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Nation
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Published	11th of September 2008
Publisher	Doubleday
ISBN	0385613709
Pages	404
Series	[[:Category:|]]
Main characters	Daphne, Mau
Annotations	Annotations for Nation
Notes	{{{notes}}}
All data relates to the UK hardback edition.

A new non Discworld novel released on September 11th 2008.

[edit] Blurb

Finding himself alone on a desert island when everything and everyone he knows and loved has been washed away in a huge storm, Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. He's also completely alone - or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. She has no toes, wears strange lacy trousers like the grandfather bird and gives him a stick which can make fire. Daphne, sole survivor of the wreck of the Sweet Judy, almost immediately regrets trying to shoot the native boy. Thank goodness the powder was wet and the gun only produced a spark. She's certain her father, distant cousin of the Royal family, will come and rescue her but it seems, for now, all she has for company is the boy and the foul-mouthed ship's parrot. As it happens, they are not alone for long.Other survivors start to arrive to take refuge on the island they all call the Nation and then raiders accompanied by murderous mutineers from the Sweet Judy. Together, Mau and Daphne discover some remarkable things - including how to milk a pig and why spitting in beer is a good thing - and start to forge a new Nation.

As can be expected from Terry Pratchett, the master story-teller, this new children's novel is both witty and wise, encompassing themes of death and nationhood, while being extremely funny. Mau's ancestors have something to teach us all. Mau just wishes they would shut up about it and let him get on with saving everyone's lives!

[edit] Human Characters

• Mau
• Daphne
• Daphne's Father
• Daphne's Grandmother

• Nawi
• Mrs. Gurgle
• Ataba
• Milo
• Pilu
• Cahle
• Unknown Woman

• Cox
• Polegrave
• Foxlip
• Raiders

• Captain Nathan Roberts
• The Gentlemen of Last Resort
• Mr. Black
• Cookie
• Captain Lionel Samson
• Sir Geoffrey
• Mr. Blezzard
• Mr. Griffith

[edit] Non-Human Characters

• The Parrot
• The Grandfather Birds
• Dolphins
• The Tree-Climbing Octopus
• The Sail-Finned Crocodile

[edit] Gods and God-like Entities

• Imo
• Locaha
• The Grandfathers
• The Grandmothers

[edit] Things and Concepts

• The Sweet Judy
• The Cutty Wren
• God-anchors
• The Nation
• The Royal Society

[edit] Locations

• Nation
• Boys' Island
• The Women's Place
• The Lagoon
• The Cave of the Grandfathers

[edit] A word from the author

Saturday 21st June 2008:-

In the current edition of the Waterstones magazine, Books Quarterly no. 29 (For non-UK readers, Waterstones are a major British bookselling chain) there is an four-page feature where Terry Pratchett is interviewed by Neil Gaiman.

The interview contains this interesting snippet concerning the writing of Nation:-

I spent the better part of a year working on "Nation", which is a non-Discworld children's book. It was a hell of a job because it wasn't Discworld and and it wasn't Johnny Maxwell. It wasn't something I have envisaged myself writing but it absolutely needed to be written and I had to learn the toolkit for it