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The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories Audiobook Summary

Do you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards? An exciting journey in an airship or down in a submarine? Would you like to meet the fastest truncheon in the Wild West?

The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner is the second fabulously funny short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Terry Pratchett. A follow-up to Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this second batch of storytelling gems features stories written when Sir Terry was just seventeen years old and working as a junior reporter. In these pages, new Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delight–and loyal readers will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life.

As Neil Gaiman says, “a Terry Pratchett book is a small miracle”–and The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner proves to be another miracle taking its place alongside Pratchett’s astounding and cherished body of work.

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The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories Audiobook Narrator

Julian Rhind-Tutt is the narrator of The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories audiobook that was written by Terry Pratchett

Sir Terry Pratchett was the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful Discworld series. His young adult novel, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal, and Where’s My Cow?, his Discworld book for “readers of all ages,” was a New York Times bestseller. His novels have sold more than seventy five million (give or take a few million) copies worldwide. Named an Officer of the British Empire “for services to literature,” Pratchett lived in England. He died in 2015 at the age of sixty-six.

About the Author(s) of The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories

Terry Pratchett is the author of The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories

The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories Full Details

Narrator Julian Rhind-Tutt
Length 3 hours 52 minutes
Author Terry Pratchett
Category
Publisher HarperCollins
Release date January 03, 2017
ISBN 9780062669278

Subjects

The publisher of the The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fantasy, General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Additional info

The publisher of the The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780062669278.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

[ J o ]

December 20, 2017

PTerry has never been that great at short stories. He admits that himself. But what he has always had is one of the best imaginations of any author, Storyteller or liar to ever have existed. He also had the best ideas of what to satirise, which mainly included the stuff he loved which, top comedy tip, it's the stuff you should always satirise. Fuller review to follow (maybe).Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | Shop | Etsy

Gary

January 10, 2019

The second collection of early short works by Terry Pratchett. Some stories were better than others.

Sophie

August 08, 2020

A nice book of short stories from a dearly missed gentleman. Terry was one of the greatest writers I’ve read. blessed be your memory Sir.

Peter

August 23, 2016

More of Terry's fantastic childrens stories. Yes they are not up to his Discworld standards but they are fun and dare I say Jolly. Good fun for the young and old and if you feel the need for a negative review based on the age they are for, you are to OLD.Take them for what they are and have fun!

Freda

May 07, 2022

I got a free audio copy, so I decided to give it a whirl. I'm so glad I did! What magic lies within!!It is a great anthology of short stories. Each one is different and most of them had me engrossed. I did lose track on a couple, but audiobooks always do that to me. The narrator was great, and I like the use of some sound effects. It brought some of the stories to life.I really enjoyed The Great Train Robbery, An Ant Called 4179003, and Wizard War. To be fair, this set has me wanted to read more from the author.

Nicola

January 07, 2020

First time I have read anything by Terry Pratchett and really enjoyed the collection of short stories in the book. Some was better than others though.

Indah Threez

March 22, 2020

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