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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        

 

Created: 2024-09-25 / Modified: 2024-12-18

Wings by Terry Pratchett

Category:
Fantasy, All ages, Comedy, Terry Pratchett
Title:
Wings
Author:
Terry Pratchett
Category:
Fantasy
Ages:
All ages
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Description

Wings, book three of the "Bromeliad," series. At the end of Diggers, Gemma and the other nomes, trapped in a quarry surrounded by humans, were saved by the appearance of a spaceship recovered by Masklin.

Wings tells the story of Masklin, Grunder, and Angalo, guided by the ‘Thing’, as they sneak aboard a Concorde from London to Miami and make their way to within hailing distance of the space shuttle so that Thing can connect to its communication ports to summon their spaceship, which has been stored on the moon for thousands of years.

They meet a tribe of wild Nomes and are told that the world has thousands more tribes. Gemma and Masklin leave for the stars; Grunder stays behind to communicate with humans and the other Nomes.

The Bromeliad is an orchid that protects a colony of tiny frogs that leave their flower only when they outgrow it. This is used as a comparison to the Nomes who left their home to find a new home. This thread is used in all three books in the series.

Wings by Terry Pratchett