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Interesting Times :Discworld Novels

by Terry Pratchett

Interesting Times :Discworld Novels Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

"May you live in interesting times" is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld — especially on the distinctly unmagical sorcerer Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life. But when a request for a "Great Wizzard" arrives in Ankh-Morpork via carrier albatross from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's he who's sent as emissary. Chaos threatens to follow the impending demise of the Agatean Empire's current ruler. And, for some incomprehensible reason, someone believes Rincewind will have a mythic role in the war and wholesale bloodletting that will surely ensue. (Carnage is pretty much a given, since Cohen the Barbarian and his extremely elderly Silver Horde are busily formulating their own plan for looting, pillaging, and, er, looking wistfully at girls.) However, Rincewind firmly believes there are too many heroes already in the world, yet only one Rincewind. And he owes it to the world to keep that one alive for as long as possible.

Review:

"The funniest parodist working in the field today, period." New York Review of Science Fiction

Review:

"Terry Pratchett is more than a magician. He is the kindest, most fascinating teacher you ever had." Harlan Ellison

Review:

"Terry Pratchett does for fantasy what Douglas Adams did for science fiction." (-- Today)

Synopsis:

When a carrier albatross arrives with an urgent request for a "Great Wizard," Rincewind finds himself summoned to the endangered Empire of Hong, Sung, Fang, Tang and McSweeney, where a new Emperor is about to be chosen.

Accompanying Rincewind is Cohen the Barbarian, as well as an ant farm-powered computer named Hex, a fractal weather-making butterfly with mandelbrot wings, and a ferocious, if slow-moving army of six old men, the Silver horde.Their mission is to either defend or destroy the Forbidden City of Hunghung. The problem is, the instructions are not entirely clear...

About the Author

Terry Pratchett's novels have sold more than fifty-five million (give or take a few million) copies worldwide. He lives in England.
As many of you know, beloved house author Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease. Terry has become active in fundraising efforts to support Alzheimer's research. Click here to read a speech Terry made to the Alzheimer's Research Trust Conference in the UK earlier this year. If you are interested in making a tax-free donation to to the Alzheimer's Association click here.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780061056901
Author:
Pratchett, Terry
Publisher:
HarperTorch
Author:
by Terry Pratchett
Location:
New York, N.Y.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Fantastic fiction
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Subject:
Fantasy - Series
Subject:
Discworld (Imaginary place)
Subject:
Discworld
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Discworld Series
Series Volume:
605
Publication Date:
April 1998
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
6.86x4.44x1.08 in. .42 lbs.

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