English author (born 28. April 1948 Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his
Discworld series. Now containing 20-some books, the Discworld series is a parody of everything under the sun where the disc-shaped world rotates on the backs of four giant elephants supported by the enormous turtle [Great A'tuin]
? swimming its way through space. Major topics of parody have included many
Science fiction and
fantasy characters, ideas and tropes,
Ingmar Bergman films,
Australia,
movie making, newspaper publishing,
rock and roll music,
religion,
philosophy (mainly Greek), [Egyptian history]
?, [trade union]
?s,
monarchy, and on and on. Recurring characters include Rincewind
? the incompetent wizard, Death
?,his granddaughter Susan Sto Helit, and Death's apprentice
Mort, [Granny Weatherwax]
? the Witch, [Cohen the barbarian]
?, the Librarian of Unseen University, Carrot
?, a dwarf by adoption and devoted member of the City Guard, and
the Luggage.
The covers of all his novels sold in the UK until 2001 were created by Josh Kirby.
For more information, see: http://www.lspace.org/
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