Editing Terry Pratchett (section)

== Works ==

=== ''Discworld'' ===
{{Main|Discworld}}
The ''Discworld'' series consists of 41 novels and a variety of supporting material.  Pratchett began writing the ''Discworld'' series in order to "have fun with some of the cliches".<ref name="sfw" /> The Discworld is a large disc resting on the backs of four giant elephants, all supported by the giant turtle [[Great atuin|Great A'Tuin]] as it swims its way through space. The books were published essentially in chronological order,<ref name="words from master" /> and advancements can be seen in the development of the Discworld civilisations, such as the creation of paper money in Ankh-Morpork.<ref name="indiebound" />

====''The Science of Discworld''====
Pratchett wrote four ''Science of Discworld'' books in collaboration with professor of mathematics [[Ian Stewart (mathematician)|Ian Stewart]] and reproductive biologist [[Jack Cohen (biologist)|Jack Cohen]], both of the [[University of Warwick]]: ''[[The Science of Discworld]]'' (1999), ''[[The Science of Discworld II: The Globe]]'' (2002), ''[[The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch]]'' (2005), and ''[[The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day]]'' (2013).

All four books have chapters that alternate between fiction and non-fiction: the fictional chapters are set within the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld universe]], where [[Discworld characters|characters]] observe, and experiment on, a universe with the same physics as ours. The non-fiction chapters (written by Stewart and Cohen) explain the science behind the fictional events.

In 1999, Pratchett appointed both Cohen and Stewart as "Honorary Wizards of the Unseen University" at the same ceremony at which the [[University of Warwick]] awarded him an honorary degree.<ref name="warwick" />

====''Folklore of Discworld''====
Pratchett collaborated with the folklorist Dr [[Jacqueline Simpson]] on ''[[The Folklore of Discworld]]'' (2008), a study of the relationship between many of the persons, places and events described in the ''Discworld'' books and their counterparts in myths, legends, fairy tales and folk customs on Earth.

===Other writing===
Pratchett's first two adult novels, ''[[The Dark Side of the Sun]]'' (1976) and ''[[Strata (novel)|Strata]]'' (1981), were both science fiction, the latter taking place partly on a disc-shaped world. Subsequent to these, Pratchett mostly concentrated on his ''Discworld'' series and novels for children, with two exceptions: ''[[Good Omens]]'' (1990), a collaboration with [[Neil Gaiman]] (which was nominated for both Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1991<ref name="WWE-1991">{{cite web |title=1991 Award Winners & Nominees |url=http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1991 |access-date=29 June 2009 |work=Worlds Without End}}</ref>), a humorous story about the Apocalypse set on Earth, and ''[[Nation (novel)|Nation]]'' (2008), a book for young adults.

After writing ''Good Omens'' Pratchett brainstormed with [[Larry Niven]] on a story that became the short novel "[[Rainbow Mars]]". Niven eventually completed the story on his own, but he states in the afterword that a number of Pratchett's ideas remained in the finished version.
<ref name = "rainbowmarsafterword">{{cite book | last = Niven | first = Larry | author-link = Larry Niven | title = Rainbow Mars
| publisher = [[Tom Doherty Associates]] | date = 1999
| location = New York City, United States | pages = [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmars00nive/page/368 368]–369
| chapter = AFTERWORD: SVETZ AND THE BEANSTALK
| isbn = 9780312867775 | url = https://archive.org/details/rainbowmars00nive
| url-access = registration | quote = rainbow mars pratchett. | access-date = 2015-02-27}}</ref>
Pratchett also collaborated with the British science fiction author [[Stephen Baxter (author)|Stephen Baxter]] on a parallel Earth series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/16/terry-pratchett-science-fiction-book|title=Terry Pratchett enters parallel worlds of science fiction|first=Alison|last=Flood|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 June 2010|accessdate=30 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701022728/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/16/terry-pratchett-science-fiction-book|archive-date=1 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="announce">{{cite web |title=The Long Earth |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/16/terry-pratchett-and-stephen-baxter-collaborating-on-the-long-earth/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619132614/http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/16/terry-pratchett-and-stephen-baxter-collaborating-on-the-long-earth/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 June 2010 |access-date=18 July 2012 |work=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]}}</ref> The first novel, entitled ''[[The Long Earth]]'' was published on 21 June 2012. A second novel, ''[[The Long War (novel)|The Long War]]'', was released on 18 June 2013.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 January 2013 |title=Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter – The Long War (The Long Earth 2) announced |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/terry-pratchett-stephen-baxter-the-long-war-the-long-earth-2-announced |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615021400/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/terry-pratchett-stephen-baxter-the-long-war-the-long-earth-2-announced |archive-date=15 June 2013 |access-date=15 January 2013 |newspaper=Upcoming4.me}}</ref> ''[[The Long Mars]]'' was published in 2014. The fourth book in the series, ''[[The Long Utopia]]'', was published in June 2015, and the fifth, ''[[The Long Cosmos]]'', in June 2016.

In 2012, the first volume of Pratchett's collected short fiction was published under the title ''[[A Blink of the Screen]]''. In 2014 a similar collection was published of Pratchett's non-fiction, entitled ''[[A Slip of the Keyboard]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Slip of the Keyboard |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/terry-pratchett/a-slip-of-the-keyboard/ |access-date=29 December 2014 |publisher=kirkusreviews.com}}</ref>

Pratchett wrote dialogue for a [[Video game modding|mod]] for the game ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'' (2006), which added a Nord companion named Vilja. He also worked on a similar mod for ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' (2011), which featured Vilja's great-great-granddaughter.<ref>{{cite web |last=Boudreau |first=Ian |date=28 May 2018 |title=Terry Pratchett was an Oblivion modder |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/terry-pratchett-oblivion-mods |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=[[PCGamesN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216082812/https://www.pcgamesn.com/terry-pratchett-oblivion-mods|archive-date=16 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Maher |first=Cian |date=31 January 2019 |title=The story behind the Oblivion mod Terry Pratchett worked on |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-29-the-story-behind-the-oblivion-mod-terry-pratchett-worked-on |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=[[Eurogamer]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212123854/https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-behind-the-oblivion-mod-terry-pratchett-worked-on|archive-date=12 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Children's literature ===
Pratchett's first children's novel was also his first published novel: ''[[The Carpet People]]'' in 1971, which Pratchett substantially rewrote and re-released in 1992. The next, ''Truckers'' (1988), was the first in ''[[The Nome Trilogy]]'' of novels for young readers (also known as ''The Bromeliad Trilogy''), about small [[gnome]]-like creatures called "Nomes", and the trilogy continued in ''Diggers'' (1990) and ''Wings'' (1990). Subsequently, Pratchett wrote the ''[[Johnny Maxwell]]'' trilogy, about the adventures of a boy called Johnny Maxwell and his friends, comprising ''[[Only You Can Save Mankind]]'' (1992), ''[[Johnny and the Dead]]'' (1993) and ''[[Johnny and the Bomb]]'' (1996).
''[[Nation (novel)|Nation]]'' (2008) marked his return to the non-''Discworld'' children's novel, and this was followed in 2012 by ''[[Dodger (novel)|Dodger]]'', a children's novel set in Victorian London.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dodger: Amazon.co.uk: Terry Pratchett: Books |date=2 January 2011 |id={{ASIN|0385619278|country=uk}}}}</ref> On 21 November 2013 [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday Children's]] released Pratchett's ''Jack Dodger's Guide to London''.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 June 2013 |title=Terry Pratchett – Jack Dodger's Guide to London cover art and synopsis reveal |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/terry-pratchett-jack-dodgers-guide-to-london-cover-art-and-synopsis-reveal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702191408/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/terry-pratchett-jack-dodgers-guide-to-london-cover-art-and-synopsis-reveal |archive-date=2 July 2013 |access-date=28 June 2013 |publisher=Upcoming4.me}}</ref>

In 2001, he wrote ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'', his first ''Discworld'' book marketed for children.<ref name=medal2001/>

Pratchett also wrote a five-book children's series featuring a trainee witch, [[Tiffany Aching]], and taking place on ''Discworld'', beginning with [[The Wee Free Men]] in 2003.

In September 2014, a collection of children's stories, ''Dragons at Crumbling Castle'', written by Pratchett, and illustrated by Mark Beech, was published.<ref name="Final Terry Pratchett stories to be published in September">{{cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=7 July 2020 |title=Final Terry Pratchett stories to be published in September |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/07/terry-prachett-the-time-travelling-caveman-published-september |access-date=16 August 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> This was followed by another collection, ''The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner'', also illustrated by Mark Beech, in 2016. A third volume, ''Father Christmas's Fake Beard'', was released in 2017. A fourth collection, ''The Time-travelling Caveman'', was released in September 2020.<ref name="Final Terry Pratchett stories to be published in September" /> A final collection, ''[[A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories]]'', was published in October 2023, collecting 20 stories written by Pratchett for newspapers in the 1970s and 80s under pseudonyms such as "Patrick Kearns" which had not previously been attributed to Pratchett.<ref name="Rediscovered Terry Pratchett stories to be published">{{cite web |last=Shaffi |first=Sarah |date=27 February 2023 |title=Rediscovered Terry Pratchett stories to be published |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/27/rediscovered-terry-pratchett-stories-to-be-published |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

===Collaborations===
* ''[[The Unadulterated Cat]]'' (1989) is a humorous book of cat anecdotes written by Pratchett and illustrated by [[Gray Jolliffe]].
* ''[[Good Omens]]'', written with [[Neil Gaiman]] (1990)
* ''[[Once More* With Footnotes]]'', edited by Priscilla Olson and Sheila M. Perry (2004), is "an assortment of short stories, articles, introductions, and ephemera" by Pratchett which "have appeared in books, magazines, newspapers, anthologies, and program books, many of which are now hard to find".<ref>{{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |title=Once More* (with footnotes) |publisher=NESFA Press |year=2004 |isbn=1-886778-57-4 |editor1-first=Priscilla |editor1-last=Olson |editor2-first=Sheila M. |editor2-last=Perry}}</ref> These include the short stories "The Sea and Little Fishies", "Troll Bridge", "The Hades Business", "Final Reward", "Hollywood Chickens", "Turntables of the Night", "Once and Future", and "#ifdef DEBUG + 'world/enough' + 'time{{'"}}, as well as nonfiction articles.
* The five-book "[[The Long Earth (series)|Long Earth]]" series written with [[Stephen Baxter (author)|Stephen Baxter]], published between 2012 and 2016 beginning with ''[[The Long Earth]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Adam |date=20 June 2012 |title=The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/20/long-earth-terry-pratchett-stephen-baxter-review |accessdate=5 April 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Flood |first=Allison |date=25 July 2015 |title=Stephen Baxter interview: why science fiction is like therapy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/25/stephen-baxter-interview-why-science-fiction-is-like-therapy |accessdate=5 April 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

===Unfinished texts===
Pratchett's daughter, the writer Rhianna Pratchett, is the custodian of the ''Discworld'' franchise. She said that she had no plans to publish her father's unfinished work or continue the ''Discworld'' series.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=12 June 2015 |title=Terry Pratchett's daughter declares The Shepherd's Crown will be the last Discworld novel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/12/terry-pratchett-daughter-fans-shepherds-crown-last-discworld-novel |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Pratchett told Neil Gaiman that anything that he had been working on at the time of his death should be destroyed by a [[steamroller]]. On 25&nbsp;August 2017 his former assistant Rob Wilkins fulfilled this wish by arranging for Pratchett's hard drive to be crushed under a steamroller at the [[Great Dorset Steam Fair]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Convery |first=Stephanie |date=30 August 2017 |title=Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels destroyed by steamroller |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/30/terry-pratchett-unfinished-novels-destroyed-streamroller |access-date=30 August 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

According to Wilkins, Pratchett left "an awful lot" of unfinished writing, "10&nbsp;titles I know of and fragments from many other bits and pieces".<ref>{{cite news |date=27 August 2015 |title=Final Terry Pratchett novel The Shepherd's Crown on sale |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34067207 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Pratchett had mentioned two new texts, ''Scouting for Trolls''<ref name="Nation">{{cite web |date=10 October 2005 |title=Interview: Terry Pratchett |url=http://www.alternativenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=87270 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612061915/http://www.alternativenation.net/forums/articles-features/87270-interview-terry-pratchett.html |archive-date=12 June 2008 |access-date=28 September 2011 |work=Alternative Nation}}</ref> and a ''Discworld'' novel following a new character.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Tasha |date=16 November 2012 |title=Terry Pratchett on his latest novel, his medical diagnosis, and more |url=https://www.avclub.com/terry-pratchett-on-his-latest-novel-his-medical-diagno-1798234659 |work=A.V. Club}}</ref> The notes left behind outline ideas about "how the old folk of the Twilight Canyons solve the mystery of a missing treasure and defeat the rise of a Dark Lord despite their failing memories"; "the secret of the crystal cave and the carnivorous plants in the Dark Incontinent", about Constable Feeney of the Watch, first introduced in ''Snuff'', involving how he "solves a whodunnit among the congenitally decent and honest goblins"; and a second book about Amazing Maurice from ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnett |first=David |date=27 August 2015 |title=Terry Pratchett 'was working on new Discworld stories when he died' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/27/terry-pratchett-was-working-on-new-discworld-stories-when-he-died |access-date=10 June 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

===Television===
* Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest (1996)<ref>{{Citation |last=McLeod |first=Andy |title=Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest |date=1995-06-12 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13873460/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |access-date=2024-11-15 |series=Short Stories |others=Birute Galdikas, Terry Pratchett, Ian Redmond}}</ref>
* ''Terry Pratchett: Living With Alzheimer's'' (2009)<ref name="alz1" /><ref name="alz2" />
* ''[[Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die]]'' (2011)
* ''Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9rj |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ''Terry Pratchett: Back In Black'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terry Pratchett - Back in Black |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fjlvx |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>