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Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett
Born 28 April 1948 (1948-04-28) (age 59)
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Flag of England English Flag of the United Kingdom British
Genres Comic fantasy
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Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948) is a British fantasy and science fiction author, best known for his Discworld series. Other works include the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy and the Bromeliad Trilogy. He also closely collaborates on adaptations of his books, such as computer games and plays. Terry Pratchett during his visit to Poland on 6 June 2004. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about work. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... Comic fantasy is a subgenre of Fantasy that is primarily humorous in intent and tone. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 298 pixelsFull resolution (3175 × 1184 pixel, file size: 150 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The definition of a fantasy author is somewhat diffuse, and a matter of opinion - Jules Verne considered H. G. Wells to be a fantasy author - and there is considerable overlap with science fiction authors and horror fiction authors. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is about the novels. ... The Bromeliad Trilogy (also known in the UK as The Nome Trilogy) is a trilogy of childrens books by Terry Pratchett consisting of Truckers, 1989 Diggers, 1990 Wings, 1990 The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden...


Pratchett started to write by the age of 13 and his first work was published commercially at the age of 15.[2][3] His first novel The Carpet People was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel The Colour of Magic was published in 1983 and since then, he writes two books a year on average.[4] The Carpet People is a work of fiction by Terry Pratchett which was originally published in 1971, but was later re-written by the author when his work became more widespread and well-known. ... See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first of the Discworld series which was published in 1983. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ...


Pratchett was the UK's best selling author in the 1990s.[4][2] As of February 2007, he had sold approximately 50 million books worldwide[5] and has been translated into 33 languages.[6] He is currently the second most read writer in the UK and seventh most read non-US author in the U.S.[7] Terry Pratchett was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 "for services to literature."[6] His novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents won the 2001 Carnegie Medal for the best book for children.[8] Pratchett and his work are often described as having a cult following.[9][10] The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is the 28th novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published in 2001. ... The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. ...

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Biography

Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield to David and Eileen Pratchett, of Hay-on-Wye. Pratchett passed his eleven plus exam in 1959 and went to High Wycombe Technical High School. He credits his education to the Beaconsfield Public Library[11] and described himself as a "nondescript student." Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. ... Second-hand bookshop at Hay-on-Wye Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll or Y Gelli), often described as the town of books, is a market town in Brecknockshire, Wales, very close to the border with England, within the Brecon Beacons National Park. ... The Eleven Plus or Transfer Test was an examination given to students in their last year of primary education in the United Kingdom under the Tripartite System. ... John Hampden Grammar School is a school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom. ...


At the age of 13, Pratchett published his first short story The Hades Business in the school magazine. He published it commercially at 15. Pratchett earned 5 O-levels and started 3 A-level courses, in Art, English and History. Pratchett's first career choice was journalism and he left school at 17 in 1965 to start working for the Bucks Free Press. However, he finished his A-Level in English and took a proficiency course for journalists.[12] The General Certificate of Education or GCE is an academic qualification, often divided into two levels: Ordinary level (O-level) and Advanced level (A-Level), although other categories exist. ... An A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education usually taken during Further Education and after GCSEs. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...


Career

Terry Pratchett (left) with Colin Smythe at the launch party for The Carpet People organized in Tottenham Court Road, London in 1971.

About 1968,[13] working as a journalist, Pratchett interviewed Peter Bander van Duren, co-director of a small publishing company. During the meeting, Pratchett mentioned he had written a manuscript, The Carpet People.[14] Bander van Duren and his business partner, Colin Smythe, which was also the name of the publishing house, published the book with illustrations from Pratchett in 1971. The book received a few but praising reviews. The book was followed by sci-fi novels The Dark Side of the Sun and Strata, published in 1976 and 1981, respectively.[12] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 741 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 647 pixel, file size: 111 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Terry Pratchett (left) with Colin Smythe at the launch party for The Carpet People (Pratchetts first published novel) organized in Tottenham Court Road, London in... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 741 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 647 pixel, file size: 111 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Terry Pratchett (left) with Colin Smythe at the launch party for The Carpet People (Pratchetts first published novel) organized in Tottenham Court Road, London in... Tottenham Court Road looking north with the Euston Tower in the distance Tottenham Court Road is a road in Central London, England, running from St Giles Circus (the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road) north to Euston Road, near the border of the City of Westminster and the... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Peter Bander van Duren (Cologne, 30 juli 1930 - 21 april 2004) was a British expert on heraldry and orders of knighthood. ... The Carpet People is a work of fiction by Terry Pratchett which was originally published in 1971, but was later re-written by the author when his work became more widespread and well-known. ... Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ... The Dark Side of the Sun is a comic science fiction novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1976. ... Strata is a comic science fiction novel by Terry Pratchett. ...


After various positions in journalism, in 1983, he became Press Officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board in an area which covered three nuclear power stations. He later joked that he had demonstrated impeccable timing by making this career change so soon after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania, U.S., and said he would write a book about his experiences, if he thought anyone would believe it.[15] The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 50 years, from its nationalisation in 1947 to privatisation in the 1990s. ... A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. ... Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station consists of two nuclear reactors, each with its own containment building and cooling towers. ...


The first Discworld novel The Colour of Magic was published in 1983 by Colin Smythe in hardback and by New English Library in paperback. The publishing rights for paperback were soon taken by Corgi, an imprint of Transworld, which has published Pratchett until today. Pratchett received further popularity after the BBC's Woman's Hour broadcast the novel as a serial in six parts and after publishing The Light Fantastic in 1986. Subsequently, rights for hardback were taken by a big publishing house Victor Gollancz, which has also published Pratchett until today, and Smythe became Pratchett's agent. Pratchett was the first fantasy author published by Gollancz.[12] The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first of the Discworld series which was published in 1983. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... The New English Library is a United Kingdom book publishing company, which became an imprint of Hodder Headline. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article is about imprints in publishing. ... Transworld may refer to: Transworld, a video game for the Amiga console. ... Womans Hour is a magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. ... The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. ... Victor Gollancz (April 9, 1893–February 8, 1967) was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Pratchett gave up his work for the CEGB in 1987 after finishing the fourth Discworld novel Mort to fully focus on and make his living through writing. His sales increased quickly and many of his books occupied top places of the best-seller list. According to The Times, Pratchett was the top selling and highest earning UK author in 1996.[12] Some of his books have been published by Doubleday, another Transworld imprint. In the U.S., Pratchett is published by HarperCollins. Also a term referring to laying brick. ... Doubleday is one of the largest book publishing companies in the world. ... HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ...


According to the Bookseller's Pocket Yearbook from 2005, in 2003 Pratchett's UK sales amounted to 3.4% of the fiction market by hardback sales and 3.8% by value, putting him in 2nd place behind J. K. Rowling (6% and 5.6% respectively), while in the paperback sales list Pratchett came 5th with 1.2% by sales and 1.3% by value (behind James Patterson (1.9% and 1.7%), Alexander McCall Smith, John Grisham and J. R. R. Tolkien).[16] His sales in the UK alone are more than 2.5 million copies a year.[7] Joanne Jo Murray, née Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965),[1] who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling,[2] is an English writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. ... For other people named James Patterson, see James Patterson (disambiguation) James B. Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an award-winning American author. ... Ranahki 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)Alexander (R.A.A.) Sandy McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, (born August 24, 1948) is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... John Ray Grisham Jr. ... Tolkien redirects here. ...


Awards

Pratchett was the British Book Awards Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year for 1994.[17] In 1998 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature. Typically, his own tongue-in-cheek comment was "I suspect the 'services to literature' consisted of refraining from trying to write any."[18] He has been awarded honorary Doctorates of Literature, by the University of Warwick in 1999,[19] the University of Portsmouth in 2001,[20] the University of Bath in 2003[21] and the University of Bristol in 2004.[22] The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents won the 2001 Carnegie Medal for best children's novel (awarded in 2002). In 2003 Pratchett firmly reinforced his credentials as one of Britain's most loved authors by joining Charles Dickens as the only author with five books in the BBC's Big Read top 100 (four of which were Discworld novels) and was the author with the most novels in the top 200 (fifteen).[23] All the Tiffany Aching novels have received a Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (2004, 2005, 2007).[24] The British Book Awards are given annually and promoted by the UK publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England. ... The University of Portsmouth is the only university in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire. ... The University of Bath is a campus university located near Bath, England. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ... The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is the 28th novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published in 2001. ... The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. ... This article is about the literary concept. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The Big Read was a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the Nations Best-loved Book by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS and telephone. ... This article is about the novels. ... A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. ... The Locus Awards are presented to winners of Locus Magazines annual readers poll, which was established in the early 70s specifically to provide recommendations and suggestions to Hugo Awards voters. ...


Personal life

Terry Pratchett married his wife Lyn in 1968[12] and they moved to Rowberrow in Somerset in 1970. Their daughter Rhianna was born there in 1976. In 1993, the family moved south west of Salisbury in Wiltshire, where they currently live. Rhianna Pratchett is also a writer. The Swan at Rowberrow Rowberrow is a small village near Churchill in North Somerset, England. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... For other uses, see Salisbury (disambiguation). ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE (known to some fans as Pterry) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. ...


Pratchett lists his recreations as "writing, walking, computers, life". [25]


He is also well known for his penchant for wearing large, black hats, as seen on the inside back covers of most of his books. He wanted to be an astronomer as a child and fulfilled this ambition by building an observatory in his garden.[26] Terry Pratchett is an atheist and a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association. [27] For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ... The British Humanist Association is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes Humanism. ...


On 31 July 2005, Pratchett criticised media coverage of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, commenting that certain members of the media seemed to think that "the continued elevation of J. K. Rowling can only be achieved at the expense of other writers".[28][9] However, he did not express any dislike of the Potter books themselves. is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Joanne Jo Murray, née Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965),[1] who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling,[2] is an English writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. ...


Pratchett's interest in orangutans is reflected on one of his most popular fictional characters the Librarian and his work as a trustee for the Orangutan Foundation UK.[29] His activities include visiting Borneo with a Channel 4 film crew to make an episode of "Jungle Quest" in 1995, seeing orangutans in their natural habitat.[30] Following Pratchett's lead, fan events such as the Discworld Conventions have adopted the Orangutan Foundation as their nominated charity.[31] This article is about the primate. ... The Librarian of Unseen University is one of the most popular characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, to the extent where pin badges bearing the legend Librarians rule Ook are now available. ... Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. ... This article is about the British television station. ...


In August 2007, he suffed a minor stroke. This damage his right side of the brain, and while affecting motor skills, has not affected his writing. [32]


Writing

Terry Pratchett at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow, August 2005
Terry Pratchett at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow, August 2005

Pratchett has written both fantasy and sci-fi literature but focuses almost entirely on fantasy because, according to his own words, "it is easier to bend the universe around the story" in fantasy.[33] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x749, 229 KB) en: Terry Pratchett at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow, August 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x749, 229 KB) en: Terry Pratchett at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow, August 2005. ... The Clyde Auditorium with the main SECC building behind it The 63rd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was Interaction, which was held in Glasgow, Scotland 4-8 August, 2005. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...


Influences

Terry Pratchett makes no secret of outside influences on his work; they are a major source of humour. He imports numerous characters from popular culture and ancient history[34] but adds an unexpected aspect. These references are fairly consistent. He likes crime novels, which reflects on frequent appearance of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in the Discworld series.[33] He was an only child and his characters are often with no siblings because "In fiction, only children are the interesting ones."[35] An example is Susan Sto Helit. Coat of arms of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. ... An only child is a child with no siblings, either biological or adopted. ... Susan Sto Helit is a fictional character who features in three of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels - Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. ...


His earliest inspirations were The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame; Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.[4] His literary influences have been P.G. Wodehouse, Tom Sharpe, Jerome K. Jerome, Larry Niven, Roy Lewis.[36], G. K. Chesterton, and Mark Twain.[37] Ratty and Mole, as interpreted by E. H. Shepard The Wind in the Willows is a classic of childrens literature written in 1908 by Kenneth Grahame. ... Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a Scottish novelist. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (born 16 December 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same... Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ... Tom Sharpe (born March 30, 1928) is an English satirical author, born in London and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. ... Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859 – June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Roy Lewis, born 6 November 1913 in Felixstowe, England and died 1996, was an English writer. ... Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ...


Trademarks

Aside from his distinctive writing style, Pratchett is known for the use of footnotes in his books.[38] These footnotes usually involve a comic departure from the narrative or a commentary on the narrative and occur in various numbers.[39]


Another notable feature of Pratchett's style of writing is that most of his books are not subdivided into chapters. Pratchett stated that he does this because "life doesn't happen in chapters," nor do most films, and Homer did not write in chapters. He claims chapters to be unnecessary in books written for adults.[40] However, there have been exceptions; Going Postal and Making Money are divided into chapters, as are the books about Tiffany Aching. For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... For the actual making of money, see Mint for the making of coins and Banknote concerning the production of paper money. ...


Characters' and place names and titles in Pratchett's books often contain puns, allusions and culture references.[41][42] Some characters are parody of well-known real or fictional characters. For example, Pratchett's character Cohen the Barbarian is a parody of Conan the Barbarian and Genghis Khan, and his character Leonard of Quirm is a parody of Leonardo da Vinci. Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... This article is about the fictional character. ... This article is about the person. ... Leonard of Quirm is a fictional character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ... “Da Vinci” redirects here. ...


The use of capitalized dialogue (without speech marks) to indicate one of the series' most permanent characters, Death, communicating directly to an individual's mind without speech, is also a trademark of his writing.


Technology

Pratchett started to use computers for writing as soon as they became available. His first computer was a Sinclair ZX81, the first computer he used for writing was an Amstrad 464, later replaced by a PC. His experiments with computer upgrades reflected on Hex.[43] When he travels, he always takes a portable computer with him to write.[15] ZX81 logo The Sinclair ZX81 home computer, released by Sinclair Research in 1981, was the follow up to the companys ZX80. ... Amstrad is a manufacturer of electronics based in Brentwood in Essex, England and founded in 1968 by Sir Alan Michael Sugar in the UK. The name is a contraction of Alan Michael Sugar Trading. ... A personal computer (PC) is a computer whose price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals. ... Hex is an elaborate, Heath Robinson/Rube Goldberg-esque, magic-powered computer housed at Unseen University (UU) in the city of Ankh-Morpork, in author Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...


He is a computer game player and some of his works were adapted as games in close collaboration with him. Pratchett prefers a game that is "intelligent and has some depth" and used Half-Life 2 as an example.[44] A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Half-Life 2 (HL2) is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that is the sequel to Half-Life. ...


Pratchett was one of the first authors to use the Internet to communicate with fans and has been a contributor to the Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.pratchett since 1992.[45] Usenet (USEr NETwork) is a global, decentralized, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name. ...


Bibliography

Discworld

A shelf full of Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels, British editions.
A shelf full of Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels, British editions.
Main article: Discworld

Now containing over forty books, the Discworld series is a humorous and often satirical fantasy work that uses the Discworld as an allegory for our everyday life. The name "Discworld" comes from the fact that the world is described as being shaped like a large disc resting on the backs of four giant elephants supported by the enormous turtle Great A'Tuin, swimming its way through space. Major topics of parody have included many science fiction and fantasy characters, ideas and tropes, Ingmar Bergman films, Australia, film making, newspaper publishing, rock and roll music, religion, philosophy, Egyptian history, trade unions, university politics, and monarchy. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1632x1232, 519 KB)This image may not have the proper copyright or licensing information because: I am concerned because 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1632x1232, 519 KB)This image may not have the proper copyright or licensing information because: I am concerned because 1. ... This article is about the novels. ... This article is about the novels. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ... Great ATuin is the fictional giant star turtle in the Discworld universe, who travels through space, carrying the four giant elephants (named Berilia, Tubul, Great TPhon, and Jerakeen) who in turn carry the Discworld. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ...   (IPA: in Swedish; usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and opera director. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... Hathor The history of Egypt is the longest continuous history, as a unified state, of any country in the world. ... A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers. ... For the documentary series, see Monarchy (TV series). ...


See the Discworld article for a list of Discworld novels. This article is about the novels. ...


Related works

Together with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, Pratchett wrote The Science of Discworld (1999), The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (2002) and The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005). All of these have chapters that alternate between fiction and non-fiction, with the fictional chapters being set within the universe of the Discworld, as its characters observe and experiment on a universe not unlike ours. In 1999 Terry Pratchett made both Cohen and Stewart "Honorary Wizards of the Unseen University" at the same ceremony at which the University of Warwick gave Terry Pratchett an honorary degree.[46] Ian Stewart, FRS (b. ... Jack Cohen is a reproductive biologist at the University of Warwick, England. ... The Science of Discworld is a 1999 book written by novelist Terry Pratchett and popular science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. ... The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (ISBN 0091888050) is a 2002 book written by novelist Terry Pratchett and popular science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. ... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Discworld characters. ... The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England. ...


The Bromeliad Trilogy

  • 1988 Truckers
  • 1990 Diggers
  • 1990 Wings

The Bromeliad Trilogy (also known in the UK as The Nome Trilogy) is a trilogy of childrens books by Terry Pratchett consisting of Truckers, 1989 Diggers, 1990 Wings, 1990 The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden...

The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy

Only You Can Save Mankind (1992) is the first novel in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy of childrens books by Terry Pratchett. ... Johnny and the Dead (1993) is a novel by Terry Pratchett featuring the character Johnny Maxwell. ... Johnny and the Bomb is a 1996 novel by Terry Pratchett. ...

Other works

The Carpet People is a work of fiction by Terry Pratchett which was originally published in 1971, but was later re-written by the author when his work became more widespread and well-known. ... The Dark Side of the Sun is a comic science fiction novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1976. ... Strata is a comic science fiction novel by Terry Pratchett. ... The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Prachett is a book written to promote what Pratchett terms the Real Cat, a cat who urinates in the flowerbeds, rips up the furniture, eats frogs, mice and sundry other small animals. ... Gray Jolliffe is the illustrator of the Wicked Willie books that have been published world wide. ... Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) is a fantasy novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. ... Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ...

Books containing contributions from Pratchett

  • After the King edited by Martin H. Greenberg (1992) contains "Troll Bridge", a story featuring Cohen the Barbarian (also published in Knights of Madness and The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy, see below).
  • The Wizards of Odd edited by Peter Haining (1996) includes a Discworld short story called "Theatre of Cruelty"
  • The Flying Sorcerers edited by Peter Haining (1997) is the "sequel" to The Wizards of Odd and starts off with a Pratchett story called "Turntables of the Night", featuring Death.
  • Knights of Madness, again edited by Peter Haining (1998) is the "sequel" to The Flying Sorcerers and contains the Discworld short story "Troll Bridge" (also published in The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy, see below).
  • Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg contains a Discworld short story called "The Sea and Little Fishes".
  • Meditations on Middle-Earth (2002)
  • The Leaky Establishment written by David Langford and recently re-issued for which Pratchett provided a foreword
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley (2001) contains "Troll Bridge", a story featuring Cohen the Barbarian.
  • Once More* *With Footnotes edited by Priscilla Olson and Sheila M. Perry (2004) is "an assortment of short stories, articles, introductions, and ephemera" by Pratchett which "have appeared in books, magazines, newspapers, anthologies, and program books, many of which are now hard to find."[47]
  • Now We Are Sick written by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones includes the poem called "The Secret Book of the Dead".
  • The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2007 includes an article by Pratchett about the process of writing fantasy.

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Adaptations

Theatre

Johnny and the Dead and 14 Discworld novels have been adapted as plays by Stephen Briggs and published in book form.[48] In addition, Lords & Ladies has been adapted for the stage by Irana Brown, and Pyramids was adapted for the stage by Suzi Holyoake in 1999 and had a week-long theatre run in the UK.[49] Stephen Briggs is, in his own words, a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics. However, through his drama work, he has become heavily involved with the subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...


Television

Terry Pratchett in his cameo role as a toymaker in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

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A two part feature length version of Hogfather starring David Jason and the voice of Ian Richardson was first aired before Christmas on 17 and 18 December 2006 on Sky One and, in high-definition, on Sky One HD. Pratchett was opposed to live action films about Discworld before because of his negative experience with Hollywood film makers.[50] He changed his opinion when he saw that the director Vadim Jean and producer Rod Brown were very enthusiastic and cooperative.[51] "The Colour of Magic"/"The Light Fantastic" (both books are being merged into one as they follow on) is currently under production also for Sky One.[52][53] Terry Pratchetts Hogfather is a two-part television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob, and broadcast on Sky One, and in High Definition on Sky One HD, over Christmas 2006. ... Sir David John White, OBE known by his stage name David Jason (born 2 February 1940) is a highly regarded English actor, admired equally for his dramatic work as for his comedy roles. ... Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor best known for playing the Machiavellian politician Francis Urquhart in the House of Cards trilogy for the BBC. // Born in Edinburgh, Richardson was educated at Balgreen Primary School and Tynecastle High School in the city,[1... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Projection screen in a home theater, displaying a high-definition television image. ... ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...


Truckers was adapted as a stop-animation series for Thames Television by Cosgrove Hall Films. Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music were adapted as animated series by Cosgrove Hall Films for Channel 4 in 1996. An illustrated screenplay for Wyrd Sisters was published in 1998 and for Soul Music in 1997. The Bromeliad Trilogy (also known in the UK as The Nome Trilogy) is a trilogy of childrens books by Terry Pratchett consisting of Truckers, 1989 Diggers, 1990 Wings, 1990 The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Cosgrove Hall Films is an animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester that is a major producer of childrens television programmes. ... This article is about the novel. ... This article is about the novel Soul Music. ... This article is about the British television station. ...


Films

Terry Pratchett's novel The Wee Free Men is set to be turned into a film by Sam Raimi; currently the film is expected to be released in 2008.[54] For The Wee Free, see the Free Church of Scotland. ... For the American opera singer, see Samuel Ramey. ...


Radio

The Colour of Magic, Guards! Guards!, Wyrd Sisters, Mort and Small Gods have been dramatised as serials, and The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents has been heard as a 90-minute play,[55] all for BBC Radio 4. This article is about the novel Small Gods; for the concept of Small Gods within the Discworld, see Discworld Gods Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchetts popular Discworld novels, published in 1992. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...


Comic books

The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Mort, and Guards! Guards! have been adapted into graphic novels. The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. ... Also a term referring to laying brick. ... Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989. ... Graphic novel (sometimes abbreviated GN) is a term for a kind of book, usually telling an extended story with sequential art ( comics). ...


Role-playing games

GURPS Discworld (Steve Jackson Games, 1998) and GURPS Discworld Also (Steve Jackson Games, 2001) are role-playing source books which were written by Terry Pratchett and Phil Masters, which also offer insights into the workings of the Discworld and the power of narrative. The first of these two books was re-released in September 2002 under the name of The Discworld Roleplaying Game with art by Paul Kidby. GURPS Discworld is a role-playing game sourcebook set in Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy universe, and utilising the GURPS rules. ... Steve Jackson Games (SJG) is a game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In role-playing, participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. ... Kidbys cover of The Science of Discworld, which is a parody of the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright. ...


PC and console games

The Discworld universe has also been used as a basis for a number of Discworld video games on a range of formats, such as the Sega Saturn, the Sony Playstation, the Philips CD-i and the 3DO, as well as DOS- and Windows-based PCs. The following are the more notable games. It has been suggested that Arcade Racer Joystick be merged into this article or section. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... CD-i or Compact Disc Interactive is the name of an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V. CD-i also refers to the multimedia Compact Disc standard utilized by the CD-i console, also known as Green Book, which was co-developed by... 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (most commonly referred to as the 3DO) is a line of video game consoles which were released in 1993 and 1994 by Panasonic, Sanyo and Goldstar, among other companies. ... This article is about the family of closely related operating systems for the IBM PC compatible platform. ... “Windows” redirects here. ...

  • The Colour of Magic, the first game based on the series, and so far the only one directly adapted from a Discworld novel. It was released in 1986 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum & Commodore 64.
  • Discworld, an animated "point-and-click" adventure game made by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions in 1995.
  • Discworld II: Missing, Presumed...!?, a sequel to Discworld developed by Perfect Entertainment in 1996. It was subtitled "Mortality Bytes!" in North America.
  • Discworld Noir is the first 3D game based on the Discworld series, and is both an example and parody of the film noir genre. The game was created by Perfect Entertainment and published by GT Interactive for both the PC and PlayStation in 1999. It was released only in Europe and Australia.

The Colour of Magic was the first Discworld computer game and so far the only one directly adapted from a Discworld novel. ... The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... Discworld is a graphic adventure game developed by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions in mid-1995. ... Discworld II: Missing Presumed. ... Perfect Entertainment was a video game company, but has been closed since 1999[1]. It was created as the result of a merger between the two video game companies Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions. ... Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchetts Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the noir genre. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... A genre [], (French: kind or sort from Greek: γένος (genos)) is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other form of art or utterance. ... GT Interactive was an American video game developer founded in 1993 and headquartered in New York City. ... The Columbia MPC was one of the many IBM PC compatibles offered on the US market. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ...

Works about Pratchett

A collection of essays about his writings is compiled in the book Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature, edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn, published by Science Fiction Foundation in 2000. A second expanded edition was published by Old Earth Books in 2004. Andrew M. Butler also wrote the Pocket Essentials Guide to Terry Pratchett published in 2001. Writers Uncovered: Terry Pratchett is a biography for young readers by Vic Parker published by Heinemann Library in 2006. Andrew M. Butler is a British academic who teaches film, media and cultural studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. ... Edward James is Professor of Medieval History at University College, Dublin. ... Farah Mendlesohn is a British academic and writer on science fiction. ... Heinemann may refer to: Heinemann (book publisher), a publishing company Heinemann Park, aka. ...


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Terry Pratchett
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NAME Pratchett, Terry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pratchett, Terence David John
SHORT DESCRIPTION English novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 28 April 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
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Terry Pratchett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2108 words)
Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield to David and Eileen Pratchett, of Hay-on-Wye.
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Pratchett was one of the first authors to use the Internet to communicate with fans and has been a contributor to the Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.pratchett since 1992.
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Pratchett leaves his clues about like a man who always writes mysteries, and his subject is much more than the death of a single troublemaker.
Pratchett keeps his mystery well hidden, but there is no deus-ex-fantasia here, just the clues, the facts and a remarkably satisfying resolution.
Pratchett is so comfortable in his milieu that he can write what he intends to be a nicely turned complex mystery and have it resonate far beyond his intentions.
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