by Terry Pratchett
TITLE: The Dark Side of the Sun AUTHOR: Terry Pratchett DESCRIPTION: "Dom Salabos had a lot of advantages.As heir to a huge fortune he had an excellent robot servant (with Man-Friday subcircuitry), a planet (the First Syrian Bank) as a godfather, a security chief who even ran checks on hims...
A pre-Discworld SF spoof, The Dark Side of the Sun sees Dom, scion of the hideously rich Sabalos family who rule the wet planet of Widdershins, going on an interplanetary quest for the origins of the Jokers, the first intelligent life in the universe. It is, essentially, a romp: think a less subtl...
The Dark Side of the Sun by Terry Pratchett is the story of a young man named Dom who has been appointed to a powerful position on his planet, but unfortunately there have been multiple attempts on his life. It has been foretold that it is his fate to discover the world of the race of beings that se...
Gosh fellas, I just haven't been up to writing reviews lately. I am damn far behind. There's very little left in my head of the impressions I got from the story beyond the story itself. It was slight, but good.Going into 'The Dark Side of the Sun', I knew what to expect. I've read enough of Pratchet...
Pratchett's early works are not his best works. There are flashes of the brillance yet to come in this book, and any fan of the Disc can see the beginnings of the Hogfather, Klatch, the witches, Death, and the footnotes. If you have never read Pratchett before, however, don't start with this one.
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