''The Carpet People'' is a

comic fantasy Fantasy comedy or comic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is primarily humorous in intent and tone. Typically set in imaginary worlds, fantasy comedy often involves puns on and parodies of other works of fantasy. Literature The subgenre rose ...

novel by British writer

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 no ...

. First published in 1971, it was later re-written by the author when his work became more widespread and well-known. In the Author's Note of the revised edition, published in 1992, Pratchett wrote: "This book had two authors, and they were both the same person." ''The Carpet People'' contains much of the humour and some of the concepts which later became a major part of the

Discworld ''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat ...

series, as well as parodies of everyday objects from our world. Before creating the

, Pratchett wrote about two different flat worlds, first in this novel, and then in the novel ''Strata''.

Characters

*Glurk, chief of the Munrungs *Snibril, Glurk's younger brother *Pismire, the wise man of the Munrung tribe *Bane, a Dumii general *Brocando, King of the Deftmenes *Fray, a natural phenomenon wreaking havoc on the Carpet *Mouls, a power-hungry species *Wights, who remember the future *Camus Cadmes

Themes

The book explores the conflict between traditions and innovation. There is an established civilization, complete with bureaucrats, taxes imposed and collected, and permits; there are people who resent the establishment; there is a need for both groups to find common ground in order to save their collective civilization.

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