Book:Dragons At Crumbling Castle
| Dragons At Crumbling Castle | |
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| Illustrator(s) | Mark Beech |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 11 September 2014 |
| ISBN | 0857534378 |
| Pages | 352 |
| RRP | £12.99 |
| Main characters | |
| Series | Children's books |
| Annotations | View |
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| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
This is the first collection of Pratchett's stories written for the Bucks Free Press, “as a teenager, mostly as they were first printed, although the grown-up me has tinkered just a little with a few fine details - the odd tweak here, a pinch there, and a little note at the bottom where needed, and all because the younger me wasn't as clever then as he turned out to be.” (From Terry’s introduction.)
The Blurb
A beautifully illustrated collection of short stories by master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, featuring dragons, dinosaurs, cavemen and car races!
Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It’s a disaster!
Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers.
But there's a teeny weeny surprise in store...
Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, full of time travel and tortoises, monsters and mayhem!
So funny I dropped my spoon laughing! – King Arthur
Contents
Introduction by Terry Pratchett.
- “Dragons at Crumbling Castle”
- “The Great Speck”
- “Hunt the Snorry”
- ”Tales of the Carpet People”
- “Hecules the Tortoise”
- “Dok the Caveman”
- “The Big Race”
- “Another Tale of the Carpet People”
- “The Great Egg-Dancing Championship”
- “Edwo the Boring Knight”
- “The 59A Bus Goes Back in Time”
- “The Abominable Snowman”
- “The Blackbury Monster”
- “Father Christmas Goes to Work at the Zoo”
Deluxe Slipcase edition only
Along with a new introduction and commentaries for each story, two extra short stories were released in the deluxe slipcase edition of the book:
- “The Werg's Invasion of Earth”
- “Bason and the Hugonauts”
More short stories
More stories of a similar vintage were published in further books. In order of publication, these are:
- The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner
- Father Christmas's Fake Beard
- The Time-travelling Caveman
- A Stroke of the Pen
Odd Footnote
Written long before the Discworld books, a character called Alice Band makes an appearance here, albeit in a wholly different incarnation as one of the Egg Dancing fancy.
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