THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN
by TERRY PRATCHETT
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0450032981
- ISBN 13
- 9780450032981
- Seller
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THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY. Mass market paperback. Moderate wear/peeling on cover edges. Previous owner indented details stamp on front cover, over book titles. This stamp is also noticeable on the reverse of cover and there is a small amount of red biro writing on the reverse of cover. NB: Brown staining/coffee splash Staining marks on edges of some pages, affecting text on a couple of pages but the text can still be read. Small folds/creases on some pages. First UK paperback edition of Terry Pratchett's second novel. Science Fiction adventure. Predates the Discworld series. Location: MBS1 . Good. Paperback. First UK PAPERBACK.. 1978.
Synopsis
Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie.
Reviews
On Feb 2 2014, a reader said:
The Dark Side Of The Sun is the second stand-alone novel by British author, Sir Terry Pratchett. Dom Salabos is about to become Chairman of the Board of the planet Widdershins, orbiting the sun See-Why. He is heir to a fortune, godson of a planetary bank and protected by the most efficient security money can buy. But his father, John Salabos III, an expert in probability maths, died in the Marshes, and Dom is unaware of the prediction of his own death. Instead, he decides he wants to find the elusive Jokers World. Assisted by a phnobe, a swamp ig and a Class 5 robot (with Man-Friday subcircuitry), he finds himself the target of a determined assassin, Ways. This pre-Discworld novel has many of the hallmarks of his later books, but really does not reach their standard. Nonetheless, it is interesting and enjoyable to read early Pratchett for the originality, the inventiveness and the tongue-in-cheek aspect.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016144
- Title
- THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN
- Author
- TERRY PRATCHETT
- Illustrator
- TIM WHITE(COVER ART)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK PAPERBACK.
- ISBN 10
- 0450032981
- ISBN 13
- 9780450032981
- Publisher
- NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1978
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TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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