The Carpet People

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    THE CARPET PEOPLE
A CORGI BOOK 9780552551052
    First published in Great Britain in 1971 by Colin Smythe Ltd
Revised edition published 1992 by Doubleday
an imprint of Random House Children’s Books
    Doubleday edition published 1992
Corgi edition published 1993
Reissued 2004
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    Copyright © 1971 by Colin Smythe Ltd
Copyright © by Terry and Lyn Pratchett, 1992
Decorations copyright © by David Wyatt, 2004
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To Lyn, for then and now.

‘Told with Pratchett’s customary wit plus touches of cynicism. It’s a winner’   School Librarian
    ‘A unique piece of high fantasy’   Vector
    ‘Aimed at the over-tens but, like his Discworld novels, breaks all the boundaries between young and adult readership’   Daily Mail
    The Carpet People was first written when the author was a teenager and published in 1971. Retaining the original characters and the story, whilst adding the inimitable touch of comic fantasy that has gathered him legions of fans worldwide, Terry Pratchett revised it extensively for a new edition, which was published in hardcover in 1992.
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Books by Terry Pratchett
    THE BROMELIAD TRILOGY (containing TRUCKERS, DIGGERS and WINGS)
    TRUCKERS*
    DIGGERS*
    WINGS*
    THE CARPET PEOPLE*
    THE JOHNNY MAXWELL TRILOGY (containing ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND, JOHNNY AND THE DEAD and JOHNNY AND THE BOMB)
    ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND*
    JOHNNY AND THE DEAD*
    JOHNNY AND THE BOMB*
    JOHNNY AND THE DEAD playscript (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    Discworld for younger readers
    A HAT FULL OF SKY*
    THE WEE FREE MEN*
    THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS*
    THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS playscript (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    For adults of all ages
    The Discworld ® series
    THE COLOUR OF MAGIC*
    THE LIGHT FANTASTIC*
    EQUAL RITES*
    MORT*
    SOURCERY*
    WYRD SISTERS*
    PYRAMIDS*
    GUARDS! GUARDS!*
    ERIC*¥
    MOVING PICTURES*
    REAPER MAN*
    WITCHES ABROAD*
    SMALL GODS*
    LORDS AND LADIES*
    MEN AT ARMS*
    SOUL MUSIC*
    INTERESTING TIMES*
    MASKERADE*
    FEET OF CLAY*
    HOGFATHER*
    JINGO*
    THE LAST CONTINENT*
    CARPE JUGULUM*
    THE FIFTH ELEPHANT*
    THE TRUTH*
    THIEF OF TIME*
    NIGHT WATCH*
    MONSTROUS REGIMENT*
    THE COLOUR OF MAGIC – GRAPHIC NOVEL
    THE LIGHT FANTASTIC – GRAPHIC NOVEL
    MORT: A DISCWORLD BIG COMIC (illustrated by Graham Higgins)¥
    GUARDS! GUARDS!: A DISCWORLD BIG COMIC (adapted by Stephen Briggs, illustrated by Graham Higgins)¥
    SOUL MUSIC: THE ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY
    WYRD SISTERS: THE ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY
    MORT – THE PLAY (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    WYRD SISTERS – THE PLAY (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    MEN AT ARMS – THE PLAY (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    GUARDS! GUARDS! – THE PLAY (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    MASKERADE (adapted for the stage by Stephen