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Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld (edition 2014)

by Terry Pratchett

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Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it â?? 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 â?? as we know it â?? will end. And then the trouble will really begi… (more)

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Title:Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld
Authors:Terry Pratchett
Info:Harper (2014), Edition: Reissue, Mass Market Paperback, 432 pages
Collections:Your library, E-books
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  catseyegreen | Oct 10, 2023 |
The Death books (especially the ones with Susan) are my favorite Discworld subseries, and I greatly enjoyed reading this installment. The basic premise of needing to stop someone before they can build a clock that will trap Time and freeze the universe in one moment (therefore bringing about the End of the World) is an interesting one, but it's the characters involved that are the real star of the show. There are some familiar characters, and some new ones, and they all have really neat character arcs. ( )
  ca.bookwyrm | Jul 31, 2023 |
Another fun entry in the Death subset of DiscWorld featuring Death's granddaughter Susan. I liked the main plot but my favorite bits were about Susan's teaching! ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
Good entertainment. ( )
  JudyGibson | Jan 26, 2023 |
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According to the First Scroll of Wen the Eternally Surprised, Wen stepped out of the cave where he had received enlightenment and into the dawning light of the first day of the rest of his life.
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Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you.
Nine-tenths of the universe, in fact, is the paperwork.
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This is the main work for Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett. It is not the same work as Tony Hillerman's book of the same name.
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Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it â?? 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 â?? as we know it â?? will end. And then the trouble will really begi

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Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.

And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time.

But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone's problems.

THIEF OF TIME comes complete with a full supporting cast of heroes, villains, yetis, martial artists and Ronnie, the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous).
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