Discworld Thief of Time, Book 26, (Paperback)

from benfulton

I think this is one of Pratchett's best. He's come up with three really intriguing ideas in this one book. Item 1: The bad guys. When you get this deep into a fantasy series it's really hard to come up with some really original bad guys, but I think the Auditors really succeed, with their insiste...

from TobinElliott

Pratchett does it (yet) again. What should have been a mind-bendingly tough plot to get across as a "serious" novel, Pratchett does with seeming ease here, while once again turning a mirror on us to expose our stupid side. And I don't know if I'll ever be able to hear the phrase "the carrot or t...

from reading_fox

Superb, one of his best! Lobsang Ludd is one of Ludd's lads - foundlings raised by the thieves guild. An unlucky accident and reflex response sees him arrive in the Temple and Valley of Oi Dong high in the mountains where the History Monks ensure that history has happened as it should. Unfortunat...

from koanmi

Der Zeitdieb war mein erster Scheibenwelt-Roman und ich fand ihn - obwohl ich nun wirklich kein Fantasy-Leser bin - einfach großartig. Und zwar aus mehreren Gründen: Terry Pratchett versteht es, große philosophische Fragen und Problemstellungen in eine spannende Geschichte zu verpacken und sie da...

from atreic

Oh, I'd forgotten how lovely it is to be reading a book you can barely put down and whizz through in a day or two. I'd had this on my list of 'Pratchett's I'm not that fussed about', because I don't really like Soul Music or Reeper Man (or at least didn't when I was 13), and saw this as 'just ano...