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Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his ''Discworld'' series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first nov ...

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* Foreword by A. S. Byatt * Non-Discworld Shorter Writings # "The Hades Business" (1963) # "Solution" (1964) # "The Picture" (1965) # "The Prince and the Partridge" (1968) # "Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor" (1973) # "Kindly Breathe in Short, Thick Pants" (1976) # "The Glastonbury Tales" (1977) # "There's No Fool Like an Old Fool Found in an English Queue" (1978) # "Coo, They've Given Me the Bird" (1978) # "And Mind the Monoliths" (1978) # "The High Meggas" (1986) # "Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting" (1987) # "Incubust" (1988) # "Final Reward" (1988) # "Turntables of the Night" (1989) # "#ifdefDEBUG + `world/enough' + `time'" (1990) # "Hollywood Chickens" (1990) # "The Secret Book of the Dead" (1991) # "Once and Future" (1995) # "FTB" (1996) # "Sir Joshua Easement: A Biographical Note" (2010) * Discworld Shorter Writings # "Troll Bridge" (1992) # "Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld), Theatre of Cruelty" (1993) # "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998) # "The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem" (1999) # "Medical Notes" (2002) # "Thud (novel), Thud: A Historical Perspective" (2002) # "A Few Words from Lord

Havelock Vetinari Lord Havelock Vetinari, Lord Patrician (Primus inter pares) of the city-state of Ankh-Morpork, is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series, a series of forty-one books describing a parallel universe whose main world has ...

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Death and What Comes Next "Death and What Comes Next" is a fantasy short story by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his '' Discworld'' series. It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worl ...

" (2002) # " A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" (2005) # "Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts" (2007) # "The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards" (2009) * Appendix # Deleted extract from "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998) # List of Illustrations

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