Thief Of Time

Terry Pratchett

ISBN 10: 0385601883 / ISBN 13: 9780385601887

Published by Doubleday: London, 2001

About this Item

316pp. Signed by author in black ink on Title page - please see photographs. Book condition: Very Good. Age related toning to pages, slight staining to lower, long edge, of front end paper - please see photographs. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good: Unclipped dust wrapper. Very slight age related shelf wear, sunning to dj spine - please see photographs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thief Of Time
• Publisher: Doubleday: London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385601883
• ISBN 13: 9780385601887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 640 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Light creases on jacket. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are lightly bumped. Boards, page block and a few pages are lightly marked. Text is clear throughout. Spine is slightly cocked but binding remains intact. HCW

Review

If you were helpless with laughter over Shanghai Noon, enjoy satirical British humor and terrible puns, or just need your Pratchett fix, grab this book. Unfamiliar with Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series? It's time to discover one of the funniest, most literate, and most thought-provoking authors writing today.

The Monks of History live in a Tibetan sort of area known as "enlightenment country." Their job: "to see that tomorrow happens at all." A mysterious Lady wants time-obsessed Jeremy Clockson to build a totally accurate glass clock. It will trap time and stop it, eliminating humanity's irritating unpredictability. This would make the Auditors, who observe the universe and enforce the rules governing it, very happy. It would also put Death out of a job, which the Grim Reaper isn't happy about. Fortunately, the History Monks have encountered this situation before; in fact, Lu Tze, the Sweeper, has personally dealt with it before. Even better, he has a new, gifted apprentice, Lobsang Ludd, the "thief of time." This time, they'll stop trouble before it can start! To add chaos to the mix, there's the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse--the one who quit before they became famous.

Although there are 25 other Discworld novels and many of the characters appeared first in previous books, you don't need to have read even one to enjoy The Thief of Time. (If you're the sort of reader who hates to miss any references, you might want to track down a copy of The Discworld Companion.) As a bonus, this book is a painless introduction to what quantum physics says about the nature of time. --Nona Vero