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Terry Pratchett (Pocket Essentials) (Paperback)

by Andrew M. Butler (Author)
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  • Paperback: 78 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Essentials; illustrated edition edition (9 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903047390
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903047392
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 471,143 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Contents of The Pocket Essential Terry Pratchett
In Britain it has been estimated that 10% of all books sold are fantasy. And of that fantasy, 10% is written by Terry Pratchett. That means that 1% of all books sold in Britain are written by Terry Pratchett.

So throwing caution to the wind, let's enter a world where the Librarian is an orang-utan, luggage has legs, and where Death may come to visit, on his holidays. A world which is flat and balanced upon elephants stood on the back of a giant turtle. Welcome to Discworld.

The success of the best-selling Discworld series has been so phenomenal that there have been radio serialisations, TV adaptations, numerous plays, dozens of audiobooks, pottery figures, calendars, diaries, an encyclopedia, a couple of computer games, a quizbook, a CD of music inspired by Discworld, several fanzines, newsgroups, fanclubs and a couple of Discworld Conventions. There was even a whole volume of criticism discussing Terry Pratchett's work. And this one makes it two.

This volume is a book by book analysis of the complete Discworld series and of the other novels by Pratchett. From The Carpet People to Strata, the Bromeliad, The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy, Good Omens, The Science of Discworld, the Discworld sequence from The Colour of Magic to Thief of Time, and not forgetting a cat that is Unadulterated, this book covers the lot.

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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A good, if very subjective, look at the work of Pratchett, 25 Jun 2001
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This is a decent book for any serious fan of Terry Pratchett's work. It gives an account of all his major books and works, of which of course the discworld series stands out.

It is generally a well written account- each book gets a breif outline of the plot aswell as useful notes- I found some areas, such as the reproduction of the poem " Jingo " very good indeed. It is at times slightly lacking in in depth facts , but this is made up for by the commentary.

At times I find myself disagreeing with him, however. He seems almost obsessed to draw links between " our " world and the discworld. Pratchett, for sure, uses Earth experience as a background, but then lets the creativity move on from there. The author of this book fails to do that. For example he has decided that the land in " Interesting Times " is China, despite the fact that it clearly is a cocktail of many Eastern areas- noticably Japan aswell.

He rates the books with stars- a good idea- but one that seems again to be based soley on the autor's own feels- if he doesn't like a character the book gets a bad mark. Also with the book " Jingo " he gives it two ratings- a second rating being what he made of the book on subsequent reads- I feel that if he does that for one book he must do it for all.

Overall the ratings are interesting.

Also it contains many spelling errors, and in palces errors of Grammar that alter the context- read the review of Maskerade. This is unfortunate and suggests the book was rushed.

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28 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Sadly irrelevant, 29 Jul 2001
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I read the Pocket Essential Hitchhiker's Guide about Douglas Adams and it was a joy; very complete and informative. Maybe this gave me too high expectations on the other books in the same series. To me, this is simply humourless and very subjective reviews of Terry Pratchett's works. "The Colour of Magic" got 2/5, which must mean that it's not worth reading. But it's a great book! Anyway, if you're looking for reviews of the Discworld books (though I can't see why you would be), go ahead and buy this book. But if you want useful information on the different incarnations of Pratchett's works, this is not for you.

(The only useful information in the book is that Eric was first published by Gollancz, which prompted Corgi to exclude it when numbering Discworld novels, thus confusing anyone trying to figure out the order. There, now you can save your money! :)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Some good things, but ..., 17 Feb 2004
... too many mistakes: grammar, spelling or context. For example, the lady in one of the corners of the Lancre Map is not Queen Magrat, but the Queen of the "Lords and Ladies".
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It a Terry Pratchett Biography. Anyone who loves his books, will be interested to know what makes him tick, where his inspirations lie.
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