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Discworld is a comic fantasy [1] book series written by the English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.
Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, published in 1992. [1] It tells the origin of the god Om, and his relations with his prophet, the reformer Brutha. In the process, it satirises philosophy, religious institutions, people, and practices, and the role of religion in political life.
The Long Earth is a collaborative science fiction novel series by British authors Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. [1] [2]At the time of Pratchett's death (12 March 2015), three novels had been released, with a fourth published on 23 June 2015 and the fifth published on 30 June 2016.
The Nome Trilogy, also known as The Bromeliad Trilogy or just The Bromeliad, is a trilogy of children's books by British writer Terry Pratchett, consisting of the books Truckers, Diggers and Wings. The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans. Through the books they struggle ...
The book relating his journey across the Discworld is considered a revolutionary pamphlet in his native land as it is traditionally believed (and officially decreed) that the world outside of the Empire is a hellish wasteland populated by "bloodsucking vampire ghosts", resulting in him being imprisoned in the Forbidden City.