A Blink of the Screen
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
|---|---|
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | Anthologies |
Release number | 1 |
| Genre | Science fiction and fantasy |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 2012-10-11 |
| Pages | 318 |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-61898-4 First edition |
| Followed by | A Slip of the Keyboard |
Blurb
In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world’s best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for the first time are his short stories and other short form fiction collected into one volume. A Blink of 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 again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.
Here are 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 of it 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.
Contents
Introduction by A. S. Byatt.
Non-Discworld Shorter Writings
- "The Hades Business" (1963)
- "Solution" (1964)
- "The Picture" (1965)
- "The Prince and the Partridge" (1968)
- "Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor" (1973)
- "Kindly Breathe in Short, Thick Pants" (1976)
- "The Glastonbury Tales" (1977)
- "There's No Fool Like an Old Fool Found in an English Queue" (1978)
- "Coo, They've Given Me the Bird" (1978)
- "And Mind the Monoliths" (1978)
- "The High Meggas" (1986)
- "Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting" (1987)
- "Incubust" (1988)
- "Final Reward" (1988)
- "Turntables of the Night" (1989)
- “#ifdefDEBUG + 'world/enough' + 'time'” (1990)
- "Hollywood Chickens" (1990)
- "The Secret Book of the Dead" (1991)
- "Once and Future" (1995)
- "FTB" (1996)
- "Sir Joshua Easement: A Biographical Note" (2010)
Discworld Shorter Writings
- “Troll Bridge” (1992)
- “Theatre of Cruelty” (1993)
- “The Sea and Little Fishes” (1998)
- "The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem" (1999)
- “Medical Notes” (2002)
- "Thud - A Historical Perspective" (2002)
- "A Few Words from Lord Havelock Vetinari" (2002)
- “Death and What Comes Next” (2004)
- “A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices” (2005)
- "Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts" (2007)
- "The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards" (2009)
Appendix
- Deleted extract from “The Sea and Little Fishes” (1998)
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing the book as a whole. See pages for individual pieces for episodes about them.
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To be added.
Other appearances
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.
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To be added.
External links
- A Blink of the Screen at the L-Space Wiki
- A Blink of the Screen on Wikipedia