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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Average rating: 4.04 · 646,361 ratings · 25,728 reviews · 241 distinct works
Good Omens
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 64,444 ratings — published 1990 — 66 editions
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The Color of Magic (Discworld,...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 36,102 ratings — published 1983 — 83 editions
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Mort (Discworld, #4)
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 20,074 ratings — published 1987 — 60 editions
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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 17,800 ratings — published 1989 — 57 editions
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Night Watch (Discworld, #29)
4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 17,496 ratings — published 2002 — 33 editions
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The Light Fantastic (Discworld...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19,650 ratings — published 1986 — 63 editions
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Going Postal (Discworld, #33)
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 16,935 ratings — published 2004 — 32 editions
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Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6)
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 17,192 ratings — published 1988 — 51 editions
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Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 16,947 ratings — published 1992 — 40 editions
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Equal Rites (Discworld, #3)
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 17,931 ratings — published 1987 — 54 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 (39 books)
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4.02429220450593 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 515,721 ratings
Truckers Diggers Wings
Bromeliad Trilogy (3 books)
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3.78395212506106 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 8,188 ratings
Only You Can Save Mankind Johnny and the Dead Johnny and the Bomb
Johnny Maxwell (3 books)
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3.66781672646978 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 7,246 ratings
The Science of Discworld The Science of Discworld II: T... The Science of Discworld III:...
Science of Discworld (3 books)
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3.8673196794301 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 3,369 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

“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

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

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