{"id":1115,"date":"2019-06-19T06:14:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T06:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1115"},"modified":"2019-07-14T22:26:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T22:26:32","slug":"terry-pratchett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1115","title":{"rendered":"Terry Pratchett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/authors\/1235562205p8\/1654.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Terry Pratchett\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bibliography:<\/strong><br><em>&#8220;I was pleased to learn that most of the things I thought I knew were wrong&#8221; Source: Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>RIP, Sir Terry.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;DON&#8217;T THINK OF IT AS DYING,&#8217; said Death, &#8216;JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disc World Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1471\">The Color of Magic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cosmos Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1535\">The Long Cosmos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Long Earth Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1537\">The Long War<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Terry Pratchett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Goodreads <i>Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987, he turned to writing full time.<\/p>\n<p>There are over 40 books in the Discworld series, of which four are written for children. The first of these, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal.<\/p>\n<p>A non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback &#8211; Harper Torch, 2006 &#8211; and trade paperback &#8211; Harper Paperbacks, 2006).<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Harper Children&#8217;s published Terry&#8217;s standalone non-Discworld YA novel, Nation. Terry published Snuff in October 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire \u201cfor services to literature\u201d in 1998, and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Warwick in 1999, the University of Portsmouth in 2001, the University of Bath in 2003, the University of Bristol in 2004, Buckinghamshire New University in 2008, the University of Dublin in 2008, Bradford University in 2009, the University of Winchester in 2009, and The Open University in 2013 for his contribution to Public Service.<\/p>\n<p>In Dec. of 2007, Pratchett disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. On 18 Feb 2009, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>He was awarded the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><i>Sir Terry Pratchett passed away on 12th March 2015.<br><\/i><\/p>\n<p>On the internets! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrypratchett.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terry Pratchett&#8217;s Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bibliography:&#8220;I was pleased to learn that most of the things I thought I knew were wrong&#8221; Source: Unknown RIP, Sir Terry. &nbsp; &#8216;DON&#8217;T THINK OF IT AS DYING,&#8217; said Death, &#8216;JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH. Disc World Series The Color of Magic &nbsp; The Cosmos Series The Long Cosmos &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1115\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Terry Pratchett<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoL7Z-hZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1535,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1535","url_meta":{"origin":1115,"position":0},"title":"The Long Cosmos","date":"June 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"From Goodreads The Long Cosmos (The Long Earth #5) by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter 3.85 \u00b7 Rating details \u00b7 4,533 Ratings \u00b7 399 Reviews 2070-71. 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