The definitive listing of terry pratchetts discworld novels. Lord hong is an unforgettable villain, ghengis cohen a treat to cheer for, and the silver horde a nonstop source of amusement. Interesting times, the seventeenth novel in terry pratchetts discworld series, finds the planets oldest empire in the midst of bitter turmoil after the publication of the revolutionary treatise what i did on my holidays. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This may be a controversial choice, but this book suffers from a common discworld failing. Interesting times terry pratchett books discworld novels. Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the english author terry pratchett, set on the discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. Workers, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes, are joining forces against old warlords, spreading violence. The wizards of unseen university, after some conversation, at some point know the spelling of wizzard can describe only one guy rincewind. Interesting times audiobook by terry pratchett streaming. May you live in interesting times doesnt exactly feel like much of a curse to you or i. Discworld continues to spin merrily along in this new addition to pratchetts successful series begun with the colour of magic, 1983 about a magical world carried through space on the back of a gian. Interesting times is the seventeenth novel in the discworld series by terry pratchett.
In this story, hes on the counterweight continent, where revolution is afoot during his travels, hes joined by a whole host of cool characters, including the luggage, death and cohen the barbarian. Back when i first read interesting times, in the spring of 1998 when i was thirteen, i remember deciding that its title was misleading. Interesting times is the first rincewind novel set in the modern discworld, and maintains the light, humorous atmosphere throughout. The novels title is a play on the chinese curse, may you live in.
After making use of the hex to aid in carrying out a spell to summon rincewind, archchancellor ridcully convinces him to go to the agatean realm. Interesting times by terry pratchett 1996, paperback for. Interesting times is a classic disckworld novel, with the return of rincewind the wizzard, twoflower, cohen and the luggage. Buy terry pratchetts seventeenth discworld book featuring death, war, and a cowardly wizzard and an ancient empire in turmoil. Rincewind the wizard, peacefully bored at last, finds adventure nipping at his reluctant heels. Terry pratchetts work is full of references, allusions, parodies and injokes. The discworld novels can be read in any order but interesting times is the fifth book in the wizards series. A foot on the neck is nine points of the lawthere are many. But when a request for a great wizzard arrives in ankhmorpork via carrier albatross from the faraway counterweight continent, it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading interesting times. Rincewind the incompetent wizard is pretty near and dear to most discworld fans.
Hundreds of such references have been collected in the annotated pratchett file apf. May you live in interesting times is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of discworldespecially on the distinctly unmagical sorcerer rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life. I like that most of pratchetts books at least with discworld often revolve around a theme. A novel of discworld kindle edition by pratchett, terry. Interesting times audiobook by terry pratchett online.
While still an interesting read, by his own admission, mr. Interesting times exclusively embossed with terrys signature and sealed with his coat of arms. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read interesting times. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. Karma could be just around the corner beloved rincewind finds himself in more trouble when the unseen university finds the prime opportunity to get rid of him. Publishers weekly 31 mar 1997 discworld continues to spin merrily along in this new addition to pratchetts successful series begun with the colour of magic, 1983 about a magical world carried through space on the back of a giant turtle. Buy a cheap copy of interesting times book by terry pratchett. One of the worst curses you can fling at a discworld character is may you live in interesting times, hence the title of the book. Interesting times is the 17th discworld novel, and the first since eric which returns to rincewind as the central character. The oldest and most inscrutable not to mention heavily fortified empire on the discworld. Buy interesting times discworld novels unabridged by pratchett, terry, planer, nigel isbn. Workers, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes, are joining forces against old warlords, spreading violence throughout discworlds ancient cities. Interesting times by terry pratchett, 9780552142359, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
This page is part of the online version of the apf and contains all the annotations for the book interesting times. Briggs has shaved, crimped, and outright ectomied the book to allow the story to fit into a twoandahalf hour time slot on stage. Discworld novel 17 ebook written by terry pratchett. Interesting times is a fantasy novel by british writer terry pratchett, the seventeenth book in the discworld series, set in the aurient the title refers to the common. 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. The setup is interesting, involving the personification of time falling in love and. Interesting times is one of my early favourites, from when i first got into the discworld series it was also the first time that i discovered rincewind, the discs most inept wizard. On the discworld though, theres never a dull moment. Terry pratchett a fantasy featuring the wizard rincewind on a mission to an empire undergoing a cultural revolution reminiscent of the one in china. The series began in 1983 with the colour of magic and continued until the final novel the shepherds crown was published in 2015, following pratchetts death. The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise what i did on my holidays. Interesting times collectors library edition a gorgeous hardback edition of terry pratchetts seventeenth discworld novel, an adventure starring death, war, an.
May you live in interesting times is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of discworld, especially on the distinctly unmagical rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life and cant even spell wizard. A gorgeous hardback edition of terry pratchetts seventeenth discworld novel, an adventure starring death, war, an. Marvelous discworld, which revolves on the backs of four great elephants and a big turtle, spins into interesting times, the 17th outing in terry pratchetts. But aside from its promising title, the 17th discworld book was a bit of a letdown after the fitting soulful musings of soul music, but it almost made up for it in sheer volume of jokes and witticisms alone.
That said, it doesnt quite match up to the previous rincewind books and feels unusually by the numbers for a pratchett novel, although an average pratchett is still a. Discworld novels can be read in any order but interesting times is the fifth book in the wizards series. But when a nearly illegible and equally incomprehensible message from a lost until now continent arrives, his glorious leaders pack him off on an illconsidered diplomatic mission. However, thematically its much more a look back at the first two discworld books, the colour of magic and the light fantastic, and how much the setting has changed since then. On discworld, a bizarre planet carried through space on the backs of four elephants perched on a gigantic turtle, retirement is looking good to wizard rincewind. Interesting times audiobook terry pratchett audible. Buy a discounted paperback of interesting times online from australias leading online bookstore. In retrospect that was a little harsh, but its true that interesting times feels like a. Craig was reading this when i went out to virginia in october, so when i came back and found interesting times in the book exchange box, i felt it was a good time for a bit of rereading. Discworldinteresting times all the tropes wiki fandom. There are others who maintain that its merely a matter of who carries the biggest stick.