Witches Abroad

Title: Witches Abroad
Author(s): Terry Pratchett
Release year: 1992
Publisher: Victor Gollancz

Why in Database: Another book (as you can guess from title, it’s from the series about witches) with small number of turtle elements. All three mentions are about A’Tuin, in one way or another. The first is a standard description:

This is the Discworld, which travels through space on the back of four elephants which themselves stand on the shell of Great A’Tuin, the sky turtle.
Once upon a time such a universe was considered unusual and, possibly, impossible.

Another description of the Disc:

Compared to all this, a large turtle with a world on its back is practically mundane. At least it doesn’t pretend it doesn’t exist, and no one on the Discworld ever tried to prove it didn’t exist in case they turned out to be right and found themselves suddenly floating in empty space.

The third and the last one does not mention A’Tuin directly but definitely refers to him:

Coiled as it was around the length of turtle-shaped space-time known as the Discworld, the story shook. One broken end flapped loose and flailed through the night, trying to find any sequence to feed on…


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