- English literature, Fantasy fiction
A truly unmissable collection of rediscovered stories, written under a pseudonym in the 1970s and 80s. These early tales hint at the worlds Terry Pratchett would go on to create, containing his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination.
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Classical in form, warm, comic and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 153
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Limited, HarperCollins Publishers, Plaza & Janés
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Polish, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780857529633
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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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