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Originally Posted by stuartjmz
Yes, it was his first foray into targetting younger readers, a precursor of sorts to the Tiffany Aching series. I'm glad you liked it.  |
Well, technically, being an argumentative and generally contrary person
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The Carpet People was both his first published novel and his first foray into targetting younger readers. The fact that he found it appropriate to revise
The Carpet People 29 years later (1992) is irrelevant. In fact, even discounting
The Carpet People,
The Bromeliad Trilogy (
Truckers,
Diggers,
Wings, probably my favourite Pratchett books, and that's saying something) and the
Johnny Maxwell books also precede Maurice as forays into targetting younger readers ... just sayin'.
But yes, being an agreeable and generally positive person
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Maurice was the first
Discworld novel to target younger readers. (Edit: Some might argue that all the early
Discworld books targeted younger readers.) But, curiously, and as Dazrin noted, the fact that it (Maurice) takes place on the Discworld is pretty much irrelevant, making it easier to read stand-alone than the
Tiffany stories (although I find it so hard to believe anyone wouldn't love
The Wee Free Men!)