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Terry Pratchett - Wizard of DiscworldEnter DiscWorld, the hot sci-fi series from the UK recently reviewed in the Royal Chemical Society signature magazine Chemistry & Industry! Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. Terry Pratchett was recently voted Britain's third most popular author and his 26 book series is a phenomenal success! The Discworld novels are the basis of a television series, plays, maps, computer games and conventions. "The Discworld is not a coherent fantasy world. Its geography
is fuzzy, its chronology unreliable. A small traveling circle of
firelight in a chilly infinity has turned out to be the home of
defiant jokes and last chances. Terry Pratchett lives near Stonhenge in Wiltshire, England. Mr. Pratchett, besides writing Discworld novels, spends his time caring for carnivorous plants and opening mail. Discworld on DVD
Terry Pratchett's Discworld - Wyrd Sisters - Acorn Media
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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 cosmos on the back of a giant turtle. It's a world where fantasy conventions have been filtered through an antic, satirical lens that slyly warps the actions and motives of the wizards, witches, monarchs, and knaves that populate them, suggesting a sword & sorcery counterpart to Douglas Adams's venerable A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Developed for British television as an animated, six-episode miniseries, Wyrd Sisters marks the first attempt at transferring the franchise to video. As presented here on three tapes, with a running time of approximately 147 minutes, Pratchett's cracked re-imagining of familiar mythological themes retains its verbal wit and realizes colorfully stylized visual terrain, although modest animation techniques relegate its impact to the realm of older TV cartoons. Sci-fi aficionados spoiled by lavish computer graphics and the current big-screen state of the art will wonder what all the fuss is about. Pratchett's fans, however, won't mind. An intricate plot, set in motion by the murder of King Verence by the utterly dimwitted Duke Felmet, encompasses a smuggled baby, an itinerant theatrical troupe, a kiss lasting 18 years, time travel, and other pokerfaced twists of fate, cohering around the three title heroines, a coven of rather dotty witches. A droll, sociable Death (voiced by Christopher Lee) epitomizes the breezy comic spirit that fuels Pratchett's stories. --Sam Sutherland 
Terry Pratchett's Discworld - Soul Music - Acorn Media
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... Release Date: 28 November, 2006 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 
Making Money (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
Harper Release Date: 18 September, 2007 Hardcover More Info... List Price: $25.95 Our Price: $17.13 
Mort by Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch Release Date: 06 February, 2001 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
HarperTeen Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching needs magic--fast! Her sticky little brother Wentworth has been spirited away by the evil Queen of faerie, and it’s up to her to get him back safely. Having already decided to grow up to be a witch, now all Tiffany has to do is find her power. But she quickly learns that it’s not all black cats and broomsticks. According to her witchy mentor Miss Tick, "Witches don’t use magic unless they really have to...We do other things. A witch pays attention to everything that’s going on...A witch uses her head...A witch always has a piece of string!" Luckily, besides her trusty string, Tiffany’s also got the Nac Mac Feegles, or the Wee Free Men on her side. Small, blue, and heavily tattooed, the Feegles love nothing more than a good fight except maybe a drop of strong drink! Tiffany, heavily armed with an iron skillet, the feisty Feegles, and a talking toad on loan from Miss Tick, is a formidable adversary. But the Queen has a few tricks of her own, most of them deadly. Tiffany and the Feegles might get more than they bargained for on the flip side of Faerie! Prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett has served up another delicious helping of his famed Discworld fare. The not-quite-teen set will delight in the Feegles’ spicy, irreverent dialogue and Tiffany’s salty determination. Novices to Pratchett’s prose will find much to like here, and quickly go back to devour the rest of his Discworld offerings. Scrumptiously recommended. (Ages 10 to 14) --Jennifer Hubert Release Date: 25 May, 2004 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $6.99 Our Price: $6.99 
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch Release Date: 02 February, 2000 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch Release Date: 06 February, 2001 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch Release Date: 02 February, 2000 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that ... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby Release Date: 02 February, 2000 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch Release Date: 31 July, 2001 Mass Market Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
HarperTeen Release Date: 02 October, 2007 Paperback More Info... List Price: $7.99 Our Price: $7.99 |
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