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Pratchettian
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English
Etymology
From en Pratchett ian.
Adjective
Of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.
en 1998 Adam Roberts Silk and Potatoes: Contemporary Arthurian Fantasy 145 Outside this Pratchettian sub-genre it is actually rare to come across novels that treat Arthurian material from a humorous perspective.
en 2005 David Langford The Sex Column and Other Misprints 231 I plugged Susanna Clarke's debut fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and read from James Branch Cabell's The Music from Behind the Moon (1926), which weirdly anticipates the Pratchettian common-sense solution to fairytale dilemmas.
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