BLINK OF THE SCREEN COLLECTED SHORT FICTION (H/C)

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.