Terry Pratchett

The classic Discworld novel, available in a brand-new cover look, celebrating 50 years of Terry Pratchett!

Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork... A truly unmissable, beautifully illustrated collection of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett: award-winning and bestselling author, and creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. Twenty early short stories by one of the world’s best loved authors, each accompanied by exquisite original woodcut illustrations. These are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst none are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. 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 go on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork... A STROKE OF THE PEN is a must-have collection for fans of all ages. Praise for Terry Pratchett ’Pratchett is a master storyteller’ - A. S. Byatt, Guardian ’The Discworld novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies’ - Independent ’Compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world . . . There’s never been anything quite like it’ - Evening Standard ’Like most true originals, Pratchett defies categorisation’ - The Times ’Pratchett found something better than literature’ - Frank Cottrell Boyce, Guardian

Raising Steam

Oni - vampiry, i eto mnogoe objasnjaet. Da, oni spjat v grobakh, da, oni pitajutsja krovju, odnako... vse ne tak prosto. Doloj zaskoruzlye predanija i predrassudki! Novyj mir - novye povadki! Zakaljajsja svjatoj vodoj! Religioznye simvoly - vsego lish kartinki i predmety natelnogo ukrashenija! Chesnok? Obychnaja priprava! Smelo gljadi v glaza nastupajuschemu dnju! Oni - novye vampiry. Oni budut zhit po-novomu. I vy tozhe budete zhit po-novomu. Vas zastavjat ne bojatsja. Vas zastavjat snjat s okon reshetki. Vam budet khorosho. Ljudi i vampiry - druzhba vovek! A tekh, kto ne soglasen, - "Karpe Jugulum"!

Velikij Volshebnik Rinsvid derzhit put na Protivovesnyj kontinent s sekretnoj missiej. Tem vremenem Koen-Varvar s Serebrjanoj Ordoj priblizhaetsja k stolitse Agatovoj imperii. Gorjaschie kusty brodjat po pustyne, zagovarivaja so sluchajnymi prokhozhimi. A tserkov Velikogo Boga Oma zhdet obeschannogo prishestvija proroka... vot tolko dozhdetsja malenkuju cherepashku. Vprochem, i truslivyj Rinsvid edva li spravitsja so svoej missiej. Nastupajut interesnye vremena. Dva romana o volshebnikakh i chelovecheskoj prirode, nastojaschikh gerojakh i vere v spravedlivost v nepovtorimom stile sera Terri Pratchetta.

Mau - poslednij iz svoego naroda: ostalnykh uneslo tsunami, obrushivsheesja na ego rodnoj ostrov. Dafna chudom vyzhila posle korablekrushenija. On - malchik-dikar; iz nejo rastili ledi. Oni govorjat na raznykh jazykakh i vyrosli na raznykh kontsakh zemnogo shara, no katastrofa svodit ikh vmeste. Chtoby vyzhit, Mau i Dafna dolzhny brosit vyzov dukham predkov i samoj smerti. A eschjo raskryt tajnu, kotoraja bukvalno perevernjot mir...

Djavol nanimaet reklamschika, chtoby populjarizirovat Ad. Pisatel ubivaet opostylevshego personazha, no sledujuschim utrom tot objavljaetsja na poroge ego doma. Nezadachlivye puteshestvenniki popadajut v mir ozhivshikh rozhdestvenskikh otkrytok - i vidjat tam to, chto Lavkraftu ne snilos. Volshebniki Nezrimogo Universiteta dumajut, kak perezhit proverku lorda Vitinari, a kapitan Morkou reshaet problemu prestupnosti sredi ank-morporkskoj molodezhi. Vstrechajte sbornik korotkikh istorij sera Terri Pratchetta: ot fentezi i stikhov do nauchnoj fantastiki, ot pervogo opublikovannogo rasskaza, napisannogo junym Terri v 13 let, do otryvkov, ne voshedshikh v povesti o Ploskom mire.

Making Money!

Dva romana Terri Pratchetta o volshebnikakh tsikla "Ploskij mir" v novom oformlenii serii "Kollektsija". Satira + sereznoe soderzhanie s ogromnym kolichestvom literaturnykh pervoistochnikov (ot jazycheskikh verovanij do osnov monoteizma), s alljuzijami k Zhan-Polju Sartru i Ingmaru Bergmanu. "Vse, chto mozhno skazat pro romany o Ploskom mire: chitajte, i vy ikh poljubite!" The Washington Post "Ljuboe skhodstvo mezhdu bezumnym khaosom Ploskogo mira i nashej sobstvennoj, predpolozhitelno intelligentnoj, planetoj - chisto sluchajno". Baltimore Sun10 nomnitsij na premii "Lokus", SF Site, "Prometej", "Gudridz", "Itogi goda "Mira fantastiki" i drugie. Summarnyj tirazh knig Terri Pratchetta - okolo 100 millionov ekzempljarov!

Ploskij mir rodilsja v voobrazhenii ego sozdatelja, legendarnogo Terri Pratchetta, no po khodu soroka s lishnim knig zazhil sobstvennoj zhiznju. Ploskij mir plyvjot skvoz kosmos na spinakh chetyrjokh slonov, stojaschikh na ispolinskoj cherepakhe (slonov kogda-to bylo pjat, no ob etom kak-nibud v drugoj raz). Eto mir, polnyj magii, kraj kontrastov i krajnostej: ot burljaschego Ank-Morporka, drevnejshego megapolisa na Diske, do drevnej imperii Klatch, gde u slova "ubijstvo" pjatnadtsat sinonimov. V etom artbuke predstavleno puteshestvie khudozhnika Pola Kidbi po Disku - v sochnykh tsvetakh ili strogom monokhrome. Eto kalejdoskop personazhej, zavoevavshikh serdtsa millionov chitatelej po vsemu miru, s kommentarijami samogo sera Terri o tom, kak oni sozdavalis. Eto "Ploskij mir: voploschaja legendu". Perevodchik: Gaginskij Aleksandr MikhajlovichKhudozhnik: Kidbi Pol

Sbornik neverojatnykh istorij ot velichajshego fantazjora vsekh vremjon i narodovDelo popakhivaet magiej... Voobrazhenie - udivitelnaja shtuka. Ono perenesjot tebja na vershinu samoj vysokoj gory ili na dno samogo glubokogo okeana. Tak sluchilos i s Dogginsom, kotoryj dozhdalsja svoego Grandioznogo Prikljuchenija, polnogo volshebstva i letatelnykh apparatov. Voobrazhenie zaneslo troikh junykh izobretatelej na Lunu (gde oni sluchajno ostavili butylku limonada - no eto ne tochno), a peschernogo cheloveka - v kreslo stomatologa. Dlja mladshego i srednego shkolnogo vozrastaPerevodchik: Shulga Elizaveta NikolaevnaKhudozhnik: Bich Mark

Ürgsorts paistab kõigi teiste Kettamaailma sortside seas silma sellega, et ta on kaheksanda poja kaheksas poeg ning tema isa peab olema sorts. Ürgsorts suudab tahtmise korral päikese peatada, mere keema panna ja teha veel muudki, mis on tavainimesele väga tülikas, kuid ürgsortsidele peaaegu kohustuslik. Ta on kanal, mille kaudu võlukunst universumisse voolab, ning valge augu inimvaste. Et ürgsortsid on väga tülikad, siis viidi just nende vältimiseks Nähtamatus Ülikoolis sisse tsölibaadinõue. Selgus aga, et kuigi teoreetiliselt võib ürgsortsist jagu saada ainult teine ürgsorts, ajab praktikas asja kenasti ära ka vana soki sisse pandud poolik telliskivi. Ja mis seal imestada, tegemist on ju Kettamaailmaga.

From the worldwide phenomenon Sir Terry Pratchett, via the unquestionable wisdom of the Amazing Maurice, herein is contained everything you'll ever need to know to identify the real, unadulterated cat. Featuring fifty illustrations from the creative minds behind the Amazing Maurice animated film.

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels.'This is the best Pratchett I've read' Sunday Telegraph‘Maybe the best Discworld book’ 5-star reader review'The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew . . . The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn't do is allow it to stop. On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well . . . time. Monk Lu-Tze, his apprentice Lobsang Ludd and Death's granddaughter Susan must stop the clockmaker before he completes his task. Because a truly accurate clock will stop time completely. And then, there really will be no tomorrow . . . Thief of Time is the fifth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series:'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R. R. Martin'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times‘The best humorous English author since P. G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fourth book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels.'Our best comic novelist' New Scientist‘A great Christmas tale that's as silly as it is deep in the way few authors cam achieve’ 5-star reader review'Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.''Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house . . . something was missing. Superstition makes things work in the Discworld and undermining it can have consequences. When Death realizes that belief in the Hogfather is dangerously low, he decides to take on the job. But it's just not right to find a seven-foot skeleton creeping down your chimney and trying to say 'ho, ho, ho'. It's the last night of the year, the time is turning, and if Susan, gothic governess and Death's granddaughter, doesn't sort everything out by morning, there won't be a morning. Ever again . . . Hogfather is the fourth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series:'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R. R. Martin'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times‘The best humorous English author since P. G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels.'Genius . . . deals with death with startling originality' New York Times‘Terry Pratchett at his best. Fantastic book’ 5-star reader review'This didn't feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.'Being sixteen is always difficult, but it's even more so when there's a Death in the family. Susan hasn't exactly had a normal upbringing, with a skeletal grandfather who rides a white horse and wields a scythe. When Death decides he needs a well-earned break, he leaves Susan to take over the family business. The only problem is, everyone mistakes her for the Tooth Fairy . . . Well, not the only problem. There's a new, addictive music in Discworld. It's lawless. It changes people. It's got a beat and you can dance to it. It's called Music With Rocks In. And it won't fade away . . . Soul Music is the third book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series:'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R. R. Martin'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times‘The best humorous English author since P. G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the second book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels.'One taste, and you'll scour bookstores for more' Daily Mail‘So smart and funny - I can't recommend them highly enough’ 5-star reader review'Inside every living person is a dead person waiting to get out.'Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality for the heinous crime of developing . . . a personality. Sent to live like everyone else, Death takes a new name and begins working as a farmhand. He's got the scythe already, after all. And for humanity, Death is just . . . gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn't come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime? You can't have the undead wandering about like lost souls - there's no telling what might happen. Particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living . . . Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series:'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R. R. Martin'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times‘The best humorous English author since P. G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

*The book that inspired the big-hit new film starring Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, David Tennant, Hugh Laurie and Joe Sugg, coming 16th December. Read before you see! With amazing content, from scripts to film art*Even wizards produce leftovers. But a wizard's rubbish is laced with magic, and for the rats that forage this rubbish, the magic has changed them - they can speak and read, and have rather grand ambitions for a comfortable retirement. Which is perfect for a con-cat like Maurice. He has his own magical talents, and wants to get rich quick. Together with the rats, and young Keith, the 'piper', they work the towns to create their very own plague of rats - then lure them away for cash. But in the run-down town Bad Blintz, this little con goes wrong, and suddenly these educated rodents aren't playing to the piper's tune . . .'An astonishing novel' Financial Times