The pocket essential Terry Pratchett / Andrew M. Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Andrew M.

Series:

Pocket Essentials. Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pratchett, Terry--Criticism and interpretation.

Pratchett, Terry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Place of Publication:

Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-85764-018-6

1-282-18388-5

9786612183881

1-84839-685-6

OCLC:

842971865