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Terry Pratchett


UK flag (1948 - 2015)
Father of Rhianna Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett, more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels.
 

Genres: Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Discworld
   1. The Colour of Magic (1983)

     aka The Color of Magic

   2. The Light Fantastic (1986)
   3. Equal Rites (1987)
   4. Mort (1987)
   5. Sourcery (1988)
   6. Wyrd Sisters (1988)
   7. Pyramids (1989)
   8. Guards! Guards! (1989)
   9. Eric (1990)
   10. Moving Pictures (1990)
   11. Reaper Man (1991)
   12. Witches Abroad (1991)
   13. Small Gods (1992)
   14. Lords and Ladies (1992)
   15. Men at Arms (1993)
   16. Soul Music (1994)
   17. Interesting Times (1995)
   18. Maskerade (1995)
   19. Feet of Clay (1996)
   20. Hogfather (1996)
   21. Jingo (1997)
   22. The Last Continent (1998)
22.5. The Sea and Little Fishes (1998) (in Legends)
   23. Carpe Jugulum (1998)
   24. The Fifth Elephant (1999)
   25. The Truth (2000)
   26. Thief of Time (2001)
   27. The Last Hero (2001)
   28. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001)
   29. Night Watch (2002)
   30. The Wee Free Men (2003)
   31. Monstrous Regiment (2003)
   32. A Hat Full of Sky (2004)
   33. Going Postal (2004)
   34. Thud! (2005)
   35. Wintersmith (2006)
   36. Making Money (2007)
   The Illustrated Wee Free Men (2008)
   37. Unseen Academicals (2009)
   38. I Shall Wear Midnight (2010)
   39. Snuff (2011)
   40. Raising Steam (2013)
   41. The Shepherd's Crown (2015)
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Bromeliad
   1. Truckers (1988)
   2. Diggers (1990)
   3. Wings (1990)
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Tiffany Aching
   1. The Wee Free Men (2003)
   2. A Hat Full of Sky (2004)
   3. Wintersmith (2006)
   The Illustrated Wee Free Men (2008)
   4. I Shall Wear Midnight (2010)
   5. The Shepherd's Crown (2015)
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Long Earth (with Stephen Baxter)
   1. The Long Earth (2012)
   2. The Long War (2013)
   3. The Long Mars (2014)
   4. The Long Utopia (2015)
   5. The Long Cosmos (2016)
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Non fiction series
Discworld (Non fiction)
   Streets of Ankh Morpork (1993)
   The Discworld Companion (1994)
   The Pratchett Portfolio (1996)
   The Discworld: Day-to-Day Calendar (1998)
   A Tourist Guide to Lancre (1998) (with Stephen Briggs and Paul Kidby)
   Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch Diary (1998)
   Discworld - Mini Calendar 2000 (1999)
   Discworld Assassins' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2000 (1999)
   Death's Domain (1999) (with Paul Kidby)
   Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (1999) (with Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan)
   The Discworld Calendar: 2001 (2000)
   The Discworld Mapp (2000) (with Stephen Briggs)
   Discworld Also (2000)
   The Discworld Fools' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2001 (2000)
   Discworld Thieves' Guild Diary 2002 (2001)
   Discworld Guild Diary 2003 (2002)
   Discworld Roleplaying Game (2002) (with Paul Kidby and Phil Masters)
   Discworld Calendar 2004 (2003)
   The Discworld Calendar (2003)
   The New Discworld Companion (2003)
   Discworld Calendar 2005 (2004)
   The Art of Discworld (2004) (with Paul Kidby)
   The Celebrated Discworld Almanac (2004)
   Terry Pratchett's Hogfather Discworld Calendar 2007 (2006)
   The Unseen University Cut Out Book (2006)
   The Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook (2006) (with Stephen Briggs)
   Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition Calendar 2008 (2007)
   The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld (2007)
   Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition Calendar 2009 (2008)
   The Folklore of Discworld (2008) (with Jacqueline Simpson)
   Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition Calendar 2010 (2009)
   The Compleat Ankh-Morpork (2012)
   Turtle Recall (2012) (with Stephen Briggs)
   Discworld Diary 2015 (2014)
   Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook (2014)
   The Compleat Discworld Atlas (2015)
   Death and Friends, A Discworld Journal (2019)
   The Ultimate Discworld Companion (2022) (with Stephen Briggs)
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Science of Discworld (with Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart)
   1. The Science of Discworld (1999)
   2. The Globe (2002)
   3. Darwin's Watch (2005)
   4. Judgement Day (2013)
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Novels
   The Carpet People (1971)
   The Dark Side of the Sun (1976)
   Strata (1981)
   Good Omens (1990) (with Neil Gaiman)
   Nation (2008)
   Dodger (2012)
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Collections
   Once More* with Footnotes (2004)
   Imagined Lives (2011) (with others)
   A Blink of the Screen (2012)
   All the Discworld's a Stage (2015) (with Stephen Briggs)
   The Ankh-Morpork Archives: Volume One (2019) (with Stephen Briggs)
   The Ankh-Morpork Archives: Volume Two (2020) (with Stephen Briggs)
   A Stroke of the Pen (2023)
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Plays
   Going Postal: Stage Adaptation (2005)
   Jingo: Stage Adaptation (2005)
   Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006)
   Sourcery: The Illustrated Screenplay (2008)
   Nation: The Play (2009) (with Mark Ravenhill)
   Men At Arms - Playtext (2011)
   Mort - Playtext (2011) (with Stephen Briggs)
   Wyrd Sisters - Playtext (2011)
   Guards! Guards!: The Play (2011)
   Terry Pratchett's Johnny and the Bomb (2012) (with Matthew Holmes)
   Dodger: Playscript (2014) (with Stephen Briggs)
   Interesting Times: Adapted for the Stage (2014)
   The Truth: Stage Adaptation (2014)
   Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 dramitisation (2015) (with Neil Gaiman)
   The Rince Cycle (2015) (with Stephen Briggs)
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Graphic Novels
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Non fiction
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Anthologies containing stories by Terry Pratchett
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Short stories
The Hades Business (1963)
Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greetings (1987)
Final Reward (1988)
Sphinx (1988)
Turntables of the Night (1989)
# ifdefDEBUG + "world/enough" + "time" (1990)
Hollywood Chickens (1990)
Troll Bridge (1992)
Theatre of Cruelty (1993)
The Sea and Little Fishes (1998)


Awards
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1991) : Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : Hogfather
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1997) : Jingo
Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (2001) : The Truth
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2002) : Thief of Time
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (2002) : The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Prometheus Award Best Novel winner (2003) : Night Watch
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2005) : Going Postal
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2006) : Thud!
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2006) : Going Postal
Michael L. Printz Award Best Book nominee (2009) : Nation
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2009) : Nation
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2009) : Making Money
Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2010) : Nation
Andre Norton Award Best Book winner (2011) : I Shall Wear Midnight
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2011) : I Shall Wear Midnight
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel winner (2012) : Snuff
Prometheus Award Best Book nominee (2012) : Snuff
Michael L. Printz Award Best Book nominee (2013) : Dodger
Prometheus Award Best Book nominee (2015) : Raising Steam
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2016) : A Hat Full of Sky
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2016) : I Shall Wear Midnight
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2016) : The Shepherd's Crown
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2016) : The Wee Free Men
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2016) : Wintersmith


Terry Pratchett recommends
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When the People Fell (2007)
Cordwainer Smith
"Read this. Cordwainer Smith is timeless."
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Coraline (2002)
Neil Gaiman
"It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece."
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Guts (2001)
John Grant and David Langford
"Dave Langford: Wit, slightly deaf person, raconteur and finest swordsman in all of christendom."
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The Eyre Affair (2001)
(Thursday Next, book 1)
Jasper Fforde
"Ingenious. I shall watch Jasper Fforde nervously."
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The Chronicles Of Narmo (1992)
Caitlin Moran
"Oh God, this good already and she's only sixteen."
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The Sky Lords (1988)
(Sky Lords, book 1)
John Brosnan
"Ideas explode in all directions. This is genuine gosh-wow stuff, the sf ideas packed in so tight it's standing room only. We all ought to grow up reading this sort of thing ; it's aerobics for the imagination."

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