- Themes, motives, Discworld (Imaginary place), Folklore in literature, Discworld (imaginary place), fiction
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Cool, contemplative, classical in form and warm.
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Anchor Books, Goldmann Verlag
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407034232
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Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, *The Carpet People*, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (*The Colour of Magic*) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read no
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