The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy [Import] [Hardcover]

Terry Pratchett (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday (November 4, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385600801
• ISBN-13: 978-0385600804
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,051,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was fifteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987 he turned to writing full time, and has not looked back since. To date there are a total of 36 books in the Discworld series, of which four (so far) are written for children. The first of these children's books, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal. A non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller, and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback (Harper Torch, 2006) and trade paperback (Harper Paperbacks, 2006). Terry's latest book, Nation, a non-Discworld standalone YA novel was published in October of 2008 and was an instant New York Times and London Times bestseller. Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire "for services to literature" in 1998, and has received four honorary doctorates from the Universities of Warwick, Portsmouth, Bath, and Bristol. His acclaimed novels have sold more than 55 million copies (give or take a few million) and have been translated into 36 languages. Terry Pratchett lives in England with his family, and spends too much time at his word processor.  Some of Terry's accolades include: The Carnegie Medal, Locus Awards, the Mythopoetic Award, ALA Notable Books for Children, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Book Sense 76 Pick, Prometheus Award and the British Fantasy Award.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, April 16, 2011

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This review is from: Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (Kindle Edition)

I have been a Pratchett fan for some time now but have generally stuck to the discworld novels. I have seen the book 'Only you can save mankind' a few times but never bothered with it. A few days ago, having run out of discworld novels not read but being in a Pratchett mood, I bought 'Only you can save mankind'. Absolutely delightfull! Couldn't put it down! So as I finnished it I saw it was part of a trilogy and went looking for the other two. I saw this compilation of them and despite the lone review saying the guy couldn't get over the editing errors, I bought it anyway. There are no more painfull errors in the other two parts and frankly there are not as many of them in the first part as to merit not being read! Brilliant stuff and each book stands alone well even if you had not read the others. Definitely worth the read :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A decent read, but not Pratchett at his best, October 9, 2011

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This review is from: Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (Kindle Edition)

The Johnny Maxwell books were clearly written with younger readers in mind, and unlike some of Pratchett's other books for younger readers, there aren't that many inside jokes for adults. In general, the books go a little lighter on the trademarked Pratchett humor than most of the others. As usual, Pratchett weaves interesting if not overly complicated stories, but the attempt at making believable, real world characters fell a little flat in my eyes. Maybe I'm too old. Still, it's Pratchett so you know it's going to be a decent read, and if you're, say, 12 to 15 years old, even better.

About spelling problems, there are no more errors than in most ebooks. The other reviewer seems to be referring to a segment early in the first book where Johnny, who is 12, is typing and writing things like can@t.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too many spelling mistakes!, March 6, 2011

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This review is from: Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (Kindle Edition)

Terry Pratchett is my favourite author and so I had very high hopes for this purchase. Unfortunately, this digital purchase is filled with so many grammatical and spelling errors that the readability is very low. At first I thought they were done on purpose in order to create a dialect for the characters. Then I realised that the mistakes were throughout the book - silly things like using @ instead of an apostrophe in can@t. I became so frustrated that I stopped reading after the first chapter. The publishers need to understand that digital copies need just as much editing and revision as published copies.