Pratchett, Terry

"2045-2059. Human society continues to evolve on Datum Earth, its battered and weary origin planet, as the spread of humanity progresses throughout the many Earths beyond. Lobsang, now an elderly and complex AI, suffers a breakdown, and disguised as a human attempts to live a "normal" life on one of the millions of Long Earth worlds. His old friend, Joshua, now in his fifties, searches for his father and discovers a heretofore unknown family history. And the super-intelligent post-humans known as "the Next" continue to adapt to life among "lesser" humans. But an alarming new challenge looms. An alien planet has somehow become "entangled" with one of the Long Earth worlds and, as Lobsang and Joshua learn, its voracious denizens intend to capture, conquer, and colonize the new universe--the Long Earth--they have inadvertently discovered.".

Contacted by an alien civilization that invites them to join the interstellar community, The Next struggle to get help from the industrious human race to build an artificial intelligence called The Machine.

Mort accepts a seemingly perfect position as Death's apprentice, but is conflicted when it starts ruining his love life.

Last seen falling off the edge of the world, wizard Rincewind is the only one that can prevent a disastrous collision from happening.

When a wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, he discovers too late that the son is actually a daughter.

Presents a story of the tourist Twoflower and his Wizard guide, Rincewind on the maiden voyage through the fantastic land of Discworld.

Witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons, and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, forcing her to turn to the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.

Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.

A collection of fourteen short stories featuring magic, a war between wizards, journeys in a airship and a submarine, and meeting the fastest Truncheon in the Wild West.