Other Pratchett Books and Stories: Difference between revisions

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These are books and short stories written by Terry Pratchett which are not part of the Discworld series. (There's a separate list of books by other authors.)

Novels

Title	Publication Date	Wiki Shortcut^[1]	Co-author	Series	Series #	L-Space wiki link
The Carpet People^[2]	1971-11-16	TCP				The Carpet People
The Dark Side of the Sun	1976-05-10	TDSOTS				The Dark Side of the Sun
Strata	1981-06-15	ST				Strata
Truckers	1989-09-25	T		The Bromeliad	1	Truckers
The Unadulterated Cat^[3]	1989-10-05	TUC	Gray Jolliffe			The Unadulterated Cat
Diggers	1990-04-05	D		The Bromeliad	2	Diggers
Good Omens	1990-05-10	GO	Neil Gaiman			Good Omens
Wings	1990-09-21	WI		The Bromeliad	3	Wings
The Carpet People^[2]	1992-06-30	TCP	Terry Pratchett			The Carpet People
Only You Can Save Mankind	1992-09-17	OY		Johnny Maxwell	1	Only You Can Save Mankind
Johnny and the Dead	1993-05-27	JATD		Johnny Maxwell	2	Johnny and the Dead
Johnny and the Bomb	1996-04-04	JATB		Johnny Maxwell	3	Johnny and the Bomb
Nation	2008-09-11	N				Nation
Dodger	2012-09-13	DO				Dodger
The Long Earth	2012-06-19	TLE	Stephen Baxter	The Long Earth	1	The Long Earth
The Long War	2013-06-18	TLW	Stephen Baxter	The Long Earth	2	The Long War
The Long Mars	2014-06-17	TLM	Stephen Baxter	The Long Earth	3	The Long Mars
The Long Utopia	2015-06-18	TLU	Stephen Baxter	The Long Earth	4	The Long Utopia
The Long Cosmos	2016-06-14	TLCO	Stephen Baxter	The Long Earth	5	The Long Cosmos

Collections

Title	Publication Date	Wiki Shortcut^[1]	Description	L-Space wiki link
Once More with Footnotes	2004-09-30	OMWF	Short fiction and non-fiction; includes some Discworld short stories	Once More with Footnotes
A Blink of the Screen	2012-10-11	BS	Short fiction; includes all the Discworld short stories	A Blink of the Screen
Dragons at Crumbling Castle	2014-09-11	DCC	Early children's stories	Dragons at Crumbling Castle
A Slip of the Keyboard	2014-09-25	SK	Short non-fiction	A Slip of the Keyboard
The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner	2016-08-25	TWVC	Early children's stories	The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner
Father Christmas's Fake Beard	2017-10-05	FCFB	Early children's stories	Father Christmas's Fake Beard
The Time-travelling Caveman	2020-09-01	TTTC	Early children's stories	The Time-travelling Caveman
A Stroke of the Pen	2023-10-05	SP	Early children’s stories thought “lost”	A Stroke of the Pen

Short Fiction

We’re adding these as they are covered by podcasts (though note that at present only Pratchat is intending to cover these).

Title	Publication Date	Abbr.^[1]	Published in	L-Space wiki link
“The Hades Business”^[4]	1963-08	THB	Science Fantasy Magazine’'; Once More* *with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen	“The Hades Business”
“Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor”	1972-03-16^[5]	RGEM	The Bucks Free Press; Once More with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen	“Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor”
“Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting”	1987-12-16	TPWE	TBA; Once More with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen	“Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greetings”
“Final Reward”	1988-10	FR	G.M. The Independent Fantasy Roleplaying Magazine Vol. 1 No. 2; Space Movies: II; Once More with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen	“Final Reward”
“Turntables of the Night”	1989-02	TN	Hidden Turnings; The Flying Sorcerers; Once More with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen	“Turntables of the Night”
“#ifdefDEBUG + 'world/enough' + 'time'”	1990	IDD	Digital Dreams; Once More with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen	“#ifdefDEBUG + 'world/enough' + 'time'”
“Once and Future”	1995-09-12	OAF	Camelot; Once More with Footnotes; A Blink of the Screen	“Once and Future”
“The High Meggas”	2012-06-21^[6]	THM	The Long Earth; A Blink of the Screen	“The High Meggas”

Nonfiction

Most of these are short articles, but they also include lectures, speeches, published letters and other ephemera. Most do not have separate articles elsewhere, and where that’s the case we haven’t bothered with a shortcut template. We’ll also only add pieces here which are specifically discussed in podcasts or other shows documented on the wiki; for a longer list, see the contents of the collection A Slip of the Keyboard, or the “Articles and Speeches” page on the L-Space wiki.

Title	Publication Date	Abbr.^[1]	Published in	Format	L-Space wiki link
“Thought Progress”	1989-05		20/20; A Slip of the Keyboard	Article	N/A
“Let There Be Dragons”	1993-06-11		The Bookseller; A Slip of the Keyboard	Speech	N/A
“Kevins”	1993		The Author; A Slip of the Keyboard	Article	N/A
“Wyrd Ideas”	1999		The Author; A Slip of the Keyboard	Article	N/A
“Neil Gaiman: Amazing Master Conjuror”	2002-02-15	AMC	Boskone 39 programme book; A Slip of the Keyboard	Article	N/A
“Notes From a Successful Fantasy Author - Keep It Real”	2007	KIR	The Writers & Authors Yearbook 2007; A Slip of the Keyboard	Article	N/A
Dodger’s Guide to London	2012-09-13	DG			Standalone book	Dodger’s Guide to London
“Shaking Hands with Death”	2012-10	SHWD	Shaking Hands With Death; A Slip of the Keyboard	Lecture	“Shaking Hands with Death”

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 A template with this abbreviated name has been set up to allow for quickly linking to this book. Type the acronym in braces, e.g. {{RM}} will produce Reaper Man. For more details, see Template:BookShortcut.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The original and revised editions of The Carpet People are significantly different, and we don’t really consider them the same book, so we’ve listed it twice here. Terry clearly preferred the new version or he’d not have rewritten it, though, so like other sites we only have one article.
↑ The Unadulterated Cat is definitely not a novel, but it's a full-length humour book which contains plenty of fiction, so we feel it fits best in this list.
↑ This is Pratchett’s first ever published work. It was originally written for school under the title “Business Rivals”, and published in Pratchett’s school magazine, The Technical Cygnet, in December 1962. “The Hades Business” is described as “rewritten, much enlarged” by Colin Smythe.
↑ This was a serialised story; date is for the first instalment.
↑ First published in a limited edition hardcover of The Long Earth; Pratchett gives a year for the story as 1986 in his note about the story in that book and A Blink of the Screen.

[shortcuts-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 A template with this abbreviated name has been set up to allow for quickly linking to this book. Type the acronym in braces, e.g. {{RM}} will produce Reaper Man. For more details, see Template:BookShortcut.

[“TCP”-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The original and revised editions of The Carpet People are significantly different, and we don’t really consider them the same book, so we’ve listed it twice here. Terry clearly preferred the new version or he’d not have rewritten it, though, so like other sites we only have one article.

[3] The Unadulterated Cat is definitely not a novel, but it's a full-length humour book which contains plenty of fiction, so we feel it fits best in this list.

[4] This is Pratchett’s first ever published work. It was originally written for school under the title “Business Rivals”, and published in Pratchett’s school magazine, The Technical Cygnet, in December 1962. “The Hades Business” is described as “rewritten, much enlarged” by Colin Smythe.

[serialised-5] This was a serialised story; date is for the first instalment.

[6] First published in a limited edition hardcover of The Long Earth; Pratchett gives a year for the story as 1986 in his note about the story in that book and A Blink of the Screen.

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