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The first two and Mort have been adapted as graphic novels. Several have also been adapted as plays by ]. Mort and Soul Music have also been adapted as animated cartoons. The first two and Mort have been adapted as graphic novels. Several have also been adapted as plays by ]. Mort and Soul Music have also been adapted as animated cartoons.


==== Other non-discworld books by Pratchett: ==== ==== Other non-discworld books by Pratchett: ====
* ''Strata'' (though this does feature a disc shaped world, the novel is more a parody of ]'s <i>Ringworld</i>) * Strata (though this does feature a disc shaped world, the novel is more a parody of ]'s <i>Ringworld</i>)
* ''Dark Side of the Sun'' * Dark Side of the Sun
* ''The Carpet People'' (Pratchett's debut novel) * The Carpet People (Pratchett's debut novel)
*A trilogy of childrens books (known as The Bromeliad): * A trilogy of childrens books (known as The Bromeliad):
** ''Diggers'' ** Diggers
** ''Truckers'' ** Truckers
** ''Wings'' ** Wings
* ''Good Omens'' (co-written with ]) * Good Omens (co-written with ])
* ''The Unadulterated Cat'' (with Gray Jolliffe. An homage to real cats) * The Unadulterated Cat (with Gray Jolliffe. An homage to real cats)
* ''Only you can save mankind'' * Only you can save mankind
* ''Johnny and the Dead'' * Johnny and the Dead
* ''Johnny and the bomb'' * Johnny and the bomb


Pratchett's books have received a level of critical acclaim unusual for their genre. A collection of essays about his writings is compiled in the book, <em> Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature?</em>, eds. ], ] and ], Science Fiction Foundation, ]. Pratchett's books have received a level of critical acclaim unusual for their genre. A collection of essays about his writings is compiled in the book, <em> Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature?</em>, eds. ], ] and ], Science Fiction Foundation, ].

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Terry Pratchett is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series.

Now containing 20-some books, the Discworld series is a humourous 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. Recurring characters include Rincewind the incompetent wizard, Death, his granddaughter Susan Sto Helit, and Death's apprentice Mort, Granny Weatherwax the Witch, Cohen the barbarian, the Librarian of Unseen University, Carrot, a dwarf by adoption and devoted member of the City Guard, and the Luggage.

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

The covers of all of the Discworld novels sold in the United Kingdom until 2001 were created by Josh Kirby.

The Discworld novels:

The first two and Mort have been adapted as graphic novels. Several have also been adapted as plays by Stephen Briggs. Mort and Soul Music have also been adapted as animated cartoons.

Other non-discworld books by Pratchett:

  • Strata (though this does feature a disc shaped world, the novel is more a parody of Larry Niven's Ringworld)
  • Dark Side of the Sun
  • The Carpet People (Pratchett's debut novel)
  • A trilogy of childrens books (known as The Bromeliad):
    • Diggers
    • Truckers
    • Wings
  • Good Omens (co-written with Neil Gaiman)
  • The Unadulterated Cat (with Gray Jolliffe. An homage to real cats)
  • Only you can save mankind
  • Johnny and the Dead
  • Johnny and the bomb

Pratchett's books have received a level of critical acclaim unusual for their genre. A collection of essays about his writings is compiled in the book, Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature?, eds. Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn, Science Fiction Foundation, 2000.

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