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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783161503321

Autore

Butler Andrew M

Titolo

The pocket essential Terry Pratchett [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew M. Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harpenden, : Pocket Essentials, 2001

ISBN

1-282-18388-5

9786612183881

1-84839-685-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

Pocket Essentials. Literature

Disciplina

823.914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; TERRY PRATCHETT; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Introduction; Before The Discworld; Fantasy; The Discworld And Its Sequences; Other Works; Power; A Note On This Book; Chapter One: The Early Novels; The Carpet People; The Dark Side Of The Sun; Strata; Chapter Two: Discworld; The Colour Of Magic; The Light Fantastic; Equal Rites; Mort; Sourcery; Wyrd Sisters; Pyramids; Guards! Guards!; Faust Eric; Moving Pictures; Reaper Man; Witches Abroad; Small Gods; Lords And Ladies; Men At Arms; Soul Music; Interesting Times; Maskerade; Feet Of Clay; Hogfather; Jingo; The Last Continent

Carpe JugulumThe Fifth Elephant; The Truth; Thief Of Time; Chapter Three: Children's Fiction; The Bromeliad; The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy; Chapter Four: Collaborations; The Unadulterated Cat; Good Omens; The Discworld Companion; The Streets Of Ankh-Morpork; The Discworld Mapp; A Tourist Guide To Lancre; Death's Domain; The Science Of Discworld; Nanny Ogg's Cookbook; Reference Materials; Works; Collaborations; A Note For Collectors; Scripts And Comics; Criticism; Videos; DVDs; CDs; Websites; The Essential Library

Sommario/riassunto

In Britain it has been estimated that 10% of all books sold are fantasy. And of that fantasy, 10% is written by Terry Pratchett. So, do the sums: 1% of all books sold in Britain are written by Terry Pratchett.  So throwing caution to the wind, let's enter a world where the Librarian is an orangutan, luggage has legs, and where Death may come to visit, on



his holidays. A world which is flat and balanced upon elephants stood on the back of a giant turtle. Welcome to Discworld.  The success of the best-selling Discworld series has been so phenomenal that there have been radio seriali