One of the new PB editions of three classic Discworld titles introducing new readers to the wonderful world of Terry Pratchett.
Terry Pratchett (Author)
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling
Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was
published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty
bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies
worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and
screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the
Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to
literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his
greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.
www.terrypratchettbooks.com
Neil Gaiman (Introducer)
Date- 2013-08-06
Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels
Neverwhere (1995), Stardust (1999), the Hugo and Nebula
Award-winning American Gods (2001), Anansi Boys (2005), and Good
Omens (with Terry Pratchett, 1990), as well as the short story
collections Smoke and Mirrors (1998) and Fragile Things (2006). His
screenwriting credits include the original BBC TV series of
Neverwhere (1996), Dave McKean's first feature film, Mirrormask
(2005), the Doctor Who episode 'The Doctor's Wife' (2011) and, of
course, the forthcoming 'Good Omens' TV series.
Neil Gaiman is the creator of The Sandman comic book series and the
bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere (1995), Stardust
(1999), the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning American Gods (2001),
Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005), The Ocean at the End of the
Lane (2013), Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett, 1990) and a
retelling of the Norse myths- Norse Mythology (2017). His short
story collections include Smoke and Mirrors (1998) and Fragile
Things (2006). His screenwriting credits include the original BBC
TV series of Neverwhere (1996), Dave McKean's first feature film,
Mirrormask (2005), two Doctor Who episodes, and Good Omens (2019).
The genius of Pratchett is that he never goes for the straight
allegory . . . he remains one of the most consistently funny
writers around; a master of the stealth simile, the time-delay pun
and the deflationary three-part list . . . I could tell which of my
fellow tube passengers had downloaded it to their e-readers by the
bouts of spontaneous laughter.
*Guardian*
A master storyteller. He is endlessly inventive . . . a master of
complex jokes, good bad jokes, good dreadful jokes and a kind of
insidious wisdom about human nature . . . I read his books at a
gallop and then reread them every time I am ill or exhausted
*Guardian*
Up there with PG Wodehouse. Amazing. Wonderful. Fantastic.
*Daily Mail*
The Discworld novels have always been among the most serious of
comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies . . . Pratchett
has been rightly praised for comic invention and whimsy; he does
not always get enough credit for the psychological comedy of
embarrassment which makes us blush with self-recognition . . . at
once hilariously cynical and idealistically practical.
*Independent*
Pratchett too requires us to think. Whenever I read his stories I
find myself thinking that he is "grown up". He may write benign
comedy but he knows how horribly complicated and exciting the
Universe is.
*The Times*
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