Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBEwas an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971; after the first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, he wrote two books a year on average. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 April 1948
CityBeaconsfield, England
If per capita was a problem, decapita could be arranged
You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say.
Ach, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do.
Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.
Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.
SOONER OR LATER ALL MEN MUST DIE. EVERYTHING DIES IN THE END. I CAN BE ROBBED BUT NEVER DENIED, I TOLD MYSELF. WHY WORRY? “I too cannot be cheated,” snapped Fate.
Fate can be one mean god at times.
On the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists.
I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.
It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.
But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual terrible things to him.
It was, according to the history books, the fastest coronation since Bubric the Saxon crowned himself with a very pointy crown on a hill during a thunderstorm, and reigned for one and a half seconds.
You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day.