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TERRY PRATCHETT Night Watch

Terry Pratchett (28 April 1948, England))

Sir Terence David John Pratchett is a British novelist of the fantasy genre giving a somewhat comical touch to it. He also writes science fiction and children’s books.

As he had always wanted to be an astronomer, he started reading Science Fiction books, mainly H.G Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle. He did his O levels in five subject and A Levels in English, Literature and Arts. Pratchett is most famous for his series of the ‘Discworld’ novels which comprises of forty books till now. This series is a humorous and fantasy based story of a disc shaped world that is carried on large elephants. The first of the novel series is called ‘The Color of Magic’ and it was published in 1983.

Terry Pratchett is second in number to J.K Rowling in sales of books. The ‘Discworld’ series have sold 40 million copies all over the world. He was appointed ‘Officer of the Order of the British Empire’ and was also made a Knight in 2008 and given the title of ‘Sir’.

SELECTED WORKS

SERIES Discworld (40 Books) 1. The Colour of Magic (1983) ...

10. Moving Pictures (1990) ...

20. Hogfather (1996) ...

29. Night Watch (2002) 30. The Wee Free Men (2003) ...

40. Raising Steam (2013) Bromeliad 1. Truckers (1989) 2. Diggers (1990) 3. Wings (1990) Johnny Maxwell 1. Only You Can Save Mankind (1992) 2. Johnny and the Dead (1993) 3. Johnny and the Bomb (1996) NOVELS The Carpet People (1971) The Dark Side of the Sun (1976) Strata (1981) Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) (with Neil Gaiman) Nation (2008) Dodger (2012)

Night Watch (2002)

Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck... Living in the past is hard.

Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. There's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future... A Discworld Tale with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen ... Truth! Justice! Freedom!

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