19 results for '"Terry Pratchett"'

"Pratchett's The Truth will set you free--and laughing. . . . If 'Dr. Who' had been conceived, written and performed by Monty Python's Flying Circus, the result might be something like Discworld . . ...

From the beloved and bestselling Sir Terry Pratchett, creator of the Discworld fantasy series."In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet." That’s the old story...

"If you read just one of Pratchett's books, you'll want to read everything he wrote. That now includes A Stroke of the Pen." -- Washington Post A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive...

"A master of laugh-out-loud fiction . . . Pratchett has created an alternate universe full of trolls, dwarfs, wizards, and other fantasy elements, and he uses that universe to reflect our own culture...

Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Dodger, a Printz Honor Book, combines high comedy with deep wisdom in a tale of one remarkable boy's rise in a fantasy-infused Victorian London...

“Delightful. . . logically illogical as only Terry Pratchett can write.” —Anne McCaffreyWill the most unlikely hero in all of Discworld save the universe once again . . . or has his luck finally run...

The first career-spanning collection of short fiction by Sir Terry Pratchett—one of the most beloved and bestselling writers of our time—A Blink of the Screen charts the development of Pratchett’s...

New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award * Michael L. Printz Medal honor winnerFrom the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, author...

Not just another science book and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizard’s-eye view of our world...

Roundworld, aka Earth, is under siege. Are three wizards and an orangutan Librarian enough to thwart the Elvish threat?When the wizards of Unseen University first created Roundworld, they were so...

"Pratchett's humor is international, satirical, devious, knowing, irreverent, unsparing, and above all, funny." --Kirkus Reviews Determined to create a wish granting demon, an inept young...

"Superb."--Washington Post Book World A cauldron of fun is brewing when a trio of the Discworld's witches, led by the delightfully iconoclastic Granny Weatherwax, turn their wands to royal politics...

"The novel exudes the curious feel of old-fashioned vampire and Frankenstein legends. . . . Pratchett lampoons everything from Christian superstition to Swiss Army knives here, proving that the...

"Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett explores the inanity of war, sexual politics, and why...

"Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy."--Sunday Times Movie mania sweeps across the Discworld creating disaster in its wake in this delightful take on Tinseltown and the lure of...

"Pratchett's books are almost always better than they have to be, and Going Postal is no exception, full of nimble wordplay, devious plotting and outrageous situations, but always grounded in an...

"If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett's unique blend of philosophical badinage interspersed with slapstick, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity." --Financial Times Chaos ensues...

"Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. . . . The prose crackles with wit and charm, and the sendups of league...

"As traumatic as it is to only choose one Pratchett, this first entry in his Guards sub-series encompasses everything that is brilliant about his writing: terrific characterization and plotting, a...