Books:The Discworld:
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The Colour of Magic (1983) "On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unkown), ageeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet..." [pb: Corgi, 1985; ISBN 0-552-12475-3; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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The Colour of Magic - The Graphics Novel (1983) "WELCOME TO THE DISCWORLD WHERE THE GODS ARE NOT SO MUCH WORSHIPPED AS BLAMED! Imagine a flat world, sitting on the backs of four elephants, who hurtle through space on the back of a giant turtle. That's the setting for Terry Pratchett's phenomenally successful DISCWORLD series. Follow the bizarre misadventures of Rincewind, the wizard, and Twoflower, the Discworld's first tourist. Twoflower owns 'the luggage', surely the strangest piece of baggage ever, a chest with hundreds of tiny legs that let it move on its own, magic qualities that let it move on its own, magic qualities that let it eat anyone it doesn't like, yet when it's opened all you'll find is Twoflower's clean underwear! Terry Pratchett is the world's bestselling writer of comic fantasy. This is the first ever fully-illustrated version of the original DISCWORLD novel." [pb: Corgi, 1991; ISBN 0-552-13945-9; Cover Art: Daerick Cross, Sr.; Illustrated by Steven Ross, Adapted by Scott Rockwell, Lettered by Vickie Williams, Edited by David Campiti] |
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The Light Fantastic (1986) "As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld has only one possible saviour. Unfortunately, this happens to be the singularly inept and cowardly wizard called Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world..." [pb: Corgi, 1986; ISBN 0-552-12848-1; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Equal Rites (1987) "The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex..." [pb: Corgi, 1987; ISBN 0-552-13105-1; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Mort (1987) "Death comes to us all. Ehen he came to Mort, he offered him a job. After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice..." [pb: Corgi, 1988; ISBN 0-552-13106-7; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Sourcery (1988) "There was an eighth son of an eightht son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son... a wizard suared... a source of magic... a Sourcerer." [pb: Corgi, 1989; ISBN 0-552-13107-5; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Wyrd Sisters (1988) "Witches are not by nature gregarious, and they certainly don't have leaders. granny Weatherwax wass the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more difficult than certain playwrights would have you believe..." [pb: Corgi, 1989; ISBN 0-552-13460-0; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Pyramids(1989) I. The Book of Going Forth, II. The Book of the Dead, III. The Book of the New Son, IV. The Book of 101 Things A Boy Can Do "Being trained by the Assasin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems..." [pb: Corgi, 1990; ISBN 0-552-13461-9; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Guards! Guards! (1989) "This is where the dragons went. They lie.. .not dead, not asleep, but... dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there's a key..." [pb: Corgi, 1990; ISBN 0-552-13462-1; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Eric "Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is his three wishes granted. Nothing fancy - to be immortal, rule the world, have the most beautiful woman in the world fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But instead of a tractable demon, he calls up Rincewind, probably the most incompetent wizard in the universe, and the extremely intractable and hostile form of travel accessory known as the Luggage. With them on his side, Eric's in for a ride through space and time that is bound to make him wish (quite fervently) again - this time - that he'd never been born." [pb: Vista, 1996, unillustrated; ISBN 0-575-60001-2; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] [pb: Heyne, Germany, 1992, illustrated; ISBN 3-453-06234-5; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Moving Pictures (1990) "The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of holy Wood hill? It's up to Victor Tugelbend ("Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little") and Theda Withel ("I come from a little town you've probably never heard of") to find out...." [pb: Corgi, 1991; ISBN 0-552-13463-1; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Reaper Man (1991) "DEATH IS MISSING - PRESUMED ... ER ... GONE. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There's a harvest to be gathered in..." [pb: Corgi, 1992; ISBN 0-552-13464-1; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Witches Abroad (1991) "It seemed an easy job... After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince? But for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, travelling to the distant city of Genua, things are never that simple... Servant girls have to marry the prince. That's what life is all about. You can't fight a Happy Ending. At least - up until now..." [pb: Corgi, 1992; ISBN 0-552-13465-1; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Small Gods (1992) "In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please..." [pb: Corgi, 1993; ISBN 0-552-13890-8; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Lords and Ladies (1992) "THE FAIRIES ARE BACK - BUT THIS TIME THEY DON'T JUST WANT YOUR TEETH... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves. It's Midsummer Night. No time for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls, Morris dancers and one orang-utan. And lots of hey-nonny-nonny and blood all over the place." [pb: Corgi, 1993; ISBN 0-552-13891-6; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Men at Arms (1993) "'Be a MAN in the City Watch! The City Watch needs MEN!' But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman... most of the time) and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving). And they need all the help they can get. Because they've only got twenty-four hours to clean up the town and this is Ankh-Morpork we're talking about..." [pb: Corgi, 1994; ISBN 0-552-14028-7; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Soul Music (1994) "Sex, Dwarfs, and Rocks that Roll!" [pb: HarperPrism, 1995; ISBN 0-06-105489-5; Cover Art: Michael Sabanosh and Optical Artists] "OTHER CHILDREN GET GIVEN XYLOPHONES, SUSAN JUST HAD TO ASK HER GRANDFATHER TO TAKE HIS VEST OFF. Yes. There's a Death in the family. It's hard to growe up normally when Grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe - especially when you have to take over the family business, and everyone mistakes you for the Tooth Fairy. And especially when you have to face the new and addictive music that has entered Discwolrd. It's lawless. It changes people. It's called Music With Rocks In. It's got a beat and you can dance to it, but... It's alive. And it won't fade away." [pb: Corgi, 1995; ISBN 0-552-14029-5; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] [hc: Gollancz, 05/1994; ISBN 0-575-05504-9; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Interesting Times (1994) "MIGHTY BATTLES! REVOLUTION! DEATH! WAR! (AND HIS SONS TERROR AND PANIC, AND DAUGHTER CLANCY) The oldest and most incrutable empire on the discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise What I did on MY Holidays. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. War (and Clancy) are spreading throughout the ancient cities. And all that stands in the way of terrible doom for everyone is: Rincewind the Wizard, who can't even spell the word 'wizard'... Cohen the barbarian hero, five foot tall in his surgical sandals, who has had a lifetime's experience of not dying... ...and a very special butterfly." [pb: Corgi, 1995; ISBN 0-552-14235-2; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Maskerade (1995) "THE SHOW MUST GO ON, AS MURDER, MUSIC AND MAYHEM RUN RIOT IN THE NIGHT... The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork... a huge, rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely-familiar evil mastermind in a hideously-deformed evening dress.... At least, he hopes so. But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld's most famous witch, is in the audience. And she doesn't hold with that sort of thing. So there's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evening's entertainment with murders you can really hum...)" [pb: Corgi, 1996; ISBN 0-552-14236-0; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Feet of Clay (1996) "A Discworld Howdunnit Who's murdering harmless old men? Who's poisoning the Patrician? As autumn fogs hold Ankh-Morpork in their grip, the City Watch have to track down a murderer who can't be seen. Maybe the golems know something - but the solemn men of clay, who work all day and night and are never any trouble to anyone, have started to commit suicide... It's not as if the Watch hasn't got problems of it's own. There's a werewolf suffering from Pre-Lunar Tension. Corporal Nobbs is hobnobbing with the nobs, and there's something really strange about the new dwarf recruit, especially his earrings and eyeshadow. Who can you trust when there are mobs on the streets and plotters in the dark and all the clues point the wrong way? In the gloom of the night, Watch Commander Sir Samuel Vimes finds that the truth might not be out there at all." [hb: Gollancz, 1996, ISBN 0-575-05900-1; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Hogfather (1996) "It's the night before Hogswatch. And it's too quiet. There's snow, there're robins, there're trees covered with decorations, but there's a notable lack of the big fat man who delivers the toys... He's gone. Susan the governess has got to find him before morning, otherwise the sun won't rise. And unfortunately her only helpers are a raven with an eyeball fixation, the Death of Rats and an oh god of hangovers. Worse still, someone is coming down the chimney. This time he's carrying a sack instead of a scythe, but there's something regrettably familiar... HO. HO. HO. It's true what they say. 'You'd better watch out...'" [hb: Gollancz, 1996; ISBN 0-575-06403-X; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] Here be spoilers: "It's the night before Hogswatch. And it's too quiet. Where is the big jolly fat man? Why is Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho? The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker... Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't be a morning. Ever again..." [pb: Corgi, 1997; ISBN 0-552-14542-4; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Jingo (1997) "A weathercock has risen from the sea of Discworld, and suddenly you can tell which way the wind is blowing. A new land has surfaced, and so have old feuds. And as two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ank-Morpork City Watch has got just a few hours to deal with a crime so big that there's no law against it. It's called 'war'. He's facing unpleasant foes who are out to get him... that's just people on his side. The enemy might even be worse. And his pocket Dis-organizer says he's got Die under 'Things To Do Today'. But he'd better not, because the world's cleverest inventor and its most devious politician are on their way to the battlefield with a little package that's guaranteed to stop a battle... Discworld goes to war, with armies of sardines, warriors, fishermen, squid and at least one very camp follower." [hb: Gollancz, 1997; ISBN 0-575-06540-0; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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The Last Continent (1998) "This is the Discworld's last continent, a completely separate creation. It's hot. It's dry... very dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one now believes in. Practically everything that's not poisonous is venomous. But it's the best bloody place in the world, all right? And it'll die in a few days, except... Who is this hero striding across the red desert? Champion sheep shearer, horse rider, road warrior, beer drinker, bush ranger and someone who'll even eat a Meat Pie Floater when he's sober? A man in a hat, whose Luggage follows him on little legs, who's about to change history by preventing a swagman stealing a jumbuck by a billabong? Yes... all this place has between itself and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, the inept wizard who can't even spell wizard. He's the only hero left. Still... no worries, eh?" [hb: Doubleday, 05/1998; ISBN 0-385-40989-3; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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Carpe Jugulum (1998) "Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. He thought he'd come to the mountain kingdom of Lancre for a simple little religious ceremony. Now he's caught up in a war between vampires and witches, and he's not sure there is a right side. There're the witches - young Agnes, who is really in two minds about everything, Magrat, who is trying to combine witchcraft and nappies, Nanny Ogg, who is far too knowing... and Granny Weatherwax, who is big trouble. And the vampires are intelligent - not easily got rid of with a garlic enema or by going to the window, grasping the curtains and saying, 'I don't know about you, but isn't it a bit stuffy in here?' They've got style and fancy waistcoats. They're out of the casket and want a bite of the future. Mightily Oats knows he has a prayer, but he wishes he had an axe." [hb: Doubleday, 11/1998; ISBN 0-385-40992-3; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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The Fifth Elephant (1999) "Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves - and they're catching up. Sam Vimes is out of time, out of luck and already out of breath... " [hb: Doubleday, 11/1999; ISBN 0-385-40995-8; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (1993, with Stephen
Briggs, map artwork by Stephen Player) ["Die Strassen von Ankh-Morpork", Goldmann, Germany, 1996; ISBN 3-442-24719-5; Cover Art: Stephen Player] |
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The Discworld Mapp (1995, with Stephen Briggs, map
artwork by Stephen Player) "They said it couldn't be done. Well, it has been done, proving them wrong once again. After years of research, cunningly contrived in as many minutes, the Discworld has its map. It takes full account of the historic and much-documented expeditions of the Discworld's fêted (or at last fated) explorers: General Sir Roderick Purdeigh, Lars Larsnephew, Llamedos Jones, Lady Alice Venturi, Ponce da Quirm and, of course, Venter Borass. Now travellers on the circular world can see it all: from Klatch to the Ramtops, from Cori Celesti to the Circle See, from Genua to Bhangbhangduc. The great cities of Hunghung, Pseudopolis, Al Khali and, of course, Ankh-Morpork are placed with lovingly care upon this world which is carried through space by Great A'Tuin." [pb: Corgi, 1995; ISBN 0-552-14324-3; Cover Art: Stephen Player] |
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A Tourist Guide to Lancre (1998, with Stephen Briggs,
map artwork by Paul Kidby) "Not only an artistic and breathtaking view of Lancre but also an interesting and informative guide to one of the Discworld's more, er, picturesque kingdoms. Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick live there. Lancre could hardly be somewhere ordinary, could it? Magic glues the Discworld together and a lot of it ends up in Lancre, principal Kingdom of the Ramtop Mountains. Between Überwald and Whale Bay, the Octarine Grass Country and the Widdershins Ocean lies the most exciting and dangerous terrain in all Discworld. The Ramtops supply Discworld with most of its witches and wizards. The leaves on the trees in the Ramtops move even when there is no breeze. Rocks go for a stroll in the evening. Even the land, at times, seems alive. The mapp may only be two-dimensional, but watch it very carefully and you might see it jostle about a bit." [pb: Corgi, 1998; ISBN 0-552-14608-0; Cover Art: Paul Kidby] |
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Death's Domain (1999) "It's no more than a breath away ... Everyone needs a place to relax after a long day, after all. So here is the place where the Grim Reaper can kick back and take the load off his scythe. Here's the golf course that's not so much crazy as insane, and the useless maze, and the dark gardens - all brought (incongruously) to life. And here, for the first time ever, you will find out the reason why Death can't understand rockeries, and what happens to garden gnomes. As Death rides Binky into the sunset (of other people's lives), you can at last see what he gets up to when he's not at work." [pb: Corgi, 1999; ISBN 0-552-14672-2; Cover Art and Illustration: Paul Kidby] |
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The Discworld Companion - Updated (with Stephen
Briggs, first edition 1994, updated edition 1997) "The Discworld is an unpredictable place, what with rivers you can skateboard across (if they weren't so knobbly), rocks that tend to stroll about of an evening and points of raw magic that can turn a body inside out as soon as look at it. For safety's sake, you need a guide. Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, respectively chronicler and cartographer, have produced just that - the one and only definitive guide to the flat panel that floats through space on the back of four elephants standing on a turtle. So if you're one of those really adventurous armchair travellers, and you need to know, say, where to get a curry in Ankh-Morpork*, or indeed, anything elese about the discworld, then this is the book for you. Happy holidays! *Klatchian Curry Gardens, corner of God Street and Blood Alley PS Don't use the kitchen entrance." [pb: Vista, 1997; ISBN 0-575-60030-6; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
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The Discworld Quizbook - The Unseen University
Challenge (by David Langford; illustrations by Stephen
Briggs and Graham Higgins) "Trolls have smashed down the door, there's a banshee on the roof, the river's caught fire, the librarian has turned into some kind of ape, and this is your starter for ten... Questions about figgins, DEATH, mind-destroying footnotes, carnivorous Luggage with lots of little legs, quantum butterflies, the magico-numerical significance of what we must always call twice four or seven plus one, and even the precise sex of the Great Turtle who supports Terry Pratchett's phenomenal planet (via four elephant middlemen). This is a quizbook for fans of fantasy and fun alike - and the ultimate challenge for all Discworld aficionados." [pb: Vista, 1996; ISBN 0-575-60000-4; Cover Art: Josh Kirby] |
| The Pratchett Portfolio (with Paul Kidby) | |
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The Science of Discworld (with Ian Stewart & Jack
Cohen) "In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different - it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't. The Science of Discworld uses the magic of Discworld to illuminate the scientific rules that govern our world. When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us inside it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow its story from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. We discover how puny and insignificant individual lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip on what was going on..." [hb: Ebury, 1999; ISBN 0-09-186515-8; Cover Art: Paul Kidby] |
| Discworld's Diary: 1998 (1997, with Stephen Briggs
and Paul Kidby) ("Discworld's Unseen University Diary. Everlasting Calendar" (1997) ?) |
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| Discworld City Watch Diary: 1999. (1998, with Stephen
Briggs and Paul Kidby) Theme of this diary is Ank-Morpork and the city-watch |
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Discworld Assassins' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2000 (1999,
with Stephen Briggs and Paul Kidby) The theme of this diary is the Assassins' Guild. [hb: Gollancz, 1999; ISBN 0-575-06687-3; Cover Art: Paul Kidby] |
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Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (1999, with Stephen Briggs, Tina
Hannan and Paul Kidby) A useful and improving Almanack of Information including Astonishing Recipes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld "'They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, which just goes to show they're as confused about anatomy as they gen'rally are about everything else, unless they're talking about instructions on how to stab him, in which case a better way is up and under the ribcage. Anyway, we do not live in a perfect world and it is foresighted and useful for a young woman to become proficient in those arts which will keep a weak-willed man from straying. Learning to cook is also useful.' Nanny Ogg, one of Discworld's most famous witches, is passing on some of her huge collection of tasty and above all interesting recipes, since everyone else is doing it. But in addition to the delights of the Strawberry Wobbler and Nobby's Mum's Distressed Pudding, Mrs Ogg imparts her thoughts on life, death, etiquette ('If you go to other people's funerals they'll be sure to come to yours'), courtship, children and weddings, all in a refined style that should not offend the most delicate of sensibilities. Well, not much. Most of the recipes have been tried out on people who are still alive." [hb: Doubleday, 1999; ISBN 0-385-60005-4; Cover Art: Paul Kidby] |
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Soul Music - Parte One - A story of Life, Death and
Rock'n Roll music (Animated movie) "There's a weird music taking over the land - it's fast, it's furious and the call it The Music with Rocks In. And what's more....it's alive. And even more sinister....Death's gone missing, and who can possibly be qualified - or willing - to step into his black cape and wield the scythe?" [1996 Cosgrove Hall Films, Channel 4 TV] |
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Soul Music - Parte Two - The Music Continues... (Animated movie) "In this concluding part of the story of The Band with Rocks In, the questions are answered; Did the Archchancellor do the Rite stuff? Will death imbibe enough alcohol to forget? And will he ever return to the duty? Will The Band with Rocks In get to play a free festival? And can Susan save Buddy from the Music?" [1996 Cosgrove Hall Films, Channel 4 TV] |
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Discworld (Computer Game, Graphics Adventure) Loosely based on 'Guards! Guards!' you have to defy a scaly, nasty, large being from The Other Side, lift the shadows over a conspiracy, find out all about LSpace and finally save life on Discworld as we know it. Finished that you can take your afternoon off. And be warned: Here be dragons! [1995 TWG, Psygnosis/Sony] |
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Discworld II - Missed, presumed ... Death. (Computer
Game, Graphics Adventure) So what happens, if Death decides to stop with his Duty, but that dancing, drinking and partying is much more fun? Save again the world from looming doom. [1996 Perfect Entertainment, Psygnosis] |
| Discworld Noir (Part 3) (Computer Game, Graphics
Adventure) ... [...] |
Short Stories:
Short
Biography:
"For those who really need to know, Terry Pratchett was
born in Buckinghamshire in 1948. He has managed to avoid all the
really interesting jobs authors take in order to look good in
this kind of biography. In his search for a quiet life he got a
job as a Press Officer with the Central Electricity Generating
Board just after Three Mile Island, which shows his unerring
sense of timing. Now a full-time writer, he lives in Wiltshire
with his wife and daughter. He likes people to buy him banana
daiquiris (he knows people don't read author biographies, but
feels this might be worth a try)." (Taken from 'Good
Omens'.)
"Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 and is still not dead.
He started work as a journalist one day in 1965 and saw his first
corpse three hours later, work experience meaning
something in those days. After doing just about every job it's
possible to do in provincial journalism, exept of course covering
Saturday afternoon football, he joined the Central Electricity
Generating Board and became press officer for four nuclear power
stations. He'd write a book about his experiences if he thought
anyone would believe it [note: or at
least wait until the material lost some of its volatile nature -
i.e. in about 35,000 years...]
All this came to an end in 1987 when it became obvious that the Discworld
series was much more enjoyable than real work. Since then the
books have reached double figures and have a regular place in the
bestseller lists. He also writes books for younger readers.
Occasionally he gets accused of literature.
Terry Pratchett lives in Wiltshire with his wife Lyn and daughter
Rhianna. He says writing is the most fun anyone can have by
themselves." (Taken from 'Hogfather' paperback)
"Terry Pratchett is fifty and lives behind a keyboard in
Wiltshire, where he answers letters in a desperate attempt to
find time to write. He used to grow carnivorous plants, but now
they've taken over the greenhouse and he avoids going in. He
feels it may be time to get a life, since apparently they're
terribly useful." (Taken from 'The Last Continent'.)
"Terry Pratchett is Britain's best-selling living
novelist. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't
want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to
lead three already.'" (Taken from 'The Fifth Elephant'.)
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