A Blink of the Screen: Collected Short Fiction

Paperback Published on: 03/04/2025
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Synopsis

A brilliant collection of short stories and short form fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, one of the world's best-loved authors.

'Clever, neatly constructed and funny … Pratchett is one of the great comic writers and storytellers of our time' Guardian

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 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 and drawings by the author himself, this is a book to treasure.

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Publisher information

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781804995877
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 23 mm
  • Weight: 255g
  • Languages: English

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A Blink of the Screen
Excellent Collection of Short Stories
I have been a fan of Pratchett for a long while now, and have read almost all of the Discworld books and some, but not all, of his collaborations with othe... READ MORE
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