A stroke of the pen the lost stories
"These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found-were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his in...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Pratchett, Terry, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A stroke of the pen : |b the lost stories / |c Terry Pratchett ; [foreword by Neil Gaiman]. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Harper, |c 2023. | |
| 300 | |a xv, 220 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 590 | |a Genre sticker: Short stories. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a How it all began... -- The fossil beach -- The real wild west -- How Scrooge saw the spectral light (Ho! Ho! Ho!) and went happily back to Hamburg -- Wanted: a fat jolly man with a red wooly hat -- A partridge in a post box -- The new Father Christmas -- The great Blackbury pie -- How Good King Wencesles went pop for the DJ's Feast of Stephen -- Dragon quest -- The gnomes from home -- From the horse's mouth -- Blackbury weather -- The Blackbury jungle -- The haunted steamroller | |
| 520 | |a "These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found-were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld, all are infused with Pratchett's trademark wit, satirical wisdom, and brilliant imagination, hinting at the magical universe he would go on to create. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and embark on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork . . . A Stroke of the Pen is an essential collection from the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett, a "master storyteller" (A. S. Byatt) who "defies categorization" (The Times); a writer whose "novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies" (Independent UK)"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Fantasy fiction, English. | |
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| 655 | 7 | |a Fantasy fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Christmas fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Gaiman, Neil, |e writer of foreword. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Pratchett, Terry. |t Stroke of the pen |b First edition. |d New York : Harper, 2023 |z 9780063376212 |w (DLC) 2023032375 |
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