The Carpet People

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{{short description|1971 novel by Terry Pratchett}}
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| author = [[Terry Pratchett]]
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| genre = [[Comic Fantasy]]
| publisher = [[Colin Smythe]]
| pub_date = 1971, 1992
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| pages = 199
| isbn = 978-0-919366-14-5
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'''''The Carpet People''''' is a [[comic fantasy]] novel by British writer [[Terry Pratchett]]. First published in 1971 and written when Pratchett was 17 years old, it was later re-written by the author when his work became more widespread and well-known.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The carpet people, 1971 . - British Library |url=https://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01012022064&indx=2&recIds=BLL01012022064&recIdxs=1&elementId=1&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbrSourceidDisplay=BLL01&frbrIssnDisplay=&dscnt=0&frbrRecordsSource=Primo+Local&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&lastPag=&rfnGrp=frbr&frbrJtitleDisplay=&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1693171235293&frbg=27280170&lastPagIndx=1&frbrSrt=rank&frbrEissnDisplay=&scp.scps=scope:(BLCONTENT)&tb=t&cs=frb&fctV=27280170&vl(297891280UI0)=any&srt=rank&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=The%20Carpet%20People |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=explore.bl.uk}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Terry |first=PRATCHETT |title=The Carpet People |url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/review/the-carpet-people |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=School Library Journal}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2021-04-20 |title=Terry Pratchett’s debut turns 50: ‘At 17 he showed promise of a brilliant mind’ |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/20/terry-pratchett-debut-turns-50-at-17-the-carpet-people |access-date=2023-08-27 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In the Author's Note of the revised edition, published in 1992, Pratchett wrote: "This book had two authors, and they were both the same person."<ref>{{cite book |author=Terry Pratchett |title=The Carpet People |date=1992 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=9780385403047 |page=9 |ol=7439575M |lang=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The carpet people, 1992 . - British Library |url=https://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01011951408&indx=1&recIds=BLL01011951408&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbrSourceidDisplay=BLL01&frbrIssnDisplay=&dscnt=0&frbrRecordsSource=Primo+Local&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&lastPag=&rfnGrp=frbr&frbrJtitleDisplay=&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1693171235293&frbg=27280170&lastPagIndx=1&frbrSrt=rank&frbrEissnDisplay=&scp.scps=scope:(BLCONTENT)&tb=t&cs=frb&fctV=27280170&vl(297891280UI0)=any&srt=rank&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=The%20Carpet%20People |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=explore.bl.uk}}</ref>

''The Carpet People'' contains a similar mix of humour and serious topics like war, death and religion, which later became a major part of the [[Discworld]] series.<ref name=":0" /> Before creating the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]], Pratchett wrote about two different flat worlds, first in this novel, and then in the novel [[Strata (novel)|''Strata'']].<ref name=":1" />

==Characters==

*Glurk, chief of the Munrungs
*Snibril, Glurk's younger brother
*Pismire, the wise man of the Munrung tribe
*Bane, a Dumii general
*Brocando, King of the Deftmenes
*Fray, a natural phenomenon wreaking havoc on the Carpet
*Mouls, a power-hungry species
*Wights, who remember the future
*Camus Cadmes

==Themes==
The book explores the conflict between traditions and innovation. There is an established civilization, complete with bureaucrats, taxation, and permits; there are people who resent the establishment; there is a need for both groups to find common ground in order to save their collective civilization.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.lspace.org/art/carpet-people// The Carpet People] at [http://www.lspace.org/ The L-Space Web]

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