinct works · Similar authors
Good Omens
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 145,205 ratings — published 1990 — 80 editions
The Color of Magic (Discwor...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 92,177 ratings — published 1983 — 105 editions
Mort (Discworld, #4)
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 50,026 ratings — published 1987 — 80 editions
Guards! Guards! (Discworld,...
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 46,707 ratings — published 1989 — 72 editions
Night Watch (Discworld, #29)
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 41,605 ratings — published 2002 — 39 editions
Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 41,594 ratings — published 1992 — 54 editions
Going Postal (Discworld, #33)
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 39,004 ratings — published 2004 — 44 editions
Equal Rites (Discworld, #3)
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 41,481 ratings — published 1987 — 75 editions
The Light Fantastic (Discwo...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 38,890 ratings — published 1986 — 77 editions
The Wee Free Men (Discworld...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 32,721 ratings — published 2003 — 61 editions
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The Color of Magic The Light Fantastic Equal Rites Mort Sourcery Wyrd Sisters Pyramids
Discworld (41 books)
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4.079446019183482 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,086,247 ratings
The Wee Free Men A Hat Full of Sky Wintersmith I Shall Wear Midnight
Discworld - Tiffany Aching (4 books)
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4.227911747327112 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 89,697 ratings
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Discworld Stage Adaptations (9 books)
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4.239740548180304 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 79,244 ratings
Truckers Diggers Wings
Bromeliad Trilogy (3 books)
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3.833415052708997 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 16,316 ratings
Only You Can Save Mankind Johnny and the Dead Johnny and the Bomb
Johnny Maxwell (3 books)
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3.6944589066567497 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 13,445 ratings
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Interviews

June 2012, Terry Pratchett
"Visit another world with just the flick of a switch! The fantasy wizard and science fiction expert team up for The Long Earth, a novel about infinite migration across worlds." ...More

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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
Terry Pratchett, Diggers

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

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December Read #2: Pick the book you want to read the second most here. Go to December Read #1 poll to pick your first favorite.

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (this would be prefaced by a quick read of Mort by Terry Pratchett
 
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