Terry Pratchett
Overview
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948) is 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. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People
, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic
) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average.
Discworld
Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People
The Carpet People
The Carpet People is a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett which was originally published in 1971, but was later re-written by the author when his work became more widespread and well-known...
, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns."...
) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average.
Discussions
Quotations
My programming language was solder.
Pratchett on his early computers, from a talk "When I Were A Lad, We Used To Dream of 64K" at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, Scotland, (August 2005)
Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
Foreword from The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Fantasy. Pringle, David. (2003). ISBN 1-84442-930-X. and The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Pringle, David. (1998). ISBN 0-87951-937-1.