{"product_id":"a-blink-of-the-screen-collected-shorter-fiction-9780385538329","title":"A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e by Pratchett, Terry. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780385538329.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of short fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from schooldays to Discworld and the present day.\n\nIn the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the worlds 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 Screencharts the course of Pratchetts long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press, and the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.\n\nHere 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 Terrys 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946007392309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385538324","price":34.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385538329_981a8ce3-507a-44b1-9e8a-33de98691fc6.jpg?v=1778628316","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-blink-of-the-screen-collected-shorter-fiction-9780385538329","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}