The Time-travelling Caveman
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Summary
*A brand new collection of short stories from the incredible Sir Terry Pratchett！*
Imagination is an amazing thing。
It can take you to the top of the highest mountain， or down to the bottom of the deepest depths of the sea。
This is where it took Doggins on his Awfully Big Adventure: a quest full of magic and flying machines。 （And the world's best joke - trust me， it's hilarious。）
It took three young inventors to the moon （where they may or may not have left a bottle of lemonade） and a caveman on a trip to the dentist。
You can join them on these adventures， and many more， in this incredible collection of stories 。 。 。
From the greatest imagination there ever was。
Written for local newspapers when Terry Pratchett was a young lad， these never previously published stories are packed full of anarchic humour and wonderful wit。
A must-have for Terry fans 。 。 。 and young readers looking for a fix of magic。
Imagination is an amazing thing。
It can take you to the top of the highest mountain， or down to the bottom of the deepest depths of the sea。
This is where it took Doggins on his Awfully Big Adventure: a quest full of magic and flying machines。 （And the world's best joke - trust me， it's hilarious。）
It took three young inventors to the moon （where they may or may not have left a bottle of lemonade） and a caveman on a trip to the dentist。
You can join them on these adventures， and many more， in this incredible collection of stories 。 。 。
From the greatest imagination there ever was。
Written for local newspapers when Terry Pratchett was a young lad， these never previously published stories are packed full of anarchic humour and wonderful wit。
A must-have for Terry fans 。 。 。 and young readers looking for a fix of magic。
Reviews
Helena
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Solid， laugh-out-loud children's stories。 Solid， laugh-out-loud children's stories。 。。。more
Richard Sharp
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Review from the far NorthExcellent children's book Pratchett's imagination always coming up with some amazing short stories， so it is well worth a read。 Review from the far NorthExcellent children's book Pratchett's imagination always coming up with some amazing short stories， so it is well worth a read。 。。。more
Pascal
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If you are no Hardcore Pratchett-Fan you maybe should subtract one or two stars because those are stories for children written in the late 1960s and early 1970s and lack much of the finesse of his later writing。 Not recommended for the first time adult reader （start with e。g。 Mort or The Colour of Magic） but highly recommended for collectors and children。
Boulder Boulderson
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It's a series of very short children's story。 Yay new Pratchett， boo it's not what I would've been looking for。 But I can imagine my parents reading them to me as a small child and I think that they would've been enjoyable， so I'm going to call it a win。 It's a series of very short children's story。 Yay new Pratchett， boo it's not what I would've been looking for。 But I can imagine my parents reading them to me as a small child and I think that they would've been enjoyable， so I'm going to call it a win。 。。。more
Kelly
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This book is a collection of short stories about things like a 75，000 year old Neanderthal， Bason sailing off to find a tin fleece， why British weather is as it is， time travel， and other adventures。Just a really fun， light read for us grown up kids or something delightful for perhaps an independent child/teen reader looking for a dash of fantasy。
Chris Newsom
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Nice to see some of Sir Terry's early writing。 Nice to see some of Sir Terry's early writing。 。。。more
Paul
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This is the fourth and， from what I understand， final collection of short stories Terry Pratchett wrote as a young journalist while working for a couple of local newspapers。 As with the previous releases I have the collector's edition which has an additional story （apart from Father Christmas' Fake Beard which instead featured coloured illustrations）。 More about that later。 As always the stories are aimed at children， are （by their very nature） short and quite a few are set in Pratchett's fictio This is the fourth and， from what I understand， final collection of short stories Terry Pratchett wrote as a young journalist while working for a couple of local newspapers。 As with the previous releases I have the collector's edition which has an additional story （apart from Father Christmas' Fake Beard which instead featured coloured illustrations）。 More about that later。 As always the stories are aimed at children， are （by their very nature） short and quite a few are set in Pratchett's fictional town of Blackbury， which feels like a more pleasant version of England。 Some are funnier than others and quite a few stop abruptly。 But when you remember they were written by a younger version of a literary genius who was just beginning to hone his craft this is barely a complaint at all。 Accompanied with the stories are， as always， fantastic illustrations by Mark Beech。 In my opinion these are right up there with the illustrations by Quentin Blake in Roald Dahl's children's stories and I think kids and adults alike will love them。 As previously mentioned the collector's edition features an additional story to the standard paperback。 Again it's not very long but it's nice to get an added bonus along with a gorgeous slipcase for the hardback。 What I found strange is that four of the stories in the book （both standard and collector's） are from collector's editions （take a shot every time I've said that） of previous releases。 While I'm not upset that people who have only bought this book get to experience more Pratchett goodness， it does feel strange to include them as a potential selling point of earlier books are now obsolete。 Again this doesn't bother me as I wanted these beautiful looking hardbacks to sit on my Pratchett shelf but it still felt worth mentioning。 A worthwhile purchase by any fan of Terry Pratchett。 Early ideas of future stories can be seen and more Pratchett is never a bad thing。 But please note that these are NOT the story ideas destroyed by the steamroller after his death。 To those who have wrongly believed this and cried out in outrage， I shake my head in disbelief。 。。。more
Ioannis Touras
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Beautiful early stories from Terry Pratchett
Carrie Ives
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Fun to read aloud
Alex
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Another fantastically funny collection of Terry Pratchett's early work。 I throughly enjoyed these stories， although felt they were slightly weaker than those in the first two collections。My favourite stories included 'Professor Whelk's Trip to Mars' 'The Mark One Computer' 'The Big Weather Fight' 'The Time Travelling Caveman' and 'Bedwyr and Arthur's Hill' Another fantastically funny collection of Terry Pratchett's early work。 I throughly enjoyed these stories， although felt they were slightly weaker than those in the first two collections。My favourite stories included 'Professor Whelk's Trip to Mars' 'The Mark One Computer' 'The Big Weather Fight' 'The Time Travelling Caveman' and 'Bedwyr and Arthur's Hill' 。。。more
Paul
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You can see the rawness in some of the stories， but also the sparks of genius that would be obvious in Pratchetts later works
Kirsten
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3，5
Philippe Hyndrikx
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another collection of madcap children's stories for the young and the young at heart another collection of madcap children's stories for the young and the young at heart 。。。more
Olly Colluphid
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This review is probably coloured by the general atmosphere of gloom in 2020 but。。。The weakest collection of stories yet。 They often lack structure and have more miserable bits than the others。 Still worth a read for fans but start elsewhere。
Rose Stanley
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Fun， previously unpublished stories from a young Sir Pterry。
Christine
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A few of these short stories in this collection are a bit too long。 My favorite was "The Mark One Computer" which is a really story about war and computers。 Pratchett's love for football comes out in the "Wizard of Blackbury United"。 Nice collection， if some of the stories are longer than they need to be。 A few of these short stories in this collection are a bit too long。 My favorite was "The Mark One Computer" which is a really story about war and computers。 Pratchett's love for football comes out in the "Wizard of Blackbury United"。 Nice collection， if some of the stories are longer than they need to be。 。。。more
Samantha
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Obviously as an adult I’m not the target audience here！ The stories are wonderful for children though， and those with an active imagination will love reading them。 As in the previous compilations， there are some subtle pointers to story arcs and characters who came later。
Ian Banks
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Some of these stories end rather suddenly - as was the style for kiddilit back in the day - but a couple of them did feel as though there was a word limit approaching rather than the incident being retold was reaching its conclusion。 As stories， though， they are great fun。 There are more than a few traces of the wit and erudition that the later writer was famous for and there are a few stories that could be accused of having literary aspirations。 Something I didn’t enjoy was the editorial intrus Some of these stories end rather suddenly - as was the style for kiddilit back in the day - but a couple of them did feel as though there was a word limit approaching rather than the incident being retold was reaching its conclusion。 As stories， though， they are great fun。 There are more than a few traces of the wit and erudition that the later writer was famous for and there are a few stories that could be accused of having literary aspirations。 Something I didn’t enjoy was the editorial intrusions that “updated” the stories to the present day。 They jarred this reader because I knew that the tales herein were all written I。 The 60s and 70s。 I’m not sure why they were updated at all， to be honest， because they feel a little shoehorned in， and in one story - the titular Caveman adventure - they create an anachronism that takes you out of the yarn for a moment。 Other than that， though， this is a really fun collection。 。。。more
Peter Fox
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Terry Pratchett is and always will be my favorite author。 There is no other author that has captured my interest like Pratchett or has written books that i looked forward to with such anticipation。My wife bought this for my birthday and i slowly sipped my way through it knowing that there would be no more of Sir Terry's work to be published。 This is the last of the three collections of his previously published short stories。The stories are obviously directed towards children， but easily follow Terry Pratchett is and always will be my favorite author。 There is no other author that has captured my interest like Pratchett or has written books that i looked forward to with such anticipation。My wife bought this for my birthday and i slowly sipped my way through it knowing that there would be no more of Sir Terry's work to be published。 This is the last of the three collections of his previously published short stories。The stories are obviously directed towards children， but easily follow the narrative ark that you would expect from a good story， and are varied enough to keep an adult's attention for the length of the stories and the collection。As with all of Pratchett's work this worth the time and effort to sit back and practice a little bit of escapism into the world of Sir Terry Pratchett's imagination。I hope you enjoy this collection as much as i did。 。。。more
Ryn
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Once again I am reminded to the genius of Terry Pratchett。 This is one of his short stories anthologies 。 and is clearly written for a younger audience but still is really great。 It has lots of Pratchett voice and fun to it。 Favorite stories was Time Travelling Caveman and Lemonade on the Moon。
Hayley
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I’m never going to be a huge fan of short stories but obviously if it’s written by Terry Pratchett I’m going to read it。 All of the stories were fun but I really enjoyed the one about weather which had me full on belly laughing。
GingerSnapHattie
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Light hearted， funny and highly original！ I can’t wait for my daughter to be old enough to read these！
Carolyn Haywood
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SuperbAnother brilliant story from the magic man himself。 The best fiction writer of all time。 Whether you like are into diskworld or his other stories， he never fails to make you laugh。
Kieran McAndrew
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Some excellent short stories for children from Sir Terry Pratchett。 There are some smart jokes for the adults as well。
Tanya
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Love terry pratchett。 What a fab book。 Love it x
Virginia O'Malley
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The Time-travelling Caveman （Hardcover）Author: Terry PratchettPublisher: Doubleday - Penguin Year: 2020These stories are the early works of Terry Pratchett and dedicated to Terry aged seventeen。This is a beautifully produced book with a vibrant and well-designed dust jacket and cover with no expense spared。 The illustrations are fabulous and are throughout the book in black and white。 Of course， I am an adult reading a book which is probably more suited to children who will find the stories funn The Time-travelling Caveman （Hardcover）Author: Terry PratchettPublisher: Doubleday - Penguin Year: 2020These stories are the early works of Terry Pratchett and dedicated to Terry aged seventeen。This is a beautifully produced book with a vibrant and well-designed dust jacket and cover with no expense spared。 The illustrations are fabulous and are throughout the book in black and white。 Of course， I am an adult reading a book which is probably more suited to children who will find the stories funny， probably more a boys market but of course I could be completely wrong。I did enjoy the stories， and I do think it would be a super Christmas gift for any child or child at heart。 It is a bit pricy but in saying that， it's a beautiful copy of Terry Pratchett's early work。 。。。more
Tasha
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Some of these short stories were fantastic and others were cute but forgettable。 However these are written by a very early Pratchett before he became a professional author for local newspapers and such， so they have probably be toned down to suit the editors in power thinking they know what the people want。 I especially enjoyed Professor Whelk's Trip to Mars and The Wergs' Invasion of Earth。 Some of these short stories were fantastic and others were cute but forgettable。 However these are written by a very early Pratchett before he became a professional author for local newspapers and such， so they have probably be toned down to suit the editors in power thinking they know what the people want。 I especially enjoyed Professor Whelk's Trip to Mars and The Wergs' Invasion of Earth。 。。。more
R
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Half of this story you will believe is true， and half of the half you won't believe is unbelievable， but if you believe in it hard enough it will be truer。- Sir Terry Pratchett， 'The Time-travelling Caveman''When do you call a good book done？''Never！'To say I am done with this book would be a highly inaccurate statement。 I enjoyed it and have fallen dearly in love with it。 In other words， it has gone into the small （but ever-expanding） list of books which get worn yellow from too much readin Half of this story you will believe is true， and half of the half you won't believe is unbelievable， but if you believe in it hard enough it will be truer。- Sir Terry Pratchett， 'The Time-travelling Caveman''When do you call a good book done？''Never！'To say I am done with this book would be a highly inaccurate statement。 I enjoyed it and have fallen dearly in love with it。 In other words， it has gone into the small （but ever-expanding） list of books which get worn yellow from too much reading。The myths and legends and adventures commonly sloshing around in English countryside scenes （some of it often making an appearance in those juicy little corners of local tabloids here and there。。。y'know flying car sightings， little green aliens in the woods and the lot） flow through Sir Terry's pen where they are unmade and reborn to the delight of a whole new generation of readers。At the outset， The Time-travelling CAVEMAN seems like a collection of goofy short stories for children。 But take a step beyond， each one of them is a magical doorway to reconnect with that child we all were， dreaming of what is deemed silly / impossible in the adult world （which， as science and discovery has more than sufficiently and often proven， is only due to the adult world limited by its tunnel vision of real and possible）。 This is the second delightful collection of short stories I have read in last few days （the other being Tales From the Himalayas by Priyanka Pradhan， which， coincidentally， was also a collection of 17 short stories like this one here， though much different scene and writing style even if for the same level of delight） and， needless to say， it was a pleasure through and through。To the stories themselves then。。。as I said， there are 17 short stories of varying sizes spread across 300-ish pages。 The old town of Blackbury remains centre of much action。。。though， the journey bounces across time and space every now and then。 There are spaceships and aliens and moon trips and Mars visits on one side and caveman and arks and epic adventures and legends of old on the other。 The illustrations more than add to the joy of reading it。 Like with all of Sir Terry's works， I cannot pick a clear favourite （though， I can tell you that I have read quite a few like The Time-travelling Caveman， Bason and the Hugonauts， Lemonade on the Moon， Doggins has an Awfully Big Adventure more than once）。Sir Terry's passing in 2015 left a void that may never be filled。 But， despite being unavoidably detained on the other side of the veil between the mortal and immortal worlds， he never ceases to surprise fans every now and then。 “Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken？”- Sir Terry Pratchett， 'Going Postal'Knowing that this may （possibly） be the very last of works written by Sir Terry himself （unless he is already plotting another surprise or two） makes this volume that much more special and MUST-HAVE for fellow STP fans。This book was， indeed， such a beautifully-compiled surprise。 To me， it oozed with the sheer love for telling stories and reading them。。。storytelling like we once knew it， when the world was full of adventures where all was well in the end。Hope you enjoy it （if not more） as much as I did。Mind how you go。。。 :-） 。。。more
James
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The final book of Pratchett's short stories is good and an entertaining read。 It contains a lot of the short stories that were published in his early days of writing。 The final book of Pratchett's short stories is good and an entertaining read。 It contains a lot of the short stories that were published in his early days of writing。 。。。more
Jenny （Bookbookowl）
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