Terry Pratchett - A Blink of The Screen (2nd Hand Hardback)
ISBN / GTIN-13 : 9780385618984
Synopsis
Subtitled : Collected Shorter Fiction.
A Blink of the Screen is a 2012 short fiction anthology by Terry Pratchett. Spanning the author's entire career, the collection contains almost all of his short fiction, whether or not set in the Discworld.
In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world's best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for the first time are his short stories and other short form fiction collected into one volume. A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.
Here are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure, chickens, death, disco and, actually, some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas, all of it shot through with his inimitable brand of humour.
With an introduction by Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt, illustrations by the late Josh Kirby and drawings by the author himself, this is a book to treasure.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Short Stories & Anthologies
- Published : 2012 (Transworld/Doubleday - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)
- ISBN : 9780385618984
- SKU : B002705
- PPC : SP800gm
- RRP : £20 (Unclipped)
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Just brilliant, shows his class form the off. The Witches short story is maybe the funniest of theirs I've read - and that's saying something!" - Google Review.
"Clever, neatly constructed and funny . . . Pratchett is one of the great comic writers and storytellers of our time." - Guardian.
The Author
Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971.
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