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1.4 Mort
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Mort
%I Corgi
%D
ISBN 0 552 13106 7
Blurb:
Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered
him a job.
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory,
Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic
longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities
of being Death's apprentice ....
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1.5 Sourcery
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Sourcery
%I Corgi
%D
ISBN 0 552 13107 5
Blurb:
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 had
seven sons. And then he had an eighth son ... a wizard
squared ... a source of magic ... a Sourcerer.
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1.6 Wyrd Sisters
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Wyrd Sisters
%I Corgi
%D 1989
ISBN 0 552 13460 0
Blurb:
Witches are not by their 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 meddling in royal politics
was a lot more difficult than certain playwrights would
have you believe ...
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1.7 Pyramids
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Pyramids
%I Corgi
%D 1990
ISBN 0 552 13461 9
Blurb:
Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork
did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate.
He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of
Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father
wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the
beginning of his problems ...
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1.8 Guards! Guards!
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Guards! Guards!
%I Corgi
%D 1990
ISBN 0 552 13462 7
Blurb:
This is where the dragons went.
They lie ... not dead, not asleep, but ... dormant. And
although the space they occupy isn't like normal space,
nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put
you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines
were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there's
a key ...
Guards! Guards! is the eighth Discworld novel - and after
this, dragons will never be the same again!
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1.9 Eric
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Eric
%I Corgi
%D
ISBN 0 575 05191 4 (Non Illustrated)
0 575 04836 0 (Illustrated)
Blurb:
Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker.
Pity he's not very good at it.
All he wants is three wishes granted. Nothing fancy - to
be immortal, rule the world, have the most beautiful woman
in the world fall madly in love with him, the usual stuff.
But instead of a tractable demon, he calls up Rincewind,
probably the most incompetent wizard in the universe, and
the extremely *intractable* and hostile form of travel
accessory known as the Luggage.
When them on his side, Eric's in for a ride through space
and time that is bound to make him wish (quite fervently)
again - this time that he'd never been born.
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1.10 Moving Pictures
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Moving Pictures
%I Corgi
%D
ISBN 0 552 13463 5
Blurb:
The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic
of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of
Holy Wood hill?
It's up to Victor Tugelbend ("Can't sing. Can't dance.
Can handle a sword a little") and Theda Withel ("I come
from a little town you've probably never heard of") to
find out ...
Moving Pictures, the ninth Discworld novel, is a
gloriously funny saga set against the background of a
world gone mad!
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1.11 Reaper Man
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Reaper Man
%I Corgi
%D
ISBN # 0 575 04979 0 (Hardback)
0 552 13464 3 (Paperback)
Blurb:
Death is missing - presumed ... er ... gone.
Which leads to the kind of chaos to *always* expect when
an important public service is withdrawn.
Ghosts and poltergeists fill up the Discworld. Dead
Rights activist Reg Shoe - "You Don't Have to Take This
Lying Down" - suddenly has more work than he had ever
dreamed of. And newly deceased wizard Windle Poons wakes
up in his coffin to find that he has come back as a corpse.
But it's up to Windle and the members of Ankh-Morpork's
rather unfrightening group of undead (*) to save the world
for the living.
Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall, dark
stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe.
There's a harvest to be got in. And a different battle to
be fought.
(*) Arthur Winkings, for example, became a vampire after
being bitten by a lawyer. Schleppel the bogeyman would be
better at his job if he wasn't agoraphobic and frightened
of coming out of the closet. And Mr Ixolite is a banshee
with a speech impediment, so instead of standing on the roof
and screaming when there's a death in the house he writes
"OooEeeOooEeeOoo" on a piece of paper and pushes it under
the door.
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1.12 Witches Abroad
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Witches Abroad
%I Victor Gollancz
%D
ISBN 0 575 04980 4 (Hardback)
Blurb:
It seemed an easy job ...
After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a
servant girl *doesn't* marry a prince?
But for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat
Garlick, travelling to the distant city of Genua, things are
never that simple ...
For one thing, all they've got is Mrs Gogol's voodoo, a
one-eyed cat and a second-hand magic wand that can only do
pumpkins. And they're up against the malignant power of
the Godmother herself, who has made Destiny an offer it can't
refuse. And finally there's the sheer power of the Story.
Servant girls *have* to marry the Prince. That's what life
is all about.
You can't fight a Happy Ending.
At least - up until now ...
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1.13 Small Gods
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Small Gods
%I Victor Gollancz
%D
ISBN 0 575 05222 8 (Hardback)
Blurb:
Brutha is the Chosen One.
His god has spoken to him, admittedly while currently in the
shape of a tortoise.
Brutha is a simple lad. He can't read. He can't write. He's
pretty good at growing melons. And his wants are few.
He wants to overthrow a huge and corrupt church.
He wants to prevent a horrible holy war.
He wants to stop the persecution of a philosopher who has dared
to suggest that, contrary to the Church's dogma, the Discworld
really *does* go through space on the back of an enormous
turtle (*).
He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He wants the
Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please.
But most of all, what he really wants, more than anything else,
is for his god to Choose Someone Else ...
(* which is true, but when has *that* ever mattered?)
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1.14 Lords and Ladies
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Lords and Ladies
%I Victor Gollancz
%D 1992
ISBN 0 575 05223 6 (Hardcover)
Blurb:
It's a hot Midsummer Night. The crop circles are turning up
everywhere -- even on the mustard-and-cress of Pewsey Ogg,
aged four. And Magrat Garlick, witch, is going to be married
in the morning... Everything ought to be going like a dream.
But the Lancre All-Comers Morris Team have got drunk on a
fairy mound and the elves have come back, bringing all those
things *traditionally* associated with the magical, glittering
realm of Faerie: cruelty, kidnapping, malice and evil, evil
murder.[*] Granny Weatherwax and her tiny argumentative coven
have *really* got their work cut out this time... With full
supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls, Morris Dancers and
one orang-utan. And lots of hey-nonny-nonny and blood all
over the place.
[*] But with tons of *style*.
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2 Pre-Discworld
These books are Terry's earlier efforts, and came before the success
of "The Colour of Magic". Technically speaking "The Unadulterated
Cat" should appear here as well, but it isn't really fantasy - see
the "Collaborations" section.
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2.1 The Carpet People
%A Terry Pratchett
%T The Carpet People
%C
%I
%D
ISBN 0 552 13325 6 (1st Edition [?])
0 385 40304 6 (New HB edition)
Blurb:
"In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness.
Then came the Carpet..."
That's the old story everyone knows and loves (even if they
don't really *believe* it). For now the Carpet is home for
many different tribes and peoples -- from the empire-building
Dumii, to the nomadic Munrungs, the proud Deftmenes, and the
terrible creatures from the Unswept Regions. And now there's
a new story in the making.
The story of the time when Fray begins to move, sweeping a
trail of destruction across the Carpet.
The story of the power-hungry mouls, saddling up their snargs
and riding to the attack.
The story of Glurk and Snibril, Munrung brothers, who set out
on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is
flattened.
The story that will come to a terrible end -- if someone
doesn't do something about it. If *everyone* doesn't do
something about it...
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2.2 Strata
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Strata
%C
%I
%D
ISBN 0 552 13325 6 (Hardback)
Blurb:
The excavation showed that the fossilized plesiosaur had
been holding a placard which read, "End Nuclear Testing
Now".
That was nothing unusual.
But then came a discovery of something which *did*
intrigue Kin Arad.
A flat earth was something new ...
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2.3 The Dark Side of the Sun
%A Terry Pratchett
%T The Dark Side of the Sun
%C
%I
%D
ISBN 0 552 13326 4
Blurb:
Dom Salabos had a lot of advantages.
As heir to a huge fortune, he had an excellent robot
servant (with Man-Friday subcircuity), a planet (the First
Syrian Bank) as a godfather, a security chief who even ran
checks on himself, and on Dom's home world even death was
not always fatal.
Why then, in an age when prediction was a science, was his
future in doubt?
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3 The Nomes Series
Ostensibly for children, these books form a series that has proved
popular for both adults and children. You may find these mistakenly
filed under the SF section of your bookstore. Diggers has been made
into a cartoon series by Cosgrove-Hall (see the FAQ for more
information).
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3.1 Truckers
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Truckers
%C
%I
%D
ISBN 0 552 52595 2
Blurb:
To the thousands of tiny nomes who live under the floorboards
of a large department store, there is no Outside. Things like
Day and Night, Sun and Rain are just daft old legends.
Then a devastating piece of news shatters their existence:
the Store - their whole world - is to be demolished. And it's
up to Masklin, one of the last nomes to come into the Store,
to mastermind an unbelievable escape plan that will take all
the nomes into the dangers of the great Outside ...
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3.2 Diggers
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Diggers
%C
%I
%D
ISBN 0 552 52586 3
Blurb:
A Bright New Dawn is just around the corner for thousands of
tiny nomes when they move into the ruined buildings of an
abandoned quarry. Or is it?
Soon strange things start to happen. Like the tops of puddles
growing hard and cold, and the water coming down from the sky
in frozen bits. Then humans appear and they really mess
everything up. The quarry is to be re-opened and the nomes
must fight to defend their new home. But how long will they
be able to keep the humans at bay - even with the help of
the monster Jekub?
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3.3 Wings
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Wings
%C
%I
%D
ISBN 0 552 52649 5
Blurb:
Somewhere in a place so far up there is no down, a ship is
waiting to take the nomes home - back to wherever they came
from.
And one nome, Masklin, knows that they've got to try and
contact this ship.
It means going to Florida (wherever that is), then getting to
the launch of a communications satellite (whatever that is).
A ridiculous plan. Impossible.
But Masklin doesn't know this so he tries to do it anyway.
And the first step is to try and hitch a ride on a new kind
of truck, a truck with wings - Concorde ...
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4 Young Adult Books
Aimed at the round-about-teenage market, "Young Adult books have fewer
teddy bears and more inner city grit" (so the man himself says).
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4.1 Only You Can Save Mankind
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Only You Can Save Mankind
%C
%I Doubleday
%D 1992
ISBN 0 385 40308 9
Blurb:
The mighty alien fleet from the very latest computer game
thunders across the computer screen...
Hands poised on the joystick, Johnny prepares to blow them
into the usual million pieces...
And they send him a message: WE SURRENDER.
They're not supposed to do that! Where does it say in the
manual that they're supposed to do that?
But they've done it. This time they don't want to die. They
just want to go home.
Johnny is the only human who knows. So he has to learn how to
wage all-out Peace, and they don't make joysticks with a
'Don't Fire' button...
It's hard, trying to Save Mankind from the Galactic Hordes.
It's even harder trying to save the Galactic Hordes from
Mankind. But it's only a game, isn't it.
ISN'T IT?
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5 Collaborations
To date, Terry has only written two books with other authors - "Good
Omens" with Neil Gaiman, and "The Unadulterated Cat" with cartoonish
Gray Joliffe. US readers should consider the US edition (see the
Translations section) where some of the funnier jokes in Good Omens
are explained for the benefit of the trans-Atlantic audience.
A new edition of The Unadulterated Cat is supposed to have been
released. The ISBN number listed below isn't for this new edition.
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5.1 Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman)
%A Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
%T Good Omens
%C
%I
%D
ISBN
Blurb:
Crowley, Hell's most approachable demon, and an old friend
Aziraphale, genuine angel and London book shop owner, have
a problem. Armageddon - which will happen on a Saturday
Night. Next Saturday, in fact. So they've got no alternative
but to stopt he Four Motorcyclists of the Apocalypse, defeat
the Witchfinder Army and find and kill the Antichrist - an
eleven-year-old boy who loves his dog ...
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5.2 The Unadulterated Cat (with Gray Joliffe)
%A Terry Pratchett and Gray Joliffe
%T The Unadulterated Cat
%C
%I
%D
ISBN: 0 575 04628 7
Blurb:
Can you recognise a real, unadulterated cat when you see one?
Or have you too grown used to the boring, mass-produced
cats the advertising industry adores?
Real cats never eat from bowls (at least not the ones marked
CAT).
Real cats do eat quiche. And giblets. And butter. And anything
else left on the table. They can hear a fridge door opening
two rooms away.
Real cats don't need names. But they often get called them.
"Yaargeroffoutofityarbastard" does nicely.
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6 Translations
Terry Pratchett's works have been translated into several languages.
The ISBN numbers for those editions are listed here. US readers
should consult the FAQ to learn about the Great Eric Saga, (subtitled:
"Why The US Lose on Eric").
Particular thanks to Ralf E. Stranzenbach for the most excellent work
in the German translation section.
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6.1 German
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Die Farben der Magie
%I Goldmann Fantasy
%D 1985
ISBN 3-442-23869-2
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1992
ISBN 3-453-05860-7
Blurb:
Der vaive Weltenbummler Zweiblume und Rincewind, der
unfaehige Unterzauberer, trafen sich auf der Scheibenwelt.
Sie wurde von der riesigen Schildkroete A'Tuini und vier
Elephanten auf ewig durch das All gezogen. Als Zweiblume in
Ankh-Morpock, der Stadt der Zauberer, ankam, war er in
Begleitung seiner Schatztruhe, die ihm wie ein Haushund auf
allen Wegen nachfolgte.
Weder ist sie von grosser Hilfe auf der abenteuerlichen Reise
zum interstellaren Golf, noch Unterzauberer Rincewind, dessen
Zaubersprueche meist nur heisse Luft bewegen.
Aber alles sollte noch viel schlimmer kommen...
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Das Licht der Phantasie
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1989
ISBN 3-453-03450-3
Blurb:
Dies ist die Geschichte der Scheibenwelt, die von einer
Schildkroete getragen wird und die sich auf Kollisionskurs
befindet: einem Roten Stern entgegen. Die Sprueche des
Zauberbuchs "Octavo" koennen die Katastrophe verhindern; doch
ausgerechnet der tumbe Magier Rincewind hat den wichtigsten
Spruch im Kopf. Waehrend die Kollegen ihn auzuspueren
versuchen, macht sich Rincewind in Begleitung des Touristen
Twoflower und dessen laufendem Koffer aus dem Staub.
Da stiehlt ein verrueckt gewordener Magier das Buch "Octavo"
und ist drauf und dran, die Scheibenwelt dem Untergang
preiszugeben, Rincewind muss sich entscheiden...
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Das Erbe des Zauberers
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1989
ISBN 3-453-03451-1
Blurb:
Ein alter Magier fuehlt das Ende nahen und uebergibt seinen
machtvollen Zauberstab dem ungeborenen achten Sohn eines
achten Sohnes. Doch als das Kind das Licht der Welt erblickt,
stellt man erschrocken fest, dass es ein Maedchen ist - und
Maedchen duerfen die Zauberkunst nicht ausueben.
Als die magischen Talente der kleinen Eskarina bedrohliche
Ausmasse annehmen, reist die resolute Dorfhexe mit ihr zur
Unsichtbaren Universitaet, um der Kleinen mit allen Mitteln
einen Studienplatz zu verschaffen und sie zur ersten
staatlich geprueften Zauberin der Scheibenwelt zu machen. Als
sie sich mit dem Erzmagier und seinem ebenso genialen wie
pickligen Zauberlehrling zusammentut, ahnt keiner, dass die
Kraefte der jungen Leute eine hochbrisante Mischung ergeben,
die die Scheibenwelt zum Einsturz bringen koennte.
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Gevatter Tod
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1990
ISBN 3-453-04290-5
Blurb:
Mort findet keine Lehrstelle, bis ihn Gevatter Tod als Azubi
in seine Dienste nimmt. Fortan begleitet Mort die Seelen
Verstorbener ins Jenseits. Als Prinzessin Keli hinterruecks
gemeuchelt werden soll, faellt er dem Attentaeter in den Arm
und toetet ihn vorschriftswidrig. Das Universum reagier
hoechst ungnaedig auf sie Geschichtsverfaelschung: Es
ignoriert Kelis Existenz und quetscht sie an den Rand der
Realitaet. Im verzweifelten Kampf um das Leben der
Angebeteten wird Mort seinem Meister immer aehnlicher, bis er
eines Tages sogar IN GROSSBUCHSTABEN REDET...
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Der Zauberhut
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1990
ISBN 3-453-04300-6
Blurb:
Wann immer der achte Sohn eines achten Sohnes eines achten
Sohnes zur Welt kommt: Er ist zum Magier geboren, auch wenn
er Magie nicht ausstehen kann und eine irrwitzige galaktische
Reise antreten muss - auf der Suche nach einem alten Hut.
%A Terry Pratchett
%T MacBest
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1992
ISBN 3-453-05408-3
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Pyramiden
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1991
ISBN 3-453-04505-X
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Wachen! Wachen!
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1991
ISBN 3-453-05029-0
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Eric
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D November 1992
ISBN 3-453-06234-5 (Illustrated edition)
Blurb:
Kennen Sie Faust?
Vergessen Sie ihn, denn jetzt gibt es ERIC (13), den juengsten
Daemonologen der Scheibenwelt. Er beschwoert nicht nur Tod und
Teufel, sondern auch RINCEWIND, den unfaehigsten Zauberer
aller Zeiten, und seine TRUHE, das bissigste Gepaeckstueck der
Galaxis.
Als Eric den Zauberer vom Bann erloest, stehen ihm drei
handels-uebliche Wuensche frei: ewiges Leben, Macht und die
schoenste Frau der Weltgeschichte. Doch die Erfuellung des
totalen Gluecks wird zum Hoellentrip, buchstaeblich...
Those after Eric are not released in Germany yet.
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Strata oder die Flachwelt
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1983 (out of print)
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Strata
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D 1992
ISBN 3-453-05834-8
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Die dunkle Seite der Sonne
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D January 1989
ISBN 3-453-03902-5
Blurb:
Als Erbe eines gigantischen Vermoegens hat Dom Salabos das
feine Leben gepachtet, haelt sich einen Roboterdiener a la
Robinsons Freitag, einen eigenen Platenet und einen
Sicherheitsbeauftragten, der Anschlaege auf sich selbst zu
verueber pflegt. Selbst der Tod ist auf Doms Heimatwelt eine
unbedeutende Episode. Und zu allem Ueberflusz ermittelt man
mit Hilfe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsmathematik sowieso schon
vorher, was hinterher wann und wie passier - die Prophezeiung
als strenge Wissenschaft sozusagen.
Und trotz aller dieser Bequemlichkeiten macht sich Dom Salabos
auf und reist durch Paralleluniversen und Multi- realitaeten,
um eine legendaere Superrasse auszustoebern. Als er endlich
die gesuchte Spezies findet, holt die Illusion der Realitaet
die Wissenschaft der Prophezeiung ein. Nicht unbedingt zum
Nachtei der Beteiligten.
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Wuehler
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D January 1993
ISBN 3-453-?????-?
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Fluegel
%I Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
%D January 1993
ISBN 3-453-?????-?
%A Terry Pratchett
%T Ein gutes Omen
%I 2001/Rogner & Bernhard
%D 1991
ISBN 3-8077-0247-4
Blurb:
Wenn Sie in die Zukunft sehen moechten, dann stellen Sie sich
einen Jungen vor, der mit seinen Freunden und einem Hund
unterwegs ist. Denken Sie an einen Sommer, der niemals endet.
Wenn Sie in die Zukunft sehen moechten, so denken Sie an einen
Schuh mit losen Schnuersenkeln. Einen Turnschuh, der nach
kleinen Steinen tritt. Denken Sie an einen Stock: Man kann
damit nach interes- santen Dingen stochern oder ihn fortwerfen
- viel- leicht holt ihn der Hund zurueck, vielleicht auch
nicht. Denken Sie an ein leises, disharmonisches Pfeifen, das
eine bekannte Melodie bis zur Unkenntlichkeit entstellt.
Denken Sie an jemanden, der halb Engel, halb Teufel und ganz
Mensch ist ...
An einen Jungen, der hoffnungsvoll nach Tadfield latscht.
Fuer immer ...
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6.2 Swedish
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6.3 French
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6.4 American
The Colour of Magic 0 451 45112 0
0 451 15705 2 (Signet PB)
The Light Fantastic 0 451 16241 2 (Signet PB)
Equal Rites 0 451 45092 2 (ROC PB)
Mort 0 451 45113 9
0 451 15923 3 (Signet PB)
Sourcery 0 451 16233 1 (Signet PB)
Wyrd Sisters 0 451 45012 4 (ROC PB)
Pyramids 0 451 45044 2 (ROC PB)
Guards! Guards! 0 451 45089 2 (ROC PB)
Moving Pictures 0 451 45131 7 (ROC PB)
Reaper Man 0 451 45168 6 (ROC PB)
Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) 0 894 80853 2 (HB)
0 425 13215 3 (Berkeley, PB)
Strata 0 451 45111 2 (ROC PB)
[Others? Which of these are HB/PB Editions?]
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6.5 Dutch
[I'm awaiting Leo Breebaart's contributions in this area]
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7 Miscellany
This section lists short stories, trade articles, and similar items
published by Terry.
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7.1 Short Stories
His first short story was "The Hades Business", published in Science
Fantasy #60 (vol 20, 1963). He has also sold "Night Dweller" in _New
Worlds_ (187), and _Time Out_ magazine's Christmas 1987 issue (number
904/5) had "Twenty Pence With Envelope and Seasonal Greeting".
He has short stories in several collections:
* Digital Dreams. This is a collection of computer related
sf short stories. [?]
* After The King. This is a Tolkien tribute of fantasy
stories. His story is "Troll Bridge" and features
Cohen the Barbarian, from the Discworld. [ISBN ?]
* Forbidden Planet SF Anthology 2. "Forbidden Planet" is an
SF/fantasy/comics specialist shop in London. The ISBN is
1 85286 332 8.
* Now We are Sick, edited by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones. A
collection of grim poetry. Two editions: the Limited Edition
(ISBN 0-9630944-0-8) and the Trade Edition (ISBN 0-9630944-1-6).
* "Hidden Turnings", edited by Diana Wynne Jones. His story is
"Turntables of the Night". The book was first published in Great
Britain by Methuen Children's book in 1989. Then published 1990 by
Teens Mandarin, an imprint of Mandarin Paperbacks (Mandarin is an
imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group). ISBN 0 74970279 6.
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* Appearances (tour dates and cons)
* Hedgehog song (sigh)
* The Mort Film
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This is the list of frequently asked questions (and their answers) for
the newsgroup alt.fan.pratchett. There is biographical information
about Terry Pratchett, a list of his books and their ISBN numbers, as
well as information about his books, his collaborators and other fun
stuff.
Where possible, pointers to existing information (such as books,
magazine articles, and ftp sites) are included here, rather than
rehashing that information again.
If you haven't already done so, now is as good a time as any to read
the guide to Net etiquette which is posted to news.announce.newusers
regularly. You should be familiar with acronyms like FAQ, FTP and
IMHO, as well as know about smileys, followups and when to reply by
email to postings.
This FAQ is currently posted to news.answers and alt.fan.pratchett.
All posts to news.answers are archived, and it is possible to retrieve
the last posted copy via anonymous FTP from pit-manager.mit.edu as
/pub/usenet/alt.fan.pratchett/pratchett/faq. Those without FTP access
should send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send
usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body to find out how to
get archived news.answers posts by e-mail.
This FAQ was mostly written by Nathan Torkington, with numerous
contributions by readers of alt.fan.pratchett (the Maestro himself
included). Credits appear at the end. Comments and indications of
doubt are enclosed in []s in the text. Each section begins with forty
dashes ("-") on a line of their own, then the section number. This
should make searching for a specific section easy.
Contributions, comments and changes should be directed to
pratchett-faq@vuw.ac.nz
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List of Answers
1 Biographical Information
1.1 Personal History
1.2 How He came to write
1.3 Neil Gaiman
1.4 Josh Kirby
2 Eccentricities of Books
2.1 Eric
2.2 UK Bookstores
2.3 US Bookstores
2.4 Translations
2.5 Covers and the absence of Kirby
3 Computers and TP
3.1 His E-Mail address
3.2 His Setup
3.3 "The Colour of Magic" Game
4 Merchandising
4.1 The Royal Position
4.2 Discworld Models
4.3 Octarine
4.4 Discworld Maps
4.5 Truckers Video
4.6 Computer Games
4.7 The Mort Film
5 Related Files
5.1 The Terry Pratchett Bibliography
5.2 The Annotated Pratchett
6 Miscellany
6.1 Similar Authors
6.2 Rincewind's Name
6.3 More Rincewind
6.4 The Future
6.5 Inconsistencies
6.6 Appearances
6.7 The Hedgehog Song