Editing Terry Pratchett (section)

===Fantasy genre===
Although during his early career he wrote for the science fiction and horror genres, Pratchett later focused almost entirely on fantasy, and said: "It is easier to bend the universe around the story."<ref name="IRCchat">{{cite web|publisher=Lspace.org|url=http://www.lspace.org/about-terry/interviews/WFC.html|title=Transcript of IRC interview with Terry Pratchett at the World Fantasy Convention by James Webley|date=n.d.|access-date=8 June 2007}}</ref> In the acceptance speech for his Carnegie Medal, he said: "Fantasy isn't just about wizards and silly wands. It's about seeing the world from new directions", pointing to the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' novels and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. In the same speech, he acknowledged benefits of these works for the genre.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pratchett wins first major award|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2124520.stm|access-date=28 January 2008|date=12 July 2002}}</ref>

Pratchett believed he owed "a debt to the science fiction/fantasy genre which he grew up out of" and disliked the term "[[magical realism]]", which, he said, is "like a polite way of saying you write fantasy and is more acceptable to certain people".<ref name="january2002">{{cite web|publisher=januarymagazine.com|url=http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/tpratchett2002.html|title=Terry Pratchett by Linda Richards|year=2002|access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref> He expressed annoyance that fantasy is "unregarded as a literary form", arguing that it "is the oldest form of fiction";<ref name="january1997" /> he said he was infuriated when novels containing science fiction or fantasy ideas were not regarded as part of those genres.<ref name="locus" /> He debated this issue with novelist [[A. S. Byatt]] and critic [[Terry Eagleton]], arguing that fantasy is fundamental to the way we understand the world and therefore an integral aspect of all fiction.<ref name="may2013">{{cite web|publisher=iai.tv|url=http://iai.tv/video/at-the-world-s-edge|title=At the World's Edge|year=2013|access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref>