Verfasst: Samstag 5. Mai 2001, 12:22
The Essential Terry Pratchett
by Andrew M. Butler
In Britain it has been estimated that 10% of all books sold are fantasy. And
of that fantasy, 10% is written by Terry Pratchett. So, do the sums: 1% of
all books sold in Britain are written by Terry Pratchett.
So throwing caution to the wind, let's enter a world where the Librarian is
an orangutan, luggage has legs, and where Death may come to visit, on his
holidays. A world which is flat and balanced upon elephants stood on the back
of a giant turtle. Welcome to Discworld.
The success of the best-selling Discworld series has been so phenomenal that
there have been radio serialisations, tv adaptations, numerous plays, dozens
of audiobooks, pottery figures, calendars, diaries, an encyclopedia, a couple
of computer games, a quizbook, a CD of music inspired by the Discworld,
several fanzines, newsgroups, fanclubs and a couple of Discworld Conventions.
There was even a whole volume of criticism discussing Terry Pratchett's work.
And this one makes it two.
Oh, and we've included information about all Terry Pratchett's other work as
well.
Andrew M Butler is co-editor of Vector, lectures in film and media studies at
BCUC and is the author of Pocket Essentials on Philip K Dick and Cyberpunk.
by Andrew M. Butler
In Britain it has been estimated that 10% of all books sold are fantasy. And
of that fantasy, 10% is written by Terry Pratchett. So, do the sums: 1% of
all books sold in Britain are written by Terry Pratchett.
So throwing caution to the wind, let's enter a world where the Librarian is
an orangutan, luggage has legs, and where Death may come to visit, on his
holidays. A world which is flat and balanced upon elephants stood on the back
of a giant turtle. Welcome to Discworld.
The success of the best-selling Discworld series has been so phenomenal that
there have been radio serialisations, tv adaptations, numerous plays, dozens
of audiobooks, pottery figures, calendars, diaries, an encyclopedia, a couple
of computer games, a quizbook, a CD of music inspired by the Discworld,
several fanzines, newsgroups, fanclubs and a couple of Discworld Conventions.
There was even a whole volume of criticism discussing Terry Pratchett's work.
And this one makes it two.
Oh, and we've included information about all Terry Pratchett's other work as
well.
Andrew M Butler is co-editor of Vector, lectures in film and media studies at
BCUC and is the author of Pocket Essentials on Philip K Dick and Cyberpunk.