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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE.

Born 28 April 1948 Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England

Died 12 March 2015 aged 66

Terry Pratchett was an English author in Fantasy and comedy. He is most famous for his Discworld series of novels and the “Good Omens” novel he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

Early Life and Education

His father, David Pratchett was a mechanic and mother, Eileen Pratchett, a secretary. He attended Holtspur School, where he was bullied for his speech impediments. His family moved to Bridgwater, Somerset, for a short time in 1957. He passed his eleven plus exam in 1958, earning a place at High Wycombe Technical High School.

Career

He published his first novel, The Carpet People, in 1971. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. From there on Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. Pratchett was the UK’s best-selling author of the 1990s with over 100 million books sold. He wrote 41 Discworld novels amongst other works.

Discworld:

The Discworld is a flat world that rests on the backs of four elephants, who in turn ride on the back of a giant turtle named Great A’Tuin.

You can read the books in the order they were published, however, reading them in publication order gives you a sense of how Pratchett’s writing evolved over time.

 

Discworld Books in publication order:

1 The Colour of Magic 1983   22 The Last Continent 1998
2

The Light Fantastic

 1986   23 Carpe Jugulum 1998
3 Equal Rites 1987   24 The Fifth Elephant 1999
4 Mort 1987   25 The Truth 2000
5 Sourcery 1988   26 Thief of Time 2001
6 Wyrd Sisters 1988   27 The Last Hero 2001
7 Pyramids 1989   28 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2001
8 Guards! Guards! 1989   29 Night Watch 2002
9 Eric 1990   30 The Wee Free Men 2003
10 Moving Pictures 1990   31 Monstrous Regiment 2003
11 Reaper Man 1991   32 A Hat Full of Sky 2004
12 Witches Abroad 1991   33 Going Postal 2004
13 Small Gods 1992   34 Thud! 2005
14 Lords and Ladies 1992   35 Wintersmith 2006
15 Men at Arms 1993   36 Making Money 2007
16 Soul Music 1994   37 Unseen Academicals 2009
17 Interesting Times 1994   38 I Shall Wear Midnight 2010
18 Maskerade 1995   39 Snuff 2011
19 Feet of Clay 1996   40 Raising Steam 2013
20 Hogfather 1996   41 The Shepherd's Crown 2015
21 Jingo 1997        

 

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Truckers by Terry Pratchett

Category:
All ages, Fantasy, Comedy, Terry Pratchett
Title:
Truckers
Author:
Terry Pratchett
ISBN:
978-0060094966
Category:
Fantasy
Ages:
All ages
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Description

Masklin is the leader of depleted tribe of 4 inch tall Nomes. He and the remainder of their tribe now live next to a road and search for food at the bins of the nearby café. Masklin decides to save the remaining Nomes by climbing on a truck to find a new home. With them, they bring their heirloom, the ‘Thing’. The end up at the department store of Arnold Bros (est. 1905) and inside they find thousands of Nomes. However, the inside Nomes have forgotten their origins and are living happily under the floors of a department store full of goods and huge, stupid humans, all created for them by their god, Arnold Bros (est. 1905). The store Nomes are grouped in tribes like the Stationeri, the Haberdasheri, Ironmongeri etc. Peace reigns but then there are Signs—"Final Reductions," and "Everything Must Go"— something is very wrong. Then Masklin and his tribe, appears from the mythical Outside bearing the Thing, a small black box that mysteriously lights up and announces that the store will be destroyed in less than a month. After much debate, Masklin decides to steal a truck. He asks the ingenious inventor Dorcas del Icatessen to form a steering committee! They eventually end up in a quarry and the story continues in book 2 of the Bromeliad series – Diggers! Truckers by Terry Pratchett