Thief of Time: A Discworld Novel

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Harper Collins, 13 okt 2009 - 432 pagina's

"Philosophical humor of the highest order." — Kirkus Reviews

Time itself is threatened — and it's up to the History Monks to save it in Sir Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld series.

Everybody wants more time. Which is why, on Discworld, only the experts can manage it—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 never having enough of it.

While everyone 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—as we know it—will end. And then the trouble will really begin . . .

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Thief of Time is the fifth book in the Death series and the twenty-sixth book in the Discworld series. The Death collection includes:

  • Mort
  • The Reaper Man
  • Soul Music
  • Hogfather
  • Thief of Time
 

Inhoudsopgave

Gedeelte 1
1
Gedeelte 2
8
Gedeelte 3
9
Gedeelte 4
38
Gedeelte 5
52
Gedeelte 6
65
Gedeelte 7
73
Gedeelte 8
94
Gedeelte 13
184
Gedeelte 14
186
Gedeelte 15
190
Gedeelte 16
191
Gedeelte 17
201
Gedeelte 18
207
Gedeelte 19
208
Gedeelte 20
268

Gedeelte 9
122
Gedeelte 10
124
Gedeelte 11
143
Gedeelte 12
180
Gedeelte 21
335
Gedeelte 22
352
Gedeelte 23
354
Gedeelte 24
359

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Populaire passages

Pagina 3 - Nine-tenths of the universe, in fact, is the paperwork. And if you want the story, then remember that a story does not unwind. It weaves. Events that start in different places and different times all bear down on that one tiny point in space-time, which is the perfect moment. Suppose an emperor was persuaded to wear a new suit of clothes whose material was so fine that,
Pagina 181 - the end of the world?” IT IS THE END OF THE WORLD.
Pagina 34 - and the sound of voices on the other side of the door...

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Over de auteur (2009)

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

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