Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett

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

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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 37 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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I’ve become the owner of a theatre company. I’m not sure how this happened but it has. It all started with the little suggestions from the fans following Monstrous, along the lines of “that was great, please do more” but I suppose the idea properly came from my childhood best friend who works for Barclays who said “You know, if you did this for charity I could get you a donation and profit...

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Average rating: 4.05 · 824,578 ratings · 28,457 reviews · 207 distinct works
Good Omens
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 84,436 ratings — published 1990 — 72 editions
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The Color of Magic (Discwor...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 50,490 ratings — published 1983 — 88 editions
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Guards! Guards! (Discworld,...
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 24,682 ratings — published 1989 — 59 editions
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Mort (Discworld, #4)
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 25,993 ratings — published 1987 — 66 editions
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Night Watch (Discworld, #29)
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 23,318 ratings — published 2002 — 33 editions
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Going Postal (Discworld, #33)
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 22,044 ratings — published 2004 — 35 editions
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Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 22,427 ratings — published 1992 — 42 editions
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The Light Fantastic (Discwo...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 24,080 ratings — published 1986 — 65 editions
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Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6)
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 20,909 ratings — published 1988 — 52 editions
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Equal Rites (Discworld, #3)
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 23,025 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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More books by Terry Pratchett…
The Color of Magic The Light Fantastic Equal Rites Mort Sourcery Wyrd Sisters Pyramids
Discworld (46 books)
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4.039638906168051 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 655,896 ratings
Guards! Guards! Men at Arms Feet of Clay Jingo The Fifth Elephant The Truth Night Watch
City Watch (9 books)
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4.199404240406518 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 148,382 ratings
The Color of Magic The Light Fantastic Sourcery Eric Terry Prachett's Interestin... The Last Continent The Last Hero: A Discworld ...
Rincewind (8 books)
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3.839936370525626 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 146,473 ratings
Equal Rites Wyrd Sisters Witches Abroad Lords and Ladies Maskerade Carpe Jugulum
Witches (6 books)
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3.959509750409368 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 100,765 ratings
Mort Reaper Man Soul Music Hogfather Thief of Time
Death (5 books)
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4.087905648718331 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 93,862 ratings
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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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