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Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time, confronts Discworld and a variety of its defenders with an insidious menace; never before has the phrase "The End of History" had quite so sinister a sound. As always, the sometimes startlingly surrealistically original, sometimes comfortingly groan-worthy, jokes are underlain by some intensely complex ideas and tight plotting. Susan makes a reappearance as one of Pratchett's more interesting heroines; the sinister Lady LeJean is one of Pratchett's most interesting villains, particularly once we learn the answer to the mystery about her.
There is an attractive darkness to much of the humour here--Pratchett is often at his best when at his darkest.--Roz Kaveney
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The twenty-sixth Discworld novel.'This is the best Pratchett I've read' Sunday TelegraphThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. You mess with it at your peril. You can let it move fast or slowly but what you mustn't do is allow it to stop.The Monks of History have the glamorous job of time management in the Discworld. They store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time.But with the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time begins for History monk for Lu Tze and his suspiciously talented apprentice Lobsang Ludd.Because a truly accurate clock will stop time.And when time stands still, everything in human existence stops with it. Then, there really is no future._________________The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Thief of Time is the fifth book in the Death series. 'This is the best Pratchett I've read' Sunday Telegraph The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780552167642
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Time is a resource. On the Discworld time management is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time. Because it will stop time. And when time stands still, everything stops with it. Seller Inventory # B9780552167642
Book Description Condition: New. 2013. Paperback. Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. You mess with it at your peril. On the Discworld time management is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time. Series: Discworld Novels. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780552167642
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Book Description Condition: New. 2013. Paperback. Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. You mess with it at your peril. On the Discworld time management is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time. Series: Discworld Novels. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780552167642