Terry Pratchett: Guilty Of Literature
by Andrew M. Butler (Editor), Edward James (Editor), Farah Mendlesohn (Editor)
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Terry Pratchett has long been on Britain's most popular and successful authors, and has already won many fans in North America as well. He is best known for the bestselling Discworld series. This is a new edition of of the first full-length study of Pratchett. The first edition was shortlisted for the Hugo Award in 2001 and the 2001 Locus Award for Non-fiction.Tags
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This collection of essays spans Pratchett's career from the 1971 publication of _The Carpet People_ to his the second Tiffany Aching book, _Hat Full of Sky_ in 2004. The various authors focus on themes, such as coming of age, the development of the geography of Discworld, and the treatment of the academic world; or on characters, such as Death and Sam Vines. Some of the essays are clearly aimed at an academic audience, others may be appreciated by any reader interested in in-depth discussion of the works. This work, is not, however, essential to a fan library.
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Andrew M. Butler is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is the author and editor of many books, including (as co editor) The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction (Routledge, 2009) and Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction (Routledge, 2009).
Edward James is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
Farah Mendlesohn teaches at Middlesex University, London
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- Original title
- Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Terry Pratchett
- First words
- The 'about the author' squibs which appeared in the paperback editions of Pratchett's Discworld novels between Small Gods and The last Continent include the sentence: 'Occasionally he gets accused of literature.... (show all)'
- Blurbers
- Morgan, Cheryl; Dirda, Michael; Gaiman, Neil
- Disambiguation notice
- The yellow cover is from the first edition.
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