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Summary: Terry, what happened to you?
Review: First, let me be frank. Terry Pratchett is always worth reading, but his Discworld novels after about the fifth (I forget what it's called) have all suffered from the same flaw. That is, uncalled for moralization at really awkward points of the story. Man, you're a humor writer! Kids are not taking their social education from you...I really miss his first five Discworld novels in which there was no such thing happening. Only biting sarcastic humor, and fantasy conventions turned upside down. I without reservation recommend the first five Discworld novels...no preachiness! I know you can never go back, but I miss the old Terry Pratchett...In any case, despite the ridiculous attempts to insert some kind of life lessons, you can count on several laughs in every one of Pratchett's books and this one is no different.
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Summary: a bit different than his others, still lots of fun
Review: Great classic Pratchett! This is one of the DEATH stories. I give it 4 stars only because it wasn't quite as good (for me) as some of his other ones. Against any other humorous fantasy author, it would get a 5.In _Thief of Time_ theories about time and space are brilliantly woven into the oddest imaginable case of mistaken identity. You may have heard of the Tibetan-like Time Monks? Well, you're about to get a good look at them! Prepare to battle the Auditors of the universe in a bizarre apocalypse in which Death and his daughter are the only hope for mankind. The best part is the interplay between Death and Susan and her attempts to do his job. Also, the hilarious four horseman and the mysterious fifth. Caution: Pratchett gets a little sacrilegious in this one; he takes it right to the edge, anyway.
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Summary: Complicated but wonderful!
Review: I'm somewhat of a newbie to the Discworld books. I've only read two, and I'm getting started on a third. But, inexperience aside, I really, really enjoyed "theif of time", and whether you've read all the other Discworld books, or you're new like myself, you'll probably enjoy this one, too. Jeremy Clockson, a young man with a passion for exact time, is recruited by a mysterious employer to make a clock that is always exact. Along with his new assistant, the strangely built and hilariously weird Igor, he gets started on it. What Jeremy doesn't realize, though, is that by creating this clock, the world will end, and time will cease to exist. It is up to Lu-Tze the history monk (actually he's just a sweeper), his apprentice Lobsang Ludd, and Death's granddaughter, a kindergarten teacher named Miss Susan, to stop the unassuming clockmaker from destroying the world as we know it. The one problem I had with this book was that it was very easy to be thrown off track towards the end. However, the complications are just a minor problem. The book overall is most definitely a worthy read.
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Summary: Definitely a Good Buy
Review: I am a long-time Terry Pratchett fan and I have read every single one of his Discworld series. At one time or another, I have owned every single one of his Discworld series (I lend them out frequently). Knowing that, this is my favorite work of his, by far. I love the simple complexity of any Pratchett work, but he is at his best here. Not only do Lobsang and Lu-Tze make perfect partners, but this book also has some of his best characters and anthropomorphic personifications. It has Death, Nanny Ogg, and Miss Susan. It has an Igor, too. Theif of Time is almost never on my bookshelf because I either just read it, am reading it, or am about to read it. I have read it probably five times so far, and every time I come upon something new. It's a wonderful, wonderful book.
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Summary: Review of Time Thief
Review: I thought this was a nice, funny light-hearted book with some god twists in it ((no won't tell you what they are :P)). It was probably the 2nd book i read by Terry Pratchett and afterwords i had to agree he is an awsome author! The book got complicated in a few places, but had an "interesting" end and all in all was a very good read. If your in the mood for a lite, easy going book with some classy humor and interesting themes then i highly recommend this book. ~Lupus
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Summary: Thief of Time UNABRIDGED Audio Book
Review: I have read every Terry Pratchett Discworld book there is to date.
Thief of Time as a book is great but Thief of Time as a audio book is fantastic. Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle De Cuir, Karesa McElheny, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki, and Harlan Ellison are the narrators but what they should be called are the actors. They capture the character's personalities and voices so well they seem real. There is some atmospheric music in the background at key times that is a nice touch. This audio book is definitely worth your money. It takes Terry Pratchett's Discworld books to a whole new level.
Fantastic Audio has a new Terry Pratchett audio book coming out called Night Watch. If Thief of Time is any judge of the quality of their audio books, Night Watch will be well worth your money too.
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Summary: I liked his other stuff better.
Review: Even though his other books are better than this title, its still better than most stuff you can buy.
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Summary: Wonderful story, brilliant concept
Review: Every so often a book comes along in which you can only WISH you had thought of first. For me, Thief of Time is one of those books. The plot is a standard Pratchett plot (dole out bits and pieces of information, build to an exciting climax, and then explain everything afterwards to a stunned readership), but the idea, the CONCEPT, behind the plot -- slicing time -- is so brilliantly handled, that it's a wonder to read. (And, yes, "a marvel to behold" for those of you who were eagerly anticipating that phrase). Pratchett is only getting better with age. Let's hope he keeps aging forever.
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Summary: A philosophical parody
Review: The latest Pratchett installment would have got 5 stars but it felt a little long winded (given the philosophical nature of the plot perhaps this is a cleverly subtle technique by Pratchett?)
In Thief of Time Discworld steps into the shadowlands of time to chase down a glass clock that has been made in Ankh-Morpork. The only trouble is, this clock can stop Time Herself. We meet Time Monks, the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Susan is the main protaganist, DEATH makes a welcome return and we meet the mysterious auditors (who are obsessed with Rules and simplicity).
If you read Pratchett with a serious philosophical bent you will find that, despite the parody, some of the philosophy spouted is fundamentally thought-provoking. Lobsang's and Lse-Tsu's trip to chase down the clockmaker and Susan's subsequent guidance to a satisfactory post-apocalyptic conclusion are as delightful as ever. It is diffcult to synopsis this novel without giving much of the little puzzles away, but it is fair to say that this is a good effort by Pratchett. Not as good as the previous Fifth Elephant, but an enjoyable ride through time.
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Summary: Not Standard Discworld Fare
Review: This is the 26th of Pratchett's Discworld series. Though it's a good read, it's not typical of the rest of the series. This book seems to be Pratchett's attempt to have some fun with the quantum nature of space and time. I'd guess he'd just read some books on string theory or quantum mechanics and thought the stuff was interesting (which it is: Planck distances and quantum foam are cool things and explain a lot of discrepencies in other theories). Theoretically, this is a book of Death and his grand-daughter, Susan. But, they're essentially bit-players. The real players are Lu-Tze (seen once before in "Small Gods" (which is a fairly important book in the series, though I didn't care for it)) and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Since Pratchett seems to be using the book merely as a vehicle for talking about space/time, the plot's a bit thin. But it IS fun to read.
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