{"product_id":"blink-of-the-screen-collected-shorter-fiction","title":"Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction","description":"A collection of short fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from schooldays to Discworld and the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cb\u003eA Blink of the Screen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003echarts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the \u003ci\u003eBucks Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e, and the origins of his debut novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Carpet People\u003c\/b\u003e; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. \u003cbr\u003eHere 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 Terry's 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.","brand":"A S Byatt, Terry Pratchett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46621987242220,"sku":"9780804169219","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780804169219.jpg?v=1751618350","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/blink-of-the-screen-collected-shorter-fiction","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}