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Tag: Terry Pratchett

My most-read authors

27/06/2021 nsford 18 Comments

Which authors’ books have you read the most? I checked my spreadsheet, which records my reading since 2002, and searched…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, Arthur C Clarke, books, children's fiction, Christopher Pike, Daphne du Maurier, fiction, H G Wells, J K Rowling, Paul Stewart, Philip Pullman, reading, Sue Townsend, Terry Pratchett, YA fiction

Review of ‘The Witches Trilogy: Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad’ by Terry Pratchett

07/05/2021 nsford 11 Comments

This fantastic volume contains three of the Discworld novels featuring witches. I’d recently begun re-reading the Discworld novels on my…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, reviews, Terry Pratchett

Steam engines and sliding doors: trains in books, music and film

17/04/2021 nsford 11 Comments

I like trains. I used to travel by train several times a week. I even lived right next to a…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Music, Reading Filed under: books, Doctor Who, E Nesbit, films, J K Rowling, Kraftwerk, music, Peter Gabriel, Philip Reeve, Recoil, Terry Pratchett, The Feeling, transport, TV

Some favourite things from 1988

25/10/2020 nsford 25 Comments

1988 is the year I entered the world, along with other famous people such as Adele, Rihanna, Haley Joel Osment…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Music, Random, Reading Filed under: books, Crowded House, films, Martin Handford, music, Philip Larkin, reading, Recoil, Roald Dahl, Talk Talk, Terry Pratchett, TV

Authors I want to re-read – and some I don’t

15/01/2020 nsford 12 Comments

Our reading tastes tend to change over time. We return to some authors again and again, authors we never get…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Ann M Martin, books, fiction, George Eliot, Jane Austen, Joanne Harris, R L Stine, reading, Stella Gibbons, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K LeGuin, Virginia Woolf

Review of ‘The Long Earth’ by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

15/12/2019 nsford 8 Comments

This book is the first in the five-part ‘Long Earth’ series by one of my favourite authors, Terry Pratchett, and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, science fiction, Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett

Review of ‘Good Omens’ by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

19/09/2019 nsford 12 Comments

Angels, demons, witches, computers and bikers collide in this hilarious adventure by two legendary writers, Neil Gaiman and the late…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, Neil Gaiman, reviews, Terry Pratchett

Character of the month: Moist von Lipwig

13/06/2019 nsford 2 Comments

Irresistably likeable conman and reluctant servant to the city of Ankh-Morpork, Moist von Lipwig is the star of three Discworld…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, reading, Terry Pratchett

Recommended author: Terry Pratchett

15/01/2019 nsford 23 Comments

Disclaimer: I haven’t read all of Terry Pratchett’s books. Maybe the ones I’m yet to read will be my favourites.…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, reading, Terry Pratchett

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