A must-have collection of shorter fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett,award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld novels. A brilliant collection of short stories and short form fiction from the pen of one of the world's best-loved authors. A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel,The Carpet People; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the Discworld series.Here are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure,chickens,death,disco and,actually,some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas,all of it shot through with his inimitable brand of humour.With an introduction by Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt,illustrations by the late Josh Kirby and drawings by the author himself,this is a book to treasure.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780552163330Number of pages: 368Weight: 286 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 23 mm
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Terry Pratchett
Britain's most beloved creator of comic fantasy fiction,Terry Pratchett was the genius behind the Discworld series,as well as various other seminal story sequences.
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