{"product_id":"9780385538312","title":"A 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\u003e \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":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102443847920,"sku":"9780385538312","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385538312_p0.jpg?v=1763695348","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385538312","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}