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  • Published: 25 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448126972
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

A Slip of the Keyboard

Collected Non-fiction




Terry Pratchett in his own words - a collection of writing by the creator of Discworld, about his life, interests, campaigns, and his writing career from early years to the present day.

Terry Pratchett in his own words

With a foreword by Neil Gaiman

Terry Pratchett earned a place in the hearts of readers the world over with his bestselling Discworld series – but in recent years he became equally well-known as an outspoken campaigner for causes including Alzheimer’s research and animal rights. A Slip of the Keyboard brings together the best of Pratchett’s non fiction writing on his life, on his work, and on the weirdness of the world: from Granny Pratchett to Gandalf’s love life; from banana daiquiris to books that inspired him; from getting started as a writer to the injustices that he fought to end.

With his trademark humour, humanity and unforgettable way with words, this collection offers an insight behind the scenes of Discworld into a much loved and much missed figure – man and boy, bibliophile and computer geek, champion of hats, orang-utans and the right to a good death.

  • Published: 25 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448126972
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

About the author

Terry Pratchett

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. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

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Praise for A Slip of the Keyboard

Seriously funny about the weirdness of the world and humorously serious about the NHS, assisted dying and his urgent personal campaign for more research into Alzheimer’s disease

Times

A wonderful collection...[Pratchett] emerges as, yes, likeable but also complex and angry

Independent

His life and legacy will always be cause for celebration

Guardian

Bright, funny, insightful, warm...a man who truly knew how to enjoy life...and books

George R.R. Martin

Wise and funny...my unlikely hero

A.S. Byatt

An inspiration

Telegraph