Strata

Paperback Published on: 22/04/1988
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Synopsis

'Pratchett's writing is a constant delight' Daily Mail

THE COMPANY BUILDS PLANETS.

Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living, and with the help of memory surgery, she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the wrong stratum, not to mention the fact it is holding a placard which reads, 'End Nuclear Testing Now', doesn't dismay the woman who built a mountain range in the shape of her initials during her own high-spirited youth.

But then came discovery of something which did intrigue Kin Arad. A flat earth was something new...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780552133258
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 177 x 106 x 20 mm
  • Weight: 152g
  • Languages: English

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Strata
Strata by Terry Pratchett
Very good read from a time before Discworld although the idea of the impossibility of a flat word is there. Read it for a change.
David Langdon
Strata
Genesis of discworld
Strata was an early book by pratchett, a foray into science fiction, but... you can see the beginning in this of his discworld ideas. I wasn't keen on ... READ MORE
Book collector
Strata
Lacks the quintessential 'Pratchett' factor.
This lacks either the multiple layers of humour that I associate with the early Discworld books, the cynicism and intriguing plots of the latter part of th... READ MORE
Virginia Maine