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The Carpet People Audiobook
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The audiobook edition of the hilarious fantasy, co-written by Terry Pratchett, at age seventeen, and Terry Pratchett, at age forty-three
In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet…
Now, the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and a new story: the story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet; the story of power-hungry mouls — and of two Munrung brothers who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened. It’s a story that will come to a terrible end if someone doesn’ t do something about it.
Includes a PDF of Terry Pratchett’s drawings
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“The perfect starting place for young readers; seasoned Pratchett fans will just revel in his wit, his subversion of tropes and his sense of humanity…Small in scale but large in pleasure.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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“Only a writer with a masterstroke of imagination could place an entire empire of goodies and baddies within the fronds of a carpet.”
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Only a writer with a masterstroke of imagination could place an entire empire of goodies and baddies within the fronds of a carpet.
— Daily Mail -
Brilliantly funny dialogue, high peaks of imagination.
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A passion for language, wordplay and puns bursts from the pages.
— Daily Telegraph -
“Brilliantly funny dialogue, high peaks of imagination.”
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“A passion for language, wordplay and puns bursts from the pages.”
— Daily Telegraph (London) -
“[A] hilarious and wildly imagined story.”
— Barnes & Noble, editorial review (editor’s recommendation) -
“This story is inventive in its carefully worked-out central conceit, often very funny, and dotted with some genuinely scary bits.”
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“The story has a pleasing depth and genuine warmth.”
— RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
The Carpet People Listener Reviews
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Michael Patrick, 12/10/2022
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greg, 10/8/2021
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Jan Knaup, 7/13/2021
About Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was an English novelist known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and after publishing his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983, he wrote two books a year on average. He was the United Kingdom’s bestselling author of the 1990s and has sold more than 55 million books worldwide. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his children’s novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature in 1998 and was knighted in 2009.
About Stephen Briggs
Stephen Briggs, who also works in film, has adapted and staged fifteen Discworld plays, collaborated with Terry Pratchett on a number of related works, and performed the audio recordings of Pratchett’s books. Briggs has won five AudioFile Earphones Awards. He lives in England.