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Informationen zum Autor Sir Terry Pratchett is a publishing phenomenon. Among his many prizes and citations are the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award! the Carnegie Medal! the BSFA Award! eight honorary doctorates and! of course! a knighthood. In 2012! he won a BAFTA for his documentary on the subject of assisted suicide! ´Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die´. He is the author of fifty bestselling books but is best known for the globally renowned Discworld series. The first Discworld novel! The Colour of Magic ! was published in 1983! and the series is still going strong almost three decades later. Four Discworld novels - Hogfather ! Going Postal ! The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic - have been adapted for television! with more to follow. His books have sold approximately 85 million copies worldwide (but who´s counting?)! and been translated into thirty-seven languages. In 2007! Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer´s Disease. He died in 2015. Klappentext A new edition of Pratchett's novella "Eric"! with illustrations by Josh Kirby. It is his inimitable take on the "Faust" legend! starring many of "Discworld's" most popular characters. Zusammenfassung Terry Pratchett´s hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld´s most popular characters. Eric is the Discworld´s only demonology hacker. The trouble is! he´s not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal! rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But what he gets is Rincewind! the Disc´s most incompetent wizard! and Rincewind´s Luggage (the world´s most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain. The outcome is an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more - this time! quite fervently - that he´d never been born.
