Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) var en britisk forfatter, der er bedst kendt for sin omfattende og elskede fantasy-serie "Discworld". Pratchett begyndte sin forfatterkarriere i en ung alder, og han udgav sin første roman, "The Carpet People", i 1971. Hans humoristiske og satiriske skrivestil, kombineret med en skarp indsigt i menneskelig natur og samfund, gjorde ham hurtigt populær blandt læsere verden over.
Discworld-serien, der består af 41 romaner, er Pratchetts mest kendte værk. Serien, der blev indledt med "The Colour of Magic" i 1983, udspiller sig på en flad verden båret af fire elefanter, der står på ryggen af en kæmpeskildpadde, der svømmer gennem rummet. Denne fantasiverden er befolket af troldmænd, hekse, dværge, og mange andre farverige karakterer, der alle er en del af Pratchetts satiriske udforskning af moderne samfund og kultur. Romanerne er kendt for deres humor, dybe karakterudvikling og evne til at tackle komplekse emner med lethed og indsigt.
Pratchett modtog mange priser for sit arbejde, herunder Carnegie Medal for "The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents" i 2001. Han blev også slået til ridder i 2009 for sine tjenester til litteraturen, hvilket cementerede hans status som en af Storbritanniens mest elskede forfattere.
Desværre blev Pratchett diagnosticeret med en sjælden form for Alzheimers sygdom i 2007. Trods sin sygdom fortsatte han med at skrive og udgive bøger, indtil han gik bort den 12. marts 2015. Hans arv lever videre gennem hans bøger, der fortsat inspirerer og underholder læsere verden over. Terry Pratchetts arbejde har haft en varig indflydelse på fantasy-genren og har sikret ham en plads i litteraturhistorien som en af de mest kreative og indflydelsesrige forfattere i sin tid.
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‘Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd’ The Sunday Times The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is .
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First book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch'Vimes ran a practised eye over the assortment before him.
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'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own . he is a satirist of enormous talent' The Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our... Læs mere
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ERIC is Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend starring many of the Discworld's most popular characters.
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In the beginning there was ...a turtle. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and... Læs mere
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First book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch'This is one of Pratchett's best books.
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‘Incredibly funny, compulsively readable’ The Times The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is .
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‘Funny, delightfully inventive, and refuses to lie down in its genre’ ObserverThe Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is .
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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. This is not going to be a gentleman's game.
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A brand new edition of a Terry Pratchett classic – set in Victorian London, and starring cunning but kind Dodger, as he sets off on a whirlwind adventure through the city streetsTHE SEWER IS DODGER’S WORLD .
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'May well be considered his masterpiece . Humour such as his is an endangered species' The Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is .
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'One taste, and you'll scour bookstores for more' Daily MailThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is .