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Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is about a disc-shaped world that moves through space on the back of the giant turtle A'Tuin, sex unknown...but you probably know all this if you have gotten this far...

Pratchett is one of the funniest writers today and with the release of "The Truth" in November, 2000, finally we got a new Pratchett here in the US the same time as the UK! Unfortunately, we still got the US covers, but getting them at the same time is progress. When ordering online, if you want the UK editions, order from a UK dealer. Try here to buy Terry Pratchett's books online.

For the most up to date info on Terry's books, the definitive source is the official website at TerryPratchettBooks.com.

Want more information on your favorite author? (Well, he is, isn't he?) Go to Pratchett's Author Tracker page at Harper Collins and sign up now!

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Limited Edition Double DVD & Book

Note: Unfortunately this is only available in the UK at this time.

Box Set
Including Wyrd Sisters DVD, Soul Music DVD & Going Postal paperback

Released by Universal Pictures:  26th September 2005
RRP:£29.99 Certificate: PG / G

“Brilliantly brought to life,” Terry Pratchett

The Discworld DVD Box Set contains full length animations of Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music  - acclaimed by Terry Pratchett, they are the only adaptations of the Discworld series ever and a must-have for all fans of Pratchett’s work.

Also included is the latest Discworld novel, Going Postal Transworld) – brand new in paperback in Autumn 2005. 

The all star cast list includes:

Christopher Lee, Neil Morrissey, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield and many more British favourites.

Soul Music (Universal, PG, 3 hours 6 mins)

There’s a weird music taking over the land – it’s fast, it’s furious and they call it The Music with Rocks in. And what’s more, it’s alive… Even more sinister, Death has disappeared, but who could possibly be qualified or willing to step into his black cape and wield the scythe?

“Extremely faithful to the novel…” DVD Review

Wyrd Sisters (Universal PG, 2 hours 20 mins)

The King has been murdered by an evil Duke partial to porridge, and a baby is missing from the castle. It’s up to three unsual witches - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick – to take magical and regal matters into their own hands…

“Pratchett fans should love this…” DVD Times

Going Postal Paperback (Transworld)

Moist von Lipwig a fraudster and conman has to choose between being hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. Not an easy choice to make…

But he's got to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer.

Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.

Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way.

Or perhaps there's a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope…

Terry Pratchett is one of the best-selling writers of all time. He has sold over 40 million books worldwide. Before JK Rowling, he was the highest earning British author ever (The Times, 1996) and he is the only author to hold No 1 on paperback and hardback charts simultaneously. Awards include OBE 1998, 2000 Bookseller Award, twice Author of the Year and SFX Hall of Fame!

Book News!

Coming Soon: Going Postal and Thud!

Work has gotten in the way of my Discworld playtime!

A Hat Full of Sky

Imprint: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060586605
On Sale: 05/25/2004
Format: Hardcover; Subformat: ; Length: ; Trimsize: 6 x 9; Pages: 288;
Price: US $16.99

A new Tiffany Aching novel, the sequel to Wee Free Men promises to delight readers of all ages! Tiffany is going to learn to use the witchly powers she discovered she has inherited from her Grandmother by becoming an apprentice to Miss Level. Miss Level is no ordinary with herself: she is one person in two bodies.

Tiffany has more problems than keeping up with Miss Level, the other apprentice witches who don't think a witch from the Chalk can ever amount to anything, and Granny Weatherwax. She is also being pursued by a Hiver, an entity who wants to take over her body, mind, and powers! Can Tiffany battle the Hiver and win? Can the Nac Mag Feegle catch up to Tiffany in time to be of help? Will Jeannie, the new Kelda, let her husband Rob Anybody (it's not a crime to write that down unless it's an instruction!)

Follow this link or click the image to see a larger version of the cover image. The review is here.

Truckers

Book 1 of the Bromeliad Trilogy, below in Omnibus form

Imprint: Trophy
ISBN: 0060094966
On Sale: 04/13/2004
Format: Paperback
Price: US $5.99

Arnold Bros is closing, and the store is to be demolished. Unknown to the powers that be, a race of 4 inch tall Nomes lives under the floorboards in the store, and has for generations. They assumed Arnold Brothers built The Store for them, and the signs have always told them when it was time for Christmas Faire and Spring Fling, but now the signs say odd things like "Store Closing" and "Everything Must Go!"

What's a 4" tall Nome to do? Where will they go, and how will they get there? Join these courageous (and funny!) little people as they learn to drive (when you are 4" tall driving is an adventure all by itself, and that doesn't even consider the fact you have to have something to drive!) and escape into the Outside to find a new home... a world most of them thought was a Fairy Tale! This is a fast, funny, book that leaves you smiling, and thinking....what if?

See a larger image of the cover here.

Diggers

Book 2 of the Bromeliad Trilogy, below in Omnibus form

Imprint: Trophy
ISBN: 006009494X
On Sale: 04/13/2004
Format: Paperback
Price: US $5.99

Just when you thought it was safe...the Quarry the Nomes esaped to and set up housekeeping in is suddenly being visited again by Humans. And according to the signs---for Nomes base their lives on what the signs in their enviroment say---the Humans are not just visiting, but coming back for good. Once more they must find a new and safe place to live and a way to get there. How many Nomes does it take to drive an earth mover? More than one you can bet, with lots of laughs along the way.

See a larger version of the cover page here.

Wings

Book 3 of the Bromeliad Trilogy, below in Omnibus form

Imprint: Trophy
ISBN: 0060094958;
On Sale: 04/13/2004;
Format: Paperback; Subformat: ; Length: ; Trimsize: 5 1/8 x 7 5/8; Pages: 224;
Price: US $5.99

Masklin always new there was more. The Thing has kept him informed and told him what to do. And now The Thing is telling him he has to get the help of a Human (Grandson Richard), get to a place called Florida, and launch a communications satellite (as much of a mystery as the place called Florida) to call the mother ship to save the race of Nomes who have been so long living on earth, and take them home. Can he do it? The third of the trilogy, the Nomes are finally heading for home. Or are they?

See a larger version of the cover page here.

Bromeliad Trilogy

Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition: Hardcover; Omnibus
ISBN: 0060094931

When you are four inches tall the world is a scary place....these three novels take the Nomes from not even believing there is a world other than The Store to heading for outer space, and the planet of their ancestry. They are brave, funny, scared....and you won't want to put this book down until you have read all three adventures. How does out world look to someone that's 4" tall? Pretty funny!

Together in one volume, The Bromeliad Trilogy includes all three popular novels about the Gnomes: Truckers, Diggers, and Wings. These books aren't Discworld novels but are a great read!

Follow this link or click the image to see a larger version of the cover image. Read my review of The Bromeliad Trilogy here!

Monstrous Regiment

Edition: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (October 2003)
ISBN: 006001315X

War has come to Discworld. The homes and businesses throughout the duchy of Borogravia limp along, doing the best they can without their men, sent to fight their age-old enemy. Polly has taken over the lion's share of reponsibility for the running of her family's humble inn, The Duchess. Her beloved brother Paul marched off to war almost a year ago, but it has been more than two months since his last letter home, and the news from the front is bad: the fighting has reached the border, supplies are dwindling, and the brave Borogravians are losing precious ground. So the resourceful Polly cuts her hair and joins the army as a young man named Oliver. As Polly closely guards her secret, she notices that her fellow recruits seem to be guarding secrets of their own. A novel that explores the inanity of war, the ins and outs of sexual politcs, and why often the best man for the job is a woman, Monstrous Regiment is Pratchett in top form. Follow this link or click the image to see a larger version of the cover image. Read my review here.

The Wee Free Men

Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books; 1st edition (April 29, 2003)
Reading level: Ages 9-12 (don't let that fool you...it's for all of us!)
Edition: Hardcover
ISBN: 0060012366

This is a different kind of Discworld novel, showing you a side of the Discoworld Terry Pratchett has kept hidden till now...and it is just as fresh and funny as the rest!

Read my review of The Wee Free Men here!

Click here or the image at the left to see a larger version of the cover art. Rollover the image at left to see the UK Cover art. Read an interview here with Pterry about Wee Free Men.

Winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal!

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060012331
Edition: Hardcover, paperback

Sometimes you juist don't know who the boss is. Con men have been around practically since the dawn of time, and the Discworld is no exception. A funny take on how the Pied Piper of Hamlin tale might really have gone down, this book is for kids of all ages. Warning: reading this book to kids at bedtime might cause you both exhaustion, because neither one of you will want to stop and get some sleep!

Click here or the image at the left to see a larger version of the cover art. Rollover the image to see the UK cover.

Click here to read my review of The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

Read an interview here with Pterry about The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

Terry Pratchett's US Tour Dates

There are no tour dates at this time.

Terry Pratchett Booklist

The following list is of Terry Pratchett's works..anything you haven't read yet...get it..you won't be sorry!

Read an interview with Pterry about Wee Free Men here
Read my review of The Wee Free Men here

Read an interview with Pterry about Maurice here

Death Trilogy (omnibus edition containing "Mort", "Reaper Man", and "Soul Music")

The Streets of Ankh Morpork (with Stephen Briggs)

The Discworld Mapp (with Stephen Briggs)

Death's Domain---a Discworld Map

The Discworld Companion (with Stephen Briggs)

Mort: A Discworld Big Comic (with Graham Higgins)

The Pratchett Portfolio (with Paul Kidby)

The Unseen University Challenge (Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook) by David Langford

The Tourist's Guide to Lancre a Discworld Mapp (Devised by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs,

Illustrated by Paul Kidby)

The Nome Trilogy

Truckers

Diggers

Wings

The Bromeliad Trilogy (all three Nome books together in a hardcover edition)

The Johnny Books

Only You Can Save Mankind

Johnny and the Dead

Johnny and the Bomb

The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (all three Johnny books together in one hardcover edition)

Other books by Terry Pratchett

The Carpet People

The Dark Side of the Sun

Strata

The Unadulterated Cat (with Gray Jolliffe)

Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman)

Pratchett Links

TerryPratchettBooks.com

Pratchett's Author Tracker page at Harper Collins

Terry Pratchett Interview

Terry Pratchett at the L-Space Web

Great A'Tuin

Terry Pratchett on the Net

The Annotated Pratchett File

The Pratchett Quote File

Theater of Cruelty  Short Story by Pterry

Pratchett Archives Archives ftp site..info on book signings may be found here!

Clarecraft Discwrld Figures

Wyrd Sisters Web page

Ankh Morpork Guardian

Thud! The Board Game Website

Terry Pratchett Newsgroups

alt.fan.pratchett

alt.books.fan.pratchett

alt.fan.pratchett.announce

Online Bookstores

Isis Audio Books Many unabridged Pratchett books and a huge selection of other authors as well. I have ordered from them and their service was fast and reliable.

Barnes and Noble Online

Borders Books Online

Dove Audio  so you can read in the car or while jogging!

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk You'll find a better selection here than on amazon.com, and the service to the States is FAST and reliable!

Ottakar's I haven't tried this one but it was recommended to me by a reader of this page and Discworld fan

Books@Random Random House Publishing Online Store

Penguin Books

Audible Audiobooks Not actually an online store, it is a subscription service, where you purchase a plan and can download as many books as that plan allows. The books are in Audible's proprietary format, and use a compatible player to listen. But there are several players to choose from, (Rio 500 and Philips RUSH to name two of them) and a huge selection of audiobooks. Be aware that in format 1, the most compressed, the audio quality isn't very good, but I found format 4 quite good for my purposes, although the files are much larger. For example, Terry Pratchett's "Soul Music" is 23 MB in format 1, and a hefty 137 MB in format 4. The downloads are resumable, but at that size, it does make it very difficult for 56K users to get their books!

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