The Witchs Vacuum Cleaner and Other ..., Terry Pratchett
The Witchs Vacuum Cleaner and Other ..., Terry Pratchett
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The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories

Author: Terry Pratchett

Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Unabridged: 3 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 01/03/2017


Synopsis

New York Times BestsellerDo you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards? An exciting journey in an airship or down in a submarine? Would you like to meet the fastest truncheon in the Wild West?The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner is the second fabulously funny short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved and bestselling Discworld fantasy series. A follow-up to Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this second batch of storytelling gems features stories written when Sir Terry was just seventeen years old and working as a junior reporter. In these pages, new Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delight—and loyal readers will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life.As Neil Gaiman says, “a Terry Pratchett book is a small miracle”—and The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner proves to be another miracle taking its place alongside Pratchett’s astounding and cherished body of work.

About Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.


Reviews

The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner – 3/5 A magician performs at a kid’s birthday party when all of a sudden some real life magic shows up on stage. But he doesn’t know any real magic. All he knows is his magic tricks. When you’re rude to people, you might end up regretting it. Good concept. Not a big fan of t......more

Goodreads review by [ J o ]

PTerry has never been that great at short stories. He admits that himself. But what he has always had is one of the best imaginations of any author, Storyteller or liar to ever have existed. He also had the best ideas of what to satirise, which mainly included the stuff he loved which, top comedy ti......more

Goodreads review by Gary

The second collection of early short works by Terry Pratchett. Some stories were better than others.......more