Terry Pratchett

 UK Wyrd Sisters is a play for devotees of the fantasy genre and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld devotees, like Star Trek fans (aka Trekkies), inhabit a closed world. I should confess that I have never got past the first chapter of any Terry Pratchett book so ...

“It’s like you said the other day,” said Adam. “You grow up readin about pirates and cowboys and spacemen and stuff, and jus when you think the ... regularrumination.wordpress.com

 OH My six and nine year old children both liked and were able to read the book easily and quickly (though neither of them are reluctant readers), while my 11 year old took a break from his his Terry Pratchett to have a read too, just to provide an example ...

Times Online  UK - So much so he began to talk about the character, Death, in his Discworld novels, a character that people aren't scared by. Pratchett realised that it wasn't ... Rehab; Nature’s Great Events; Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer’s Times Online all 2 news articles

By rss@youtube.com (sffchronicles) The first SFF Chronicles broadcast, covering Matt Smith's appointment as Doctor Who no.11; Terry Pratchett's knighthood, and a review of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. More: http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/ Keywords: Science Fiction Fantasy Matt Smith Doctor Who Terry Pratchett N...

By Alice(noreply@blogger.com) This is Susan Death's first Discworld outing, but apart from that, it's all pretty standard stuff. The story is the usual device of New Magical Power Appears To Threaten the Discworld®, But Is Thwarted And Life Continues As Normal, with the added Death side-story of Death Tries To Underst...

“Truckers,” by Terry Pratchett (Bromeliad Book 1) “Truckers,” by Terry Pratchett is the first book in a wonderful science fiction trilogy about a group of nomes.Thousands of... Inkweaver Book Review Blog submitted by NathanKP.

By Kate Except the Post Office hasn't been functional in years, and certainly not since the super-modern and fast clacks system spread throughout the Discworld. Faced with a literal mountain of undelivered mail, two employees in the form of an ...

By geekylibrarian Nation is Terry Pratchett’s first non-Discworld book in ages, it’s also clearly one of the books he has been most passionate about. Essentially this is a desert island story. A tidal wave decimates an island tribe and one European boat, ...

My good friend Karen sent me her copy of this Terry Pratchett novel when she had finished with it. This is the first of the Discworld series I've read, but I have read the novel Good Omens, which was co-written by Pratchett and Neil ...

Then, pass it on when the time is right. I'm biased, Terry Pratchett is a demigod in my eyes so I expect this to be good. Nine pages in and he's already given me a great idea for my garden shed... :-) Ex Library sale. back to top ...

By Book Zombie (Joanne) His prose work Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, spent 17 weeks on the London bestseller lists. Likewise well received were his novels Neverwhere and Stardust—which was awarded the prestigious Mythopoeic Award as best novel for ...

By Traci Terry Pratchett is an immensely talented author. There is no denying it. Though, his Discworld fans may be a bit out of sorts with Pratchett's latest novel - it doesn't have the dry wit one finds so prevalent within his wildly popular ...

By Lisa Damian Terry Pratchett has published more than three dozen novels, including the popular Discworld fantasy series. One of the best-selling English language authors of all time, he has received numerous awards and much acclaim for his youth and ...

By olsenbloom Chris Bird wrote the review of Terry Pratchett’s Nation that I’ve been meaning to write. Tim at The Hurting has a very interesting new idea for what term we should use for sequential art/graphic novels/bd/… ...

By Little Kid Prince of Stories chronicles the twenty years of Neil Gaiman in comic books, fiction, film and more. Featuring exclusive interviews and a foreword by Good Omens co-writer Terry Pratchett, Prince of Stories is a must have volume for any ...

By pottorffblogs Author Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels offer an alternate reality that has proven irresistible to an avid, international audience–a universe where the world really is flat, after all, supported by four elephants floating through the ...

The Diskworld books I've read so far have been lampoons of the high fantasy genre, and author Terry Pratchett keeps that up in this sixth book, Wyrd Sisters. He does, however, also head into some new territory by blending in some satire ...

By Meghan The story is unrealistic, but ultimately conveys messages beyond the confines of the story. In the end, I liked it. Maybe not as much as Discworld, but it was an enjoyable read. Buy this book on Amazon.

By ShannonC Shannon C.'s review of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Fantasy humor fiction released by Ace 1 May 96, re-released by Harper in trade ppb 7 Aug 07 An embarrassing number of people have told me that I need to read both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I had read neither until I picke...

Since the publication of The Colour of Magic 25 years ago, Terry Pratchett has been spinning tales of comedic fantasy set on Discworld. The realm sits as a disc on the back of four elephants who, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, swimming through space, and it gets more complex from...

By Jacob Aron Nation, however, is straight fiction - and also Pratchett’s first non-Discworld novels in a while. Set 150 years ago, it’s about a boy named Mau who returns from the ritual that will make him a man to find his island home has been ...

By Kelly My favorite) Frank Cottrell Boyce reviews Nation, by Terry Pratchett, for the Guardian. He opens his review with, "It's 25 years since Terry Pratchett invented Discworld. If there's any justice, the Post Office will issue a set of ...

By BookChic In this newest YA novel from admired fantasy author Terry Pratchett, he steps out of his usual setting of Discworld and writes a story that takes place in our own world, though sometime in the mid-1800s, from what I can gather through ...

I guess the best reviews are short ones, so I won't go into too much detail about Pratchett's Discworld novels. They're so full of wit and fun and are at the top of my list of fantasy novels. I saw them once referred to as fluff -- and ...

 - Now, the 33-odd Discworld romp, Making Money is out. If you’ve followed the Discworld since its Rincewind beginnings, enjoy; if you’re a fantasy lover but ...

By Jeff Provine This world being, of course, Discworld, the setting for many of Terry Pratchett’s comedy-fantasy novels. For those unfamiliar with his works, Pratchett takes fantasy and its many peculiar elements (magic,...

By Jamie Madigan Ah, another parody of the fantasy genre by Terry Pratchett. This one returns to the Unseen University, home of powerful wizards and Rincewind, one of my favorite Diskworld protagonists. On the Disk, the 8th son of and 8th son becomes ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Thea) As a fan of both Terry Pratchett (in my middle school days I was introduced to the wonderfully zany world that is Discworld) and Neil Gaiman (no explanation required), I felt that I could pick out each author's voice in this book--I'd ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Thea) Title: Good Omens Author: Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Genre: Speculative Fiction Comedy...err...ish Summary: (from amazon.com) According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Thea) Thea will review Good Omens, the collaborative ineffable effort of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett at documenting the...er...Apocalypse. In all its righteous hilarity. Ana will take a look at some of Neil Gaiman's short fiction with ...

By The Class of 2k8 Some include Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (a HUGE favorite of mine!), Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot, and Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. Do you have a basic philosophy on what should be included in a review—or does ...

 OH - You can’t go wrong with any of the Discworld novels. But, like his characters, Prachett is well rounded. He’ll make you laugh and think, possibly even tear ...

By March Hare The complete title of this book is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. This is a joint effort by Neil Gaiman (Stardust) and Terry Pratchett (Discworld series). Which means it's hysterically funny, ...

By cj The Color of Magic is the first of Pratchett’s Discworld novels. Discworld is a place of magic and fantasy; wizards and dragons occupy the landscape with one difference – the dragons only exist in their rider’s imaginations. ...

Okay, Internet, I've got a bone to pick with you: how come none of you ever told me about Terry Pratchett? Okay, so that's not entirely fair. I'm pretty sure people have told me about Pratchett and his Diskworld series before, ...

By Paul M. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (4/5 stars) Well this is the third of Pratchett's "Discworld" books I've read and probably the last one I'll read for a bit as I . . .

Book Review -- Night Watch by Terry Pratchett  AZ - Mar 25, 2008 But in the field of fantasy and under the delightful cover of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, it is safe to assume that his approach will predictably be ...

By Deb Geisler Bound review galley of the original Workman publishing edition of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, with cover letter from Shawna McCarthy. Only 200 bound galleys were created, and they were sent to 200 writers (including ...

Before J.K. Rowling exploded onto the scene, the best selling British author was Terry Pratchett. via DVD Talk

DVD Review: Hogfather  OR - Feb 20, 2008 Hogfather" is one of the many stories set in the Discworld, a conceit of Terry Pratchett (or "practically Lord Pratchett" as Good Omens co-author Neil ...

By eagle Review: Mort , by Terry Pratchett. Publisher: HarperTorch Copyright: 1987 ISBN: 0-06-102068-0 Pages: 243. This is the fourth book in the Discworld series, but it's one of the recommended starting points. While Death plays an incidental ...

So, did anyone else happen to catch the wonderful tv movie "Hogfather" last night, on the ION channel? I've been a Terry Pratchett fan for many years, and I wasn't even aware that a film version of my favorite Pratchett book (Hogfather) had been made. I thought it was wonderful. It's probably...

By Sarah Sammis Agnes Nutter probably prophesied this but it's still worth celebrating; Good Omens is my 365th review for the year! Good Omens is the brilliant novel collaboration between Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett with a guest appearance by Death. See, it's the coming apocalypse and Death is one o...

BOOK REVIEW: Pratchett gets the circulation going in `Making Money'  GA - But those are not Terry Pratchett's hands. Yes, that's right - Terry Pratchett is back, and has delivered yet another tale from Discworld, bringing the ...

Another review of the upcoming Unofficial Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett, that name checks all three of my essays (on Carry-On movies, Neil Gaiman a ...

horomnizon's review: "This was the first Discworld book that I ever read and I wasn't really sure what I had gotten into after the first couple chapters. I was a little confused at times, but Pratchett does a good enough job explaining ...

By By info@associatedcontent.com (Diane Hartt) Young and old alike will enjoy Wintersmith Terry Pratchetts latest Discworld creation.

By Ian Calcutt Oh dear, Sky made a pig’s ear of this one! Hogfather might have attracted up to 2.8 million viewers on its first night – really big numbers for Sky One – but how many subscribers felt they got their money’s...

By Matt Bradshaw The novel is basically a humorous look at the coming of the anti-christ, told with a marvelously absurd British wit. Gilliam is American, but his nightmarishly bizarre cartoons for Monty Python's Flying Circus meshed seamlessly with the contributions of his British colleagues. Gillia...