Thief of Time (Discworld)

Terry Pratchett

ISBN 10: 0061031321 / ISBN 13: 9780061031328

Published by HarperTorch, 2002

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00084065121

Synopsis:

Carefully reallocating the Time of Discworld to where it is most needed, Monk of History Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd begin a literal race against time when the world's first truly accurate clock threatens to stop Time forever. Reprint.

Review: In Thief of Time in the great stinking metropolis of Ankh Morpork, an obsessed clockmaker receives an unusual commission from an excessively beautiful woman whose feet do not touch the ground; strict school-teacher Susan finds herself summoned by her grandfather, Death, to do him a favour; the monks who manage the even distribution of Time find themselves with a recalcitrant novice; and dairyman Ronnie Soak muses on his glory days, when he was the Fifth Rider of the Apocalypse, the one who left before they got famous.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Thief of Time (Discworld)
Publisher: HarperTorch
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good