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Terry Pratchett
"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…
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"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…
"Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. . . . The prose crackles with wit and charm, and the…
"Unadulterated fun."--San Francisco Chronicle
The fate of Ankh-Morpork rests on the unlikely shoulders of newly promoted Corporal Carrot and his hapless charges in the City Watch in this wildly wacky…
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"Patchett demonstrates just how great the distance is between one- and two-joke writers and the comic masters whose work will be read into the next century." --Locus
Magic, mayhem, and…
"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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"Pratchett cheerfully takes readers on an exuberant tale of mystery and invention. Along the way, he skewers everything from monarchy to fascism, as well as communism and capitalism, oil wealth…
"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…
"Start with Douglas Adams's comic science fiction (A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and J.R.R. Tolkien's alternative worlds, mix in James Ellroy's gritty realism and Jonathan Swift's unflinching satire and…
"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…
Terry Pratchett's masterpiece - a desert island story of epic and hilarious proportions. Now available in this brand-new, stunning edition.
Widely thought of as the best book Terry Pratchett ever…
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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…
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A hilarious fantasy, perfect for ages seven and up, by master storyteller Terry Pratchett - the first book he ever wrote! In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness.
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Terry Pratchett’s hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is a laughing matter…
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…
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In the beginning there was …a turtle. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much…
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Although the scythe isn’t pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants’ revolt will know that in skilled hands it…
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…
"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…
"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…
"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…
Sir Terry Pratchett
The Illustrated Edition of the hilarious fantasy, co-written by Terry Pratchett, at age seventeen, and Terry Pratchett, at age forty-three
In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then…
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When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. Henceforth, Death is no longer going to be the end, merely the means to an end. As Death’s apprentice he’ll…
First book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC’s The Watch ‘Vimes ran a practised eye over the assortment before him.
It’s not easy being a teen witch, and it’s certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that…
Neil Gaiman,Terry Pratchett
The hilarious end-of-the-world novel from two of the giants of fantasy fiction, with a cover in the style of Neil Gaiman’s novels!
This is the first book in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy. Johnny Maxwell is just an ordinary boy - not smart, popular or rich. But he does love video games. And…
Terry Pratchett,Stephen Baxter
1916: the Western Front. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive (some said mad, others dangerous) scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box…
‘Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don’t let you go around again until you get it right.
Imagine that all around you, hidden from sight, there are thousands of tiny people. They are four inches tall, brave, stubborn and resourceful. They are the nomes. The nomes in…
A 'Discworld novel with pictures' - the 27th instalment in the fantasy series that made Terry Pratchett an international superstar - in a brand-new format.
They don’t let you go around again until you get it right'People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it’s only natural to…
‘Vimes ran a practised eye over the assortment before him. It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis; half of them were here to complain, a quarter of…
The four Bikers of the Apocalypse are hitting the road. But both the angels and demons - well, one fast-living demon and a somewhat fussy angel - would quite like…
The hilarious end-of-the-world novel from two of the giants of fantasy fiction.
In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet....
Now, the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and a new story: the story…
in a friend sort of way (which most certainly isn’t odd). But Tiffany hasn’t really got time to think about Roland, because she has accidentally danced with Winter himself -…
Widely thought of as the best book Terry Pratchett ever wrote, this is a story of a Nation, a story of a friendship, a story of growing up and the…
At least, this is what she tells her parents. Really, Tiffany is going away to learn magic. But making friends with fellow witches is always difficult when an invisible-being-that-cannot-be-killed takes…
The first book in the Tiffany Aching series - five Discworld novels from master-storyteller Terry Pratchett.