Terry Pratchett (1948–2015)
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Terry Pratchett was on born April 28, 1948 in Beaconsfield, United Kingdom. He left school at the age of 17 to work on his local paper, the Bucks Free Press. While with the Press, he took the National Council for the Training of Journalists proficiency class. He also worked for the Western Daily näytä lisää Press and the Bath Chronicle. He produced a series of cartoons for the monthly journal, Psychic Researcher, describing the goings-on at the government's fictional paranormal research establishment, Warlock Hall. In 1980, he was appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board with responsibility for three nuclear power stations. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. He became a full-time author in 1987. He wrote more than 70 books during his lifetime including The Dark Side of the Sun, Strata, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Dodger, Raising Steam, Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales, and The Shephard's Crown. He was diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. He was knighted for services to literature in 2009 and received the World Fantasy award for life achievement in 2010. He died on March 12, 2015 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Utopiales festival in Nantes, France, November 2003
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Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Vol. 3 (of 3) (1998) — Avustaja — 557 kappaletta
Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Vol. A (of 2) (1998) — Avustaja — 260 kappaletta
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Johnny and the Bomb [2006 TV mini series] — Writer — 4 kappaletta
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- Virallinen nimi
- Pratchett, Terence David John
- Muut nimet
- Kearns, Patrick (pseudonym)
- Syntymäaika
- 1948-04-28
- Kuolinaika
- 2015-03-12
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- England, UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Kuolinsyy
- Alzheimer's disease
- Asuinpaikat
- Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Rowberrow, Somerset, England, UK
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK - Koulutus
- John Hampden Grammar School
- Ammatit
- journalist
press officer
novelist - Suhteet
- Pratchett, Rhianna (daughter)
Pratchett, Lyn (née Purves) (wife) - Organisaatiot
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
British Humanist Association (Distinguished Supporter)
Society of Authors (chairman)
Orangutan Foundation
British Science Fiction Association
Central Electricity Generating Board (näytä kaikki 8)
Alzheimer's Research UK
Alzheimer's Research Trust - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1998)
The Bookseller Services to Bookselling Award (2000)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Warwick (1999)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Portsmouth (2001)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Bath (2003)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Bristol (2004) (näytä kaikki 18)
Guest of Honor, World Science Fiction Convention (2004)
Honorary Brownie (2008)
Knight Bachelor (2009)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2011)
Carnegie Medal (2001)
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2010)
Skylark Award (2009)
British Science Fiction Award (1989)
Locus Award (2008)
Prometheus Award (2003)
Andre Norton Award (2010)
Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award (2016) - Agentti
- Colin Smythe Ltd.
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humorist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff became the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the UK, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
Pratchett, with more than 85 million books sold worldwide in 37 languages, was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007, Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust, filmed a television programme chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron for Alzheimer's Research UK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, aged 66.
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OT - Blackwell's Terry Pratchett Collector's Edition, Folio Society Devotees (lokakuuta 2023)
new article from the Guardian, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (lokakuuta 2023)
New Short Stories found, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (maaliskuu 2023)
The Shepherd's Crown, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (marraskuu 2022)
Science Fiction/Teleportation/Interplanetary Travel? , Name that Book (marraskuu 2020)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - FEBRUARY 2017 - MARY STEWART & TERRY PRATCHETT, 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (kesäkuu 2017)
Terry Pratchett - group read, 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (huhtikuu 2015)
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett, Librarything Railroad (The LTR) (lokakuuta 2014)
Reading Long Earth by Pratchett & Baxter, Science Fiction Fans (toukokuu 2014)
Discworld December, 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (joulukuu 2013)
Raising steam.. .., All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (marraskuu 2013)
A Blink of the Screen, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (elokuu 2013)
Diskworld - where to start and is it worth it?, FantasyFans (heinäkuu 2013)
The New Book - Snuff, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (huhtikuu 2012)
Snuff: The Spoiler Thread, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (huhtikuu 2012)
I Shall Wear Midnight (Tiffany Aching 4), All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans (syyskuu 2011)
Book Discussion: Good Omens - SPOILER FREE thread, The Green Dragon (kesäkuu 2011)
Book Discussion: Good Omens - CONTAINS SPOILERS!, The Green Dragon (heinäkuu 2010)
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