Thud!

Imaginative, witty and consistent - as in consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns * SFX magazine *Pratchett too requires us to think. Whenever I read his stories I find myself thinking that he is “grown up”. He may write benign comedy but he knows how horribly complicated and exciting the Universe is. * A.S. Byatt, The Times *You hardly need to review Pratchett nowadays…you know you can rely on him to be wirtty and quietly wise, and his creations have taken on a life of their own…A series that seems to re-invent itself by natural evolution every time. * Starburst *‘Thud! has a serious theme: racial intolerance. That Pratchett can explore this while still making us laugh is a tribute to the integrity of his created world … Extremely funny but it’s also very near the knuckleduster.’ * Scotland on Sunday *

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.