Terry pratchett was an english author who is best known for his discworld comic fantasy series. He spent his early life in bridgewater, somerset where he sat for his eleven plus exam and passed. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. All images on this page are penguin random house except the following images. Terry pratchett takes shakespeares macbeth and then turns it up till the knob comes off. I am so glad that, when i was introduced to terry pratchett, the book i was given was the colour of magic and not thie one.
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