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7 TIME IS A RESOURCE. >
EVERYONE KNOWS IT HAS TO BE MANAGED.
And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History,
who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like-^
underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places,
like cities where there's never enough time.
f
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 problems.
Thief of Time 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).
"'IN A BETTER WORLD HE WOULD BE ACCLAIMED AS A GREAT
WRITER RATHER THAN A MERELY SUCCESSFUL ONE TH1S IS
THE BEST PRATCHETT I'VE RE AD OUGHT TO BE A STRONG
CONTENDER FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE'
Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph
'READS WITH ALL THE POLISHED...
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7 TIME IS A RESOURCE. >
EVERYONE KNOWS IT HAS TO BE MANAGED.
And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History,
who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like-^
underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places,
like cities where there's never enough time.
f
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 problems.
Thief of Time 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).
"'IN A BETTER WORLD HE WOULD BE ACCLAIMED AS A GREAT
WRITER RATHER THAN A MERELY SUCCESSFUL ONE TH1S IS
THE BEST PRATCHETT I'VE RE AD OUGHT TO BE A STRONG
CONTENDER FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE'
Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph
'READS WITH ALL THE POLISHED FLUENCY AND SURE-FOOTED
PACING THAT HAVE BECOME PRATCHETT'S HALLMARKS OVER
THE YEARS'
Peter Ingham, Times on Saturday
'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
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