Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett

Come back with me to that strange world, where DEATH is more than a state of (non) being; where magic is real, and where Time really is a woman. The world is a flat disc, and is carried through space on the backs of four elephants, who, in turn rest on A'Tuin, the great turtle. Come with me to Terry Pratchett's Discworld, via the 26th (!) novel in the series, Thief of Time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Plot(s) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, my, these are complicated in Thief of Time. In the beginning, there were the riders. There used to be five, but one left citing creative differences. Or something. So now there are four – and you know them – ...  Read the complete review

Tick... Death sits at a desk in his study pondering the sights below him. What special event is about to happen on the Discworld and why have "they" chosen now to make an appearance and why mess with time itself? "SHOW ME A BEGINNING" he commands. Tick... We stumble across a mysterious birth on a dark and stormy night. What is so special about this child that the best Midwife in Lancre if not the world must be called on three times. Tick... Susan sits at a desk and surveys here classroom. Looking down she sees a rat with glowing blue eyes and a scythe. How DARE he summon her and to send ...  Read the complete review

The Thief of Time is, I think, Pratchett’s 26th instalment in the ever-expanding Discworld series. If you’re a fan there’s no point in you even reading this review as you will have undoubtedly already bought, borrowed or begged a copy by now and no words from this reviewer will dissuade you. On the other hand if you are a newcomer to the Discworld novels, or are of the frame of mind that reads each new novel and assesses it with a mind unclouded by Pratchett worship you’re still in for a treat. After the long series (or did it just feel like that?) of largely uninspired and uninspiring reworkings of the standard Pratchett formula that spanned the ...  Read the complete review

I have all the discworlds (bar one the cat ate, or my little brother stole or something), I have read them from the Colour of Magic all the way through and they have improved slowly and kept on improving. I would say there was a small glitch with the Hogfather and then Terry was back on track. His last couple have been unnassailable, brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable. This book, in my opinion breaks the trend by being not quite as good as the previous one but it's still brilliant so don't worry too much. Based around new characters not a bundle he's written about before (like the Truth book 25) the Thief of Time tells the convoluted story of an ...  Read the complete review

Title - Stone of Tears Main Characters Lu Tze - the Sweeper Lobsang Ludd - Apprentice monk Death - Himself Suzane - Deaths Granddaughter Ronnie - The Fifth Horseman Lady Myria - A Lady Who Wants A Perfect Clock Jeremy - An obsessive Clock maker Plot Outline "Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed" This, the 26th novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series, is a novel containing three stories. The first is based around Jeremy. Jeremy is a clockmaker with a very obsessive nature. He wants to make the perfect clock. He is by far the best clock worker, but he ...  Read the complete review