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This article is from the Terry Pratchett Bibliography FAQ, by p.pinto ppint@lspace.org with numerous contributions by others.

2.1 The Carpet People (1st Edition) (Terry Pratchett Bibliography)

%A Terry Pratchett
%T The Carpet People
%I Colin Smythe (h/cvr)
%D 11/71 [this edition now out of print]
ISBN 0-900675-49-7

Price : ukL 1.90 [1.90 GBP] Hardback 17cm x 22cm, 195 pages
33 B&W illustrations by _the author_; a few copies hand-coloured
by him. Cover shows various creatures licking a large white cube.

h/cvr blurb:

The is magic in every carpet. Cities and villages exist right under
your feet and the people who live in them are so small that each
tuft of wool stretches high above them like giant trees. A grain
of sugar which has somehow found its way into the world of the
carpet people, becomes a favourite mountain for the carpet animals
where they go as often as possible. Dust plants make up a wonderful
vegetation, and the world of the carpet people is as real to them
as the earth is to us.

But there are also creatures who live in the underlay; they appear
to be allies of that terrible and powerful Fray who lives above the
carpet. Whenever he passes above, he leaves destruction behind him
in the world of the carpet people, and the creatures of the underlay
try to take advantage of them.

This is the story of Snibril and Glurk, the leaders of the carpet
people and how they finally defeat the servants of Fray. It is full
of magic battles and the day to day struggle of the brave and
ingenious carpet people.

Children of all ages, from 5 to 50 will enjoy this book, and the
world of the Carpet People in the reader's own home will add a new
dimension to his imagination.

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