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Terry Pratchett
A dying wizard tries to pass on his power to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son…
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There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we’d better not go into), he…
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Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folks; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows met in the middle. Three…
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‘Look after the dead’, said the priests, ‘and the dead will look after you.’ Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Teppic, you have just become…
Things have to come to an end, see. That’s how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldn’t treat people like…
‘Just because you can’t explain it, doesn’t mean it’s a miracle.’ In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: Hey, you! This is the Discworld, after all, and…
‘What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the…
Susan had never hung up a stocking. She’d never put a tooth under her pillow in the serious expectation that a dentally inclined fairy would turn up. It wasn’t that…
Koom Valley, the ancient battle where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls, was a long time ago. But if he doesn’t solve the murder of…
The Discworld Christmas novel - with a new introduction by Tony Robinson ‘Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house…something was missing. The stockings are hanging ready, the…
Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. . Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett…
Terry Pratchett’s hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is a laughing matter…
DEATH IS MISSING - PRESUMED… ER… GONE. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. Meanwhile, on a little farm far…
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A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel.
In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: “Hey, you!” For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also…
Witches are not by nature gregarious, and they certainly don’t have leaders. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly regarded of the leaders they didn’t have. But even she found that…
A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel. NAMED ONE OF THE BBC’S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD
On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There’s an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist…
The second Discworld novel in a special collector’s edition hardback - the funniest and most unorthodox fantasy series in this or any other galaxy.
An interplanetary tourist called Twoflower joins up with a drop-out wizard whose spells only seem to work half of the time. Together they undertake a chaotic voyage through a crazy…
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"Humorously entertaining. . . subtly thought-provoking. . . . Pratchett's Discworld books are filled with humor and with magic, but they're rooted in--of all things--real life and cold, hard reason."--Chicago…
"Delightful. . . logically illogical as only Terry Pratchett can write." --Anne McCaffrey
Will the most unlikely hero in all of Discworld save the universe once again…
"Discworld is more complicated and satisfactory than Oz . . . has the energy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland…
"If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett's unique blend of philosophical badinage interspersed with slapstick, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity." --Financial Times
Chaos ensues when Discworld's deliciously…
"As traumatic as it is to only choose one Pratchett, this first entry in his Guards sub-series encompasses everything that is brilliant about his writing: terrific characterization and plotting, a…
"This is fantasy served with a twist of Monty Python, parody that works by never taking itself too seriously." --Publishers Weekly
Murder! Mahem! Bacon sandwiches! People are dying suspiciously in…
"Pratchett's writing is a constant delight. No one mixes the fantastical and the mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of human endeavor." --Daily Mail
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"Night Watch turns out to be an unexpectedly moving novel about sacrifice and responsibility, its final scenes leaving one near tears. . . Terry Pratchett may still be pegged as…
"A lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
In Terry Pratchett's delightful New York Times bestselling tale of crime, class, prejudice…
"Pratchett's humor is international, satirical, devious, knowing, irreverent, unsparing, and above all, funny." --Kirkus Reviews
Determined to create a wish granting demon, an inept young demonologist instead conjures the Discworld's…
"If you read just one of Pratchett's books, you'll want to read everything he wrote. That now includes A Stroke of the Pen." -- Washington Post
A delightfully funny, fantastically…
"One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest."--George R. R. Martin
A trio of witchy godmothers discovers just how difficult it can be to prevent a servant…
"Unadulterated fun. . . witty, frequently hilarious."--San Francisco Chronicle
Chaos and hilarity ensue when a young woman becomes the first female wizard, upending the Discworld in this bitingly funny tale…
"Superb."--Washington Post Book World
A cauldron of fun is brewing when a trio of the Discworld's witches, led by the delightfully iconoclastic Granny Weatherwax, turn their wands to royal politics…
"His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction."--Mail on Sunday (UK)
An invasion of elves threatens to disrupt a perfectly dreamy Midsummer Night…
"Terry Pratchett is the most fascinating teacher you ever had."--Harlan Ellison
Masks, magic, and murder take center stage in this Discworld comedy of operatic proportions from internationally bestselling author Sir…
"The novel exudes the curious feel of old-fashioned vampire and Frankenstein legends. . . . Pratchett lampoons everything from Christian superstition to Swiss Army knives here, proving that the fantasy…
