Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (MOBI)

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Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it — the venerable Monks of History who store it and pump it from where it’s wasted, like underwater (how much time does a codfish really need?), to places like cities, where busy denizens lament, “Oh where does the time go?”While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He’s going to stop. Well, stop time that is, by building the world’s first truly accurate clock. Which means esteemed History Monk Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd have to put on some speed to stop the timepiece before it starts. For if the Perfect Clock starts ticking, Time — as we know it — will end. And then the trouble will really begin…

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⭐What if time was living being? So many ideas are brought to life in these books and they make you wonder. The four horsemen we know, but what of the fifth? I really liked Lu Tze before and this one brings his story into focus. The Auditors remind me so much of the Watchers and their idea has been used in various ways before. This whole story is so much fun to be immersed in. As usual there is a great mix of characters both new and old. Some parts of the story prove that it is best if you read them in order and some of the facts are more understandable if you’ve read the previous books. And now I move on to the only story in this group that Is only available in a hardcopy.

⭐Another entry in Pratchett’s Discworld series. In this entry, the story revolves around time: can it really be wasted, made up, sped up, slowed down, lost, and made–words we use every day to describe our relationship to time. But what if, rather than metaphors, these were actual things? This is the premise of Pratchett’s book.There is a hidden valley where time stand still, and is tended by monks. One of the most senior monks, a lowly sweeper, is assign d an apprentice. But both the sweeper, and the apprentice, turn out to be much more than they appear. Add in the four (or is it five) horsemen of the Apocaplypse, a death rat, and a clock maker, and we have the makings of yet another great story…with lots of deep philosophy woven in.

⭐I am an avid fan of the Discworld series and have read them from the order they were published up to Thief of Time. Pratchett performs as expected in creating (or carrying forward) his charming characters and visual scene development, but for me the plot was too thin to hold my interest for more than a few pages each time I read in it. Of course, we expect to see the narrative unfold according to the well-established formula–that is part of what we enjoy in the works of our favorite storytellers. That being said, even fairy stories have to create credible worlds; that is, they must follow the rules within the parameters of the universe they create. In this instance, Pratchett broke his own rules.As a rule, I have found Pratchett’s observations about politics, religion, society, and people in general to be astute, clever, or amusing. In this volume, however, he seemed more preachy than in his previous tales. Perhaps that happens even to the best of us as we grow old.

⭐One of my favorite books in this favorite series. I love all of them and am very sad that I’m finally running out of books and Terry is no longer with us to write more. What a wonderful world he wrote! This one is an important part of the “mythology” of Discworld, so be sure to read it before you get very far into the series. It explains a lot and will make other books more sensible — or at least as “sensible” as anything ever is in the Discworld 🙂

⭐This Disc World novel was captivating not only because of Terry Pratchett’s clever wit, but because of his cast of new and old characters. Susan, the teacher with unusual talents; Death; Lady LeJean; an Igor; a Yeti; Lu-Tze, the hero Sweeper; Lobsang, the apprentice with unusual talents; Nanny Ogg; Ronnie, the extraordinary milkman; and more keep this story lively. Life on Disco World is threatened and extraordinary efforts by an eccentric unmatched team is required to restore balance. Once again, Terry Pratchett demonstrates how he is the master of his own genre within the fantasy universe. Clever, witty, rapid-fire.

⭐The last few weeks, my reading has been monopolized by the mind of Terry Pratchett. I have been sucked into the Discworld, and I am just fine with that. I sought out experts on which order to read the books, since there is no one straight linear way to read the books.I read the entire sequence centered on Death (and his extended family) first, since my introduction to the world of the Disc was the movie version of _Hogfather_.I bought the first one, _Mort_, just to see if I would like it. I liked it well enough; I bought the next two books in the series on the Death story-arc. A quarter of the way through the second book, I bought the final two books of the arc.I neared the end of one of those books and I bought the first three books from the “Guards” story-arc. At this point, I have only read one of those books, the first _Guards, Guards_. I was pleased, since I have to admit that I was a bit worried about the continuity of quality between story-arcs. Was I just interested in the character of Death, or did I like the world as a whole?It turns out that I like the world as a whole, and this is a huge strength of Pratchett. I want to learn about all the inhabitants and read all the stories, no matter how tangential. I don’t usually keep many books in my wish list, but it is now filled up with Discworld books. He builds a world like Vonnegut did. There are many familiar elements of the world we inhabit but there is the magic element that rips from genre fiction: what Vonnegut did with science-fiction, Pratchett does with fantasy elements.There are a couple of things about the series generally that I really enjoyed. The first is what you try to develop as a writer, a unique voice. I’ve been struggling on finding the right word to really describe what I would characterize as Pratchett’s voice. It is arch and tongue-in-cheek and just fun if you’ve read enough. He’s a post-modern Tolkien, but that’s a little off.Secondly, he is funny, and he’s not afraid to go for the easy joke. There are puns-galore, if you like that sort of thing. I happen to. There is one very memorable one that he just sort of sneaks in during _Soul Music_. He takes the reader 90% of the way to the pay-off but allows the slow dawning to set on the reader, so that a bad pun feels like it was done masterfully. Which it is, it really is.If I had to make a critique of the books in the series that I have read so far is that I have read them too fast. My wife often tells me to slow down and enjoy the books you like, but I seldom listen to her. I should have here. There have been a couple of times that I enjoying the ride so much, I didn’t even bother to remember what I had just read. I had to go and reread the last 50 pages of _Guards, Guards_ because of this. I enjoyed it too much.Otherwise, this is an unqualified recommendation for the Discworld books. Spend some time there, you won’t regret it.

⭐Excellent book. The kindle version used to be riddled with typos and bad formatting. It’s much better now, though there are still a few minor errors in the ebook.Errata:• p144: Change “BADABINGBADABOOM” to “BADABING-BADABOOM” (hyphenation).• p213: Change “‘ Ere” to “‘Ere” (whitespace).• p214: Change “>BINKY” to “BINKY” (unicode).• p420 About the Author: Change “Pratchett?s” to “Pratchett’s” (unicode).

⭐This is the most intellectually challenging of the Discworld books, but none the less enjoyable for all that. The important lessons to learn are that there is always someone more important than you, that time is infinite -until it isn’t, and that chocolate is the greatest weapon known to mortals and immortals.

⭐Susan Sto Helit is a favourite character, as is Lu Tze, the Sweeper (an unconventional history monk). Aided by the four horsemen of the apocalypse (did you know there are actually five?) and with a walk on appearance of Nanny Ogg, they come together to defeat the evil Auditors as they plot to end the world by bringing time to a standstill.It’s a rollicking tale, rushed onwards on the amazing imagination and Discworld Science that the late Terry Pritchett excelled at.

⭐The late, great Terry Pratchett forever present in this sometimes confusing, frequently mind boggling discworld fantasy. To my mind one of the greatest imaginative authors of the 20th, 21st, 22nd century………….etc, etc…..

⭐I have a particular liking for how it shows up part of Susan’s growth as a teacher, how it sets up the different End Time Propheciea and the martial-arts send-ups—and the only time we ever see Nanny Ogg as a beginner—still young enough to wear her pointy hat indoors, and waiting to do her first solo on a woman “built like a wardrobe”

⭐In “Thief of Time” we see the Auditors once again. They are still not satisfied with the chaos that follows humans and are setting out to change that by creating a clock to stop time.Young Jeremy is given the task (by the auditors) of creating a clock that needs to measure the tiniest increments of time. He is an especially gifted (though rather strange) clockmaker. He ends up with an Igor and a humanized auditor to help.Again we meet Death and his granddaughter Susan Sto Helit. Death draws an unwilling Susan into the difficult task of finding the clock maker and setting things right. All the time he rides off to gather the 4 horsemen (or was it 5) and ride off to the Apocalypse.All the while The Monks of History in the person of Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang (who is also quite talented when it comes to time) are on their way to find out where The Clock is in order to stop its completion.Terry Pratchett’s books are wonderful. There is always action and fun and some deep thinking involved in his books. Pratchett’s books create a sense of satisfaction after reading them. “Thief of Time” is no exception.

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