Buy this book on-line PRATCHETT**, TERRY: : A BLINK ON THE SCREEN: COLLECTED SHORTER FICTIONLONDON.DOUBLEDAY,2012. ISBN 9780385618984.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour photographic (author portrait photograph) and illustrations (from selected Discworld artworks by Josh Kirby) illustrated dw/dj with gilt+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,
original,plain dark blue cloth
boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a blue+silver headband,and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-318pp [paginated] includes foreword by A.S. Byatt,2 sections: Non-Discworld Shorter Writings and Discworld Shorter Writings comprising 21 and 11 chapters respectively,24pp of colour artwork illustration by Josh Kirby,in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp96/7,pp160/1 and pp224/5 respectively,an appendix (deleted extract from 'The Sea and Little Fishes.' and list of illustrations of Josh Kirby.Plus [unapginated] half-title,3pp publisher's advert for related Discworld and non-Discworld titles,a title page,a dedication and Contents list/table and section separator pages (2) and 2pp blanks at rear.
In the four decades since his first book
appeared in print,Terry Pratchett has become one of the world's bestselling and best-loved authors.Here for the first time are his short stories and other short-form fiction collected into one volume.'A Blink on the Screen' charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel,'The Carpet People'; and on to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful 'Discworld' series; in 2014 a similar collection was published of Pratchett's non-fiction, entitled 'A Slip of the Keyboard'.
Here are the characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure, chickens,death,disco and,actually,some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas - all shot through with his inimitable brand of humour.
With an introduction by Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt,illustrations by the late Josh Kirby and drawings by the author himself,this is a book to treasure.
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