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Description for Thief of Time
Paperback. "Thief of Time" is the 26th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and comes complete with a full supporting cast of heroes and villains, yetis, martial artists and Ronnie, the fifth horseman of the apocalypse (who left before they became famous). Series: Discworld Novels. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 29. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Discworld Novels
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552148405
SKU
KKD0005716
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as ... Read more
Reviews for Thief of Time
'Terry Pratchett is one of the great inventors of secondary - or imaginative or alternative - worlds. He is not derivative. He is too strong...He has the real energy of the primary storyteller'
A. S. Byatt
The Times
'In a better world he would be acclaimed as a great writer rather than a merely successful ... Read more
A. S. Byatt
The Times
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