A Blink of the Screen Collected Short Fiction

In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world's best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for the first time are his short stories and other short form fiction collected into one volume. A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press,; to the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.Here are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure, chickens, death, disco and, actually, some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas,all of it shot through with his inimitable brand of humour. With an introduction by Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt, illustrations by the late Josh Kirby and drawings by the author himself, this is a book to treasure.

Product details

• Authors: Terry Pratchett
• Publisher: Corgi
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 10.10.2013
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780552163330
• ISBN: 978-0-552-16333-0
• Pages: 368
• Dimensions (packing): 12.7 x 19.8 x 2.3 cm
• Subjects: Satire, Adventure, Essays, young adult, Epic Fantasy, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, science fiction books, Humour, Contemporary Fantasy, Discworld, Humorous fiction, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Adventure / action fiction, sci fi books, Novels, funny books, ya books, short book, journals, books for teens, classic books for adults, funny books for men, books for teenage boys, fantasy books for adults, sci fi gifts, science fiction kindle books, humorous books for men, humour books, quick reads, books for him, classic books for teenagers, short stories for adults, kindle fantasy books, sci fi books bestsellers 2025, sci fi gifts for men