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Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld - Community Reviews back

by Terry Pratchett
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Tannat
Tannat rated it 6 years ago
Series: Discworld #26 Excellent Pratchett. I'm not sure what else to say. There's an organisation called the Monks of History that can basically control time and Susan shows up to save the world. With "help" (/hindrance) from the Death of Rats and its Raven. If you'd like to know more or just gi...
YouKneeK
YouKneeK rated it 8 years ago
Thief of Time is the fifth and final(!) book in the Death subseries of Discworld. I’ve always been a little iffy on this subseries, but I think this was my favorite of the five books. The general story is that an Auditor has commissioned a clockmaker, Jeremy, to make a special clock. What the Aud...
mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 8 years ago
The rules of the universe are once again being bent to endanger life, but this time it is really Time itself that is being used as the weapon of choice. The 26th installment of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series finds many characters quite literally being a Thief of Time from certain points of view...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 9 years ago
PTerry does time and an attempt to stop time forever, features Susan Sto-Helit and many more favourites, plus a possible romance.
Oliviate
Oliviate rated it 10 years ago
I've lost count of how many times I've read this one. Along with Night Watch, it's one of my favorites from all of the Discworld series. It's less a parody of one specific story and more of a meditation on the definitions, limitations, and resilience of humanity. It's about history and love and deat...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 11 years ago
3/26/2004 6/27/2014I don't know why I didn't review this one before. Death is featured, but once again, more play is given to granddaughter Susan, who, in the ongoing move to Discworld modernity, is now an elementary school teacher. There is an impending apocalypse caused by the Auditors again. We a...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 11 years ago
Usually, if a series has more than a dozen books in it, I don't keep up with it. Most of the time it is too unwieldy and just plain boring. The author either starts to repeat themselves with characters and situations or goes off into outlandish events that just are not believable. Not so with Terry ...
Inkspot Fancy
Inkspot Fancy rated it 11 years ago
Ever had a perfect moment?The Auditors, a sort of anti-entropic force of beings in the universe, want to have one by freezing the entire universe. To that end, they've enlisted a clockmaker to build an absolutely accurate clock out of glass. And with the end of the continuation of the world on the l...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 12 years ago
Death's grand daughter is featured! it made me want to read the one where death had an apprentice.A tad too romantic & too much kung fu film spoof but still wonderful as Pratchett usually is.
Only Mostly Dead
Only Mostly Dead rated it 12 years ago
Thief of Time is a story about the History Monks and how they manage Time on the Disc. It’s about a young apprentice to Lu Tze, the Sweeper, who first appeared in #13 Small Gods. It’s also about the building of a clock so accurate that it follows the tick of the Universe.I almost don’t know how to r...
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