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Title: Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett, Christopher Cazenove, Karesa McElheny, John Rubenstein, Gabrielle De Cuir ISBN: 1-57453-431-9 Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 8 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.34 (73 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Complicated but wonderful!
Comment: I'm somewhat of a newbie to the Discworld books. I've only read two, and I'm getting started on a third. But, inexperience aside, I really, really enjoyed "theif of time", and whether you've read all the other Discworld books, or you're new like myself, you'll probably enjoy this one, too.
Jeremy Clockson, a young man with a passion for exact time, is recruited by a mysterious employer to make a clock that is always exact. Along with his new assistant, the strangely built and hilariously weird Igor, he gets started on it. What Jeremy doesn't realize, though, is that by creating this clock, the world will end, and time will cease to exist. It is up to Lu-Tze the history monk (actually he's just a sweeper), his apprentice Lobsang Ludd, and Death's granddaughter, a kindergarten teacher named Miss Susan, to stop the unassuming clockmaker from destroying the world as we know it.
The one problem I had with this book was that it was very easy to be thrown off track towards the end. However, the complications are just a minor problem. The book overall is most definitely a worthy read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another Gem
Comment: Terry Pratchett's Discworld books are staggeringly funny, yet contain an element of poignancy. This book is no exception, I had it read within 5 hours of receiving it. Fortunately Pratchett's books are worth at least a couple of reads. I always define Discworld books in terms of the characters. This book fits into the Death category as Death and his Granddaughter Susan Sto Helit are among the main characters. Susan is a schoolteacher in this book and her conversation with the soppy headmistress of the Froud Academy and creator of the Froud Method of Learning by Fun is a riot. The Death of Rats (SQUEAK), the Raven (got any fresh eyeballs), Nanny Ogg and an Igor (yeth marthter) also figure in this story. Particularly prominent is the sweeper (no one notices the sweeper) monk Lu-Tze, who creates bansai mountains with small shovels and mirrors to focus the sun. As far as I know, this character only appeared in one other book, Small Gods, and its a pleasure to see him again. I also thouroughly enjoyed Susan's classroom, Death's Gentleman's Club, Jeremy Clockson's lab, Igor's method of arrival, the Auditors' corporeal confusion and the Five riders of the Apocalypse, Death, Famine, War, Pestilence and the fifth, who left before they got famous. In a typically Pratchettian description, back then Death was Death, of course, but Famine, War and Pestilence were only Localized Crop Failure, Scuffles and Spots. If you haven't read a Discworld book, there is no need to read them in order, they all stand by themselves and this is as good of a one to start with as any of them. If you have read Discworld books before, you already know this one is another must read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific!
Comment: I've read perhaps 5 of the Discworld series, and have really enjoyed a couple of them and thought the others were entertaining but not entirely captivating. I picked up Thief of Time on my 19 year old son's recommendation, which was "Do yourself a favor, read this book and make your life better." Well, how could I not?
He was right. In Thief of Time Pratchett strikes a unique balance between many different types of humor--from silly take-offs of oriental martial arts names (okidoki) to literate inside jokes (the raven named Quoth) and far beyond--with a complex and even philosophical plot. It's truly an amazing bit of writing that admittedly might fall flat for those looking for lighter entertainment, but I was delighted. I think it best not to go into plot details--you'll enjoy the book much more if you discover them for yourself--but there are plot twists aplenty, all of which make "sense". Especially nice are the scenes dealing with the revelation of the identity of the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse, and the Zen Buddhist humor.
So do yourself a favor, read this book and make your life better.
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Title: Truth, The by Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0380818191 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 04 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0061020400 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0060013125 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0061020397 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0061059072 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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