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. 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,;

A must-have collection of shorter fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld novels.

A brilliant collection of short stories and short form fiction from the pen of one of the world''s best-loved authors. 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, illustrations by the late Josh Kirby and drawings by the author himself, this is a book to treasure.

• | Author: Terry Pratchett
• | Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2013
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780552163330
• | ISBN-10: 0552163333