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HTML: A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove—featuring charming woodcut illustrations—is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages and includes a foreword by Neil Gaiman. These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found—were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch young Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld, all are infused with Pratchett's trademark wit, satirical wisdom, and brilliant imagination, hinting at the magical universe he would go on to create. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and embark on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork . . . Irresistibly entertaining, A Stroke of the Pen is an essential collection from the great Sir Terry Pratchett, a "master storyteller" (A. S. Byatt) who "defies categorization" (The Times); a writer whose "novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies" (Independent UK). . … (mehr) |
▾Empfehlungen von LibraryThing ▾Diskussionen (Ãœber Links) » Andere Autoren hinzufügen (27 möglich) | Autorenname | Rolle | Art des Autors | Werk? | Status | | Pratchett, Terry | — | Hauptautor | alle Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Gaiman, Neil | Vorwort | Co-Autor | alle Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Harkin, Jan | Nachwort | Co-Autor | alle Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Harkin, Pat | Nachwort | Co-Autor | alle Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Smythe, Colin | Einführung | Co-Autor | alle Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Alcaino, Micaela | Umschlagillustration | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Briggs, Stephen | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Culshaw, Jon | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Davidson, Andrew | Illustrator | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Foy, Claire | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Gaiman, Neil | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Jason, David | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Parkinson, Katherine | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Paterson, Joseph | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Planer, Nigel | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Pratchett, Rhianna | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Rhodri, Steffan | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Robinson, Tony | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Tennant, David | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Varma, Indira | Erzähler | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. This volume is dedicated to Pat and Jan Harkin who have spent countless hours in the British Newspaper Archive in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, establishing the dates when episodes of the story 'The Quest for the Keys' were actually published. As Rob Wilkins and I did not initially know when they appeared, Pat and Jan had to check through thousands of issues of the Western Daily Press and, while doing so, discovered stories written by Terry under the pseudonym Patrick Kearns, which are republished here for the first time.
And to Chris Lawrence who at the age of fifteen was so impressed with Terry's story 'The Quest for the Keys' that he tore out the pages from the Western Daily Press in which it appeared and kept them for forty years before he cut out the columns, removing the dates, with happy consequences. Had he not done so, the Harkins would not have gone on their search and thus unearthed all the rest of the stories in this book.
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. Terry Pratchett being now these eight years dead, I have watched at first hand as the living person I knew has become a legend of sorts.
Foreword. It had always puzzled me that Terry's inspiration for writing his Bucks Free Press-style short stories had dried up during parts of the 1970s.
Introduction. Right from the start some of the older cavemen were completely against the idea.
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Fiction.
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Humor (Fiction.)
HTML: A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove—featuring charming woodcut illustrations—is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages and includes a foreword by Neil Gaiman. These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found—were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch young Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld, all are infused with Pratchett's trademark wit, satirical wisdom, and brilliant imagination, hinting at the magical universe he would go on to create. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and embark on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork . . . Irresistibly entertaining, A Stroke of the Pen is an essential collection from the great Sir Terry Pratchett, a "master storyteller" (A. S. Byatt) who "defies categorization" (The Times); a writer whose "novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies" (Independent UK). . ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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