Terry Pratchett

Terence David John Pratchett OBE (known to some fans as Pterry, following the convention he used in his book Pyramids where characters were given names such as Ptraci and Pteppic) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. As of March 2005 he has sold approximately 40 million books worldwide.

Discworld

Now containing over 30 books, the Discworld series is a humorous fantasy work that parodies everything under the sun where the disc-shaped world rotates on the backs of four giant elephants supported by the enormous turtle Great A'Tuin swimming its way through space. Major topics of parody have included many science fiction and fantasy characters, ideas and tropes, Ingmar Bergman films, Australia, film making, newspaper publishing, rock and roll music, religion, philosophy (mainly Greek), Egyptian history, trade unions, monarchy, and on and on.

Related Topics:
Discworld - Disc-shaped world - Science fiction - Fantasy - Ingmar Bergman - Australia - Film making - Newspaper - Rock and roll - Religion - Philosophy - Egyptian history - Trade union - Monarchy

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Pratchett's novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents won the 2001 Carnegie Medal for best children's novel (awarded in 2002).

Related Topics:
2001 - Carnegie Medal - Novel - 2002

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See the Discworld article for a list of Discworld novels.

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Related works

Together with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, Pratchett has also written The Science of Discworld (1999), ' (2002) and ' (2005). All of these have chapters that alternate between fiction and non-fiction, with the fictional chapters being mainly set on the Discworld.

Related Topics:
Ian Stewart - Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld - 1999 - 2002 - 2005 - Discworld

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