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Discworld
''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), set on the fictional Discworld, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody or take inspiration from J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft and William Shakespeare, as well as mythology, folklore and fairy tales, often using them for satirical parallels with current cultural, political and scientific issues. The series is popular, with more than 80 million books sold in 37 languages.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Sir Terry Pratchett )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Terry and Rob )〕
Forty one ''Discworld'' novels have been published. Pratchett, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, said that he would be happy for his daughter Rhianna to continue the series when he is no longer able to do so. However, Rhianna has stated she will only be involved in spin-offs, adaptations and tie-ins, and that there will be no more novels.〔name="newstatesman">(【引用サイトリンク】title=Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series is definitely over as daughter Rhianna rules out future books )〕 The original British editions of the first 26 novels, up to ''Thief of Time'' (2001), had distinctive cover art by Josh Kirby. The American editions, published by Harper Collins, used their own cover art. Since Kirby's death in October 2001, the covers have been designed by Paul Kidby. Companion publications include eleven short stories (some only loosely related to the Discworld), four popular science books, and a number of supplementary books and reference guides. In addition, the series has been adapted for graphic novels, for the theatre, as computer and board games, as music inspired by the series, and repeatedly for television.
Newly released ''Discworld'' books regularly topped ''The Sunday Times'' best-sellers list, making Pratchett the UK's best-selling author in the 1990s, although he has since been overtaken by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. ''Discworld'' novels have also won awards such as the Prometheus Award and the Carnegie Medal. In the BBC's Big Read, four ''Discworld'' novels were in the top 100, and a total of fourteen in the top 200.
== Composition ==
Very few of the ''Discworld'' novels have chapter divisions and instead feature interweaving storylines. Pratchett is quoted as saying that he "just never got into the habit of chapters", later adding that "I have to shove them in the putative YA books because my editor screams until I do". However, the first ''Discworld'' novel ''The Colour of Magic'' was divided into "books", as is ''Pyramids''. Additionally, ''Going Postal'' and ''Making Money'' both have chapters, a prologue, an epilogue, and brief teasers of what is to come in each chapter, in the style of A. A. Milne, Jules Verne and Jerome K. Jerome.
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