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Terry Prachett
Terry was 17 when he wrote this, his first novel, and he even drew the cover himself. It tells the story of tiny tribes living in the weave of a carpet. The rewrite in 1992 is different enough to be considered a separate novel.
A curious sci-fi novel with hints of Asimov. The original has another Terry Pratchett cover, but the re-print in the late 1980's was given a Josh Kirby cover.
Another sci-fi novel, but this one parodies Larry Niven's Ringworld. There is a Discworld in the book, but not as we know it!
The first Discworld novel features Rincewind, TwoFlower and the Luggage. If you own a first edition, you might expect to sell it for 500 UK pounds.
Follows on directly from TCOM. Terry's ideas of the Discworld were not fully matured at this stage, so the first two novels have a slightly different flavour to them.
The series had started to take off when Equal Rites was published. Terry introduced us to Granny Weatherwax and Esk, the first female wizard. Esk has not been mentioned in any subsequent book.
Death had become a popular figure in the early novels and in Mort he developed real character.
The wizards return in a story about a Sourcerer - a wizard with limitless power.
Granny is back and is joined by fellow witches Magrat and Nanny Ogg. Who is the rightful heir to the Lancre crown? This novel was serialised by Radio 4 in 1995.
One of those unusual Discworld novels without a sequel, Pyramids is set in the desert regions of Djelibeybi. The oustanding feature of this book is the description of the assassins' final examination which parodies the UK's driving test and is one of the best passages that Terry has written.
Introducing the city watch and Corporal Carrot in a battle against a dragon that has taken over Ankh-Morpork. Another novel to be serialised by Radio 4 back in 1991. Large elements of the story were also used in the Discworld game.
Not a Discworld novel, this book takes a humorous look at the behaviour of the feline species.
First in the Gnomes trilogy - supposedly for children, but with plenty of interest for adults. The gnomes in question face eviction with the demolition of the department store where they live.
Second in the Gnomes trilogy. The gnomes find a new home under ground, but some gnomes have more ambition.
What happened to Rincewind after Sourcery banished him to the Dungeon Dimensions. This book was originally published with illustrations by Josh Kirby and is much shorter than the other DW novels.
Terry co-wrote this with Neil Gaiman and it has a flavour of both authors. Heaven and Hell prepare for the final battle, but a mix up at the birth of the anti-Christ has strange results.
Ankh-Morpork gets movie fever and CMOT Dibbler gets his biggest role yet. Unfortunately, the creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions are at it again. A noteable book because Gaspode the Wonder Dog makes his first appearance.
Third in the Gnomes trilogy. The gnomes take to the skies and discover their true ancestry.
Death goes awol in the sequel to Mort. One of the most popular in the Discworld series.
The witches in foreign parts in a battle against Grannies evil sister.
A classic witches novel in a parody of A Midsummer's Night Dream. Magrat and Verence make wedding preparations, but evil is afoot.
The first of Terry's stories about Johnny Maxwell which his publishers market as childrens' books. What do you do when the Space Invaders surrender?
A tale of religion in the Discworld's desert regions. Brutha finds god - in the cabbage patch.
Terry's reworking of his first novel.
This second Johnny Maxwell book was made into a TV series by LWT. The local graveyard is to be sold as a building site, and its inhabitants are none too happy.
Following on from Guards! Guards! this novel is the Discworld equivalent of a crime novel.
Death is missing again, and a new craze has gripped Ankh Morpork.
Rincewind and TwoFlower in a reunion on the Counterweight Continent. It's interesting to see Terry handle characters he hasn't mentioned since The Light Fantastic.
A witches novel based around the Opera House in Ankh Morpork. Fans of Phantom of the Opera will particularly like this one.
The third Johnny Maxwell book and the best to date. Johnny time travels back to the second world war using an old shopping trolley belonging to bag lady Mrs Tachyon. With help from his trusty friends (Yoless, Bigmac and Wobbler), he tries to change history and prevent the terrible carnage wreaked by a stray bomb.
After Men At Arms, another crime novel. Someone is poisoning the Patrician, but who? And how?
It was the night before Hogswatch... but the Hogfather is missing. HO, HO, HO. A terrible crime is planned against the children of the Discworld to get rid of the Hogfather. And an excess of 'belief' slopping around causes some very strange results.
Ankh Morpork is at war with Klatch. This is another Watch book very much in the style of Feet of Clay. Tensions mount over a territorial dispute and ugly racism rears its head.
Rincewind finds himself in the inhospitable terrain of XXXX where every plant and animal is out to kill him. Back at Unseen University, the Librarian is ill and the Library is running amok. To cure the Librarian, the wizards need to know his real name, and the only person who knows that is busy falling into waterholes in XXXX!
The Witches face their toughest adversaries yet - the Vampyres! A dark and sinister novel at times which really brings into question Granny's future in Lancre. The villains are beautiful but terrifying! Some excellent incidental characters litter the plot with a hilarious reprise for HodgesAaargh!
The Patrician sends a diplomatic party to Uberwalde for the coronation ceremony of a new chief dwarf with Vimes at their head. Sir Samuel discovers the world of diplomacy a struggle as he meets a Vampyre who is 'on the wagon' and Angua's family of Werewolf miscreants.
Ankh Morpork has its first newspaper and headline news is that The Patrician has been framed for attempted murder.
The grey Auditors are meddling with the Discworld again as Time itself stands threatened. Susan is once more plucked from her semi-normal existence to help where DEATH can't.
Cohen the Barbarian decides to take his revenge out on the Gods - lavishly illustrated by Paul Kidby.
The Last Hero - paperback edition with new illustrations by Paul Kidby.
Ostensibly a Discworld novel for the younger readers, this story twists the old pied piper myth in a satisfying way.
Sam Vimes goes back to his own past to track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. There's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future.
The first Tiffany Aching story. Tiffany's little brother has been stolen by the Queen of the Fairies and she has got to get him back, To help her she has her granny's magic book and the Nac Mac Feegle, the Wee Free Men, the fightin', thievin', tiny blue-skinned pictsies who were thrown out of Fairyland for being Drunk and Disorderly.
Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry, and now she's enlisted in the army, and is searching for her lost brother. But there's a war on and Polly is suddenly in the thick of it, without any training. All she and her fellow recruits have on their side is the most artful segeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well.... they have a secret.
R A Salvatore
"The Icewind Dale Trilogy"
"The Dark Elf Trilogy"
"Paths of Darkness"
"The Hunter's Blade"
"The Cleric Quintet"
Other books by R A Salvatore