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irá adorar Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. THIEF OF TIME - a Novel by Terry Pratchett (2001)   Kaiberie | Sep 19, 2009 |  Jeremy Clockson is so keen about being accurate that he drives his fellow clock makers around the bend. One day, a woman comes to him with a challenge: to create the most accurate time piece ever conceived, what people call a "glass clock." As you can imagine, this draws the ire of The Monks of History, last seen in Small Gods. Toss in Lu Tze and Lobsang, martial arts flicks, rock bands and how teaching should be done according to Susan Sto-Helit running afoul of her school's principal, Madam Frout, and we're off. One small problem, as soon as the clock starts ticking, time officially stops for the Discworld and so too does life as the Disc understands it, which is just fine for the auditors. That is until one auditor finds out just how wrong they were to deny all the things the Disc offers. (  ) ravenwood0001 | Aug 20, 2009 | The last in the series featuring Death and Susan, at least for the time being! This group of books is one of my favorite Discworld series, and TOT did not disappoint. The Auditors reappear with their usual intent of reducing the Universe to numbers and measuring and counting things and getting rid of that unpredictable squishy life stuff, especially humans. And this time it devolves to all-out war. Death has to go scare up Pestilence, Famine, and War out of their comfortable niches, and the Fifth Horseman even gets called up, while Susan is her usual no-nonsense self (the scenes of her actually teaching in her classroom are among the most hilarious in the book) and gets a love interest. Much fun, much action, great way to while away a couple of evenings! ( ) ronincats | Apr 3, 2009 | I never know how to describe a Pratchett plot. Let's just say this one revolves around time and the theories thereof. Though Death is present, it is not featuring him, and it brings in several new characters to the Pratchett mix. The History monk, Lu-tze and his apprentice, Lobsang, the clockmaker, Jeremy, Lady LeJean, a mysterious and conflicted "person" if there ever was one, and the dairyman, Ronald Soak. Um, oh yes, the world is coming to an end. This book didn't pick up for me until about half-way through, but that may have been due to starting it in the hospital ER room. Rather distracting. I did enjoy the story after that, though my brain tends to freeze if I think too much about time or space, so it isn't really my favorite story. ( ) MrsLee | Feb 18, 2009 | There is something so satisfying about completing a Terry Pratchett novel - he really takes you on a journey, and the ending is always spectacular and *perfect*. Thief of Time brings back several familiar favorites - Death, Susan and Nanny Ogg - and introduces new counterparts - Lobsang Ludd, Lu Tze (who we see briefly in Night Watch and Small Gods) and Myria LeJean. A very, very thoughtful and enjoyable addition to the Discworld. (  ) ZanKnits | Feb 10, 2009 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Amazon.com (ISBN 0060199563, Hardcover)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 (retirado da Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) O primeiro ciclo de testes foi encerrado. Visite o grupo Open Shelves Classification para mais detalhes. |
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