The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

I originally wasn't going to pick The Long Earth up; though it is by Pratchett it is by Pratchett and, and my experiences with collaborations involving favourite authors have not always been good (:cough:AndreNorton:cough:). But I picked up A Blink Of The Screen, Pratchett's collection of short ( Read more... )

Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones

A re-read. Mentioned here (LJ) and here for DW. No changes.

Recommended.

Dodger by Terry PratchettLondon, England, the 19th century. It is a dark and stormy night. A badly beaten young woman escapes from a coach into the water-logged streets, pursued by two angry men. They, however, are quickly ( Read more... )

Unseen Academicals by Terry PratchettThe title makes more sense when you realise that the book is about Football (not American football, but I couldn't tell you for sure which British football it's supposed to be based on). Even more specifically, the Unseen University finds out that, in order to keep one of their bigger grants, they have to field ( Read more... )

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Nation is set in a world very much like ours, but with some subtle differences. There is an England, for example, but there is also a "Re-United States", and "the Great Southern Pelagic Ocean ( Read more... )

( Making Money by Terry Pratchett )

( Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett )

First Truth by Dawn Cook In a land divided between aristocratic plainsfolk and farming hill folk, the life of a halfbreed isn't easy . Alissa is such a half-breed, daughter of a hill father and a plains mother. Her father, long gone and almost certainly dead, was something called a Keeper and told stories about a place called "the Hold", where ( Read more... )

( Going Postal: a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett )

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( Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs )