Dragons at Crumbling Castle

And Other Tales

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Mark Beech, Terry Pratchett: Dragons at Crumbling Castle (2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

352 pages

English language

Published Nov. 14, 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

ISBN:
978-0-544-46661-6
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3 stars (1 review)

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Terry Pratchett - Dragons At Crumbling Castle

3 stars

Not his best work, but it is obvious how Pterry got from here to the vast heights of his later works. Early versions of The Carpet People and prototypes of some of the characters and situations that would crop up on the Discworld* are all here, just lacking that final flourish. This might actually make a pretty good introduction to the author for younger children.

*Not to mention plenty of footnotes!

Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Humorous stories
  • Short stories