- Fiction in Spanish, Discworld (Imaginary Place), Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character), Fiction
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all ...).
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Comic, classical in form, cool and richly built.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 378
- Publisher
- Goldmann, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa, Corgi
- Editions
- 58
- Language
- Dutch, Italian, Chinese, German
- ISBN
- 9781473230705
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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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