This is probably the least funny of the discworld series, but it is still a good read. |
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His final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death. |
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In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. |
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Pratchett gave up working for the CEGB to make his living through writing in 1987, after finishing the fourth Discworld novel, Mort. |
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Pratchett wrote or collaborated on a number of Discworld books that are not novels in themselves but serve to accompany the series. |
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The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which he wrote two books a year on average. |
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Between 1997 and 2015, ten Discworld Diaries were published as collaborations with Briggs or the Discword Emporium. |
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The Discworld Companion, written with Stephen Briggs, is an encyclopaedic guide to Discworld. |
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Pratchett was opposed to live action films about Discworld before because of his negative experience with Hollywood film makers. |
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As a first step, I will analyse the Discworld in its most parodist roots, a feature that was soon to be replaced by more elaborate satire. |
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Pratchett's Discworld novels have led to dedicated conventions, the first in Manchester in 1996, then worldwide, often with the author as guest of honour. |
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Pratchett and Bernard Pearson collaborated on The Discworld Almanak, for the Year of the Prawn, with illustration by Paul Kidby, Pearson and Sheila Watkins. |
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So far there have been five games published relating to Discworld. |
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