Interesting Times (Discworld)(The Seventeenth Discworld novel) [Hardcover]

Marvellous Discworld, which revolves on the backs of four great elephants and a big turtle, spins into Interesting Times, the 17th outing in Terry Pratchett's rollicking fantasy series. The gods are playing games again, and this time the mysterious Lady opposes Fate in a match of "Destinies of Nations Hanging by a Thread". --Blaise Selby

This spinner of crazy science-fiction tales is a very sophisticated jester' - The Times; 'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy... Pratchett has a subject and a style that is very much his own' - The Sunday Times; 'Pratchett has as funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh' - Independent; 'Imagine a collision between Jonathan Swift at his most scatalogically-minded and J.R.R Tolkein on speed... This total mess of- I suppose- a novel, is the joyous outcome' - Daily Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

The seventeenth Discworld novel. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

A novel in the humorous fantasy Discworld series. The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil caused by the revolutionary treatise, "What I Did on My Holidays". Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes, and warlords are struggling for power.

reviews
'Imagine a collision between Jonathan Swift at his most scatalogically-minded and J.R.R Tolkein on speed… This total mess of- I suppose- a novel, is the joyous outcome' GERALD KAUFMAN, Daily Telegraph

'This spinner of crazy science-fiction tales is a very sophisticated jester' The Times

'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy… Pratchett has a subject and a style that is very much his own' JOHN MELMOUTH, Sunday Times

'Pratchett is as funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh' CHRISTINA HARDYMENT, Independent --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

'A foot on the neck is nine points of the law'

There are many who say that the art of diplomacy is an intricate and complex dance between two informed partners, determined by an elaborate set of elegant and unwritten rules. There are others who maintain that it's merely a matter of who carries the biggest stick. Like when a large, heavily fortified and armoured empire makes a faintly menacing request of a much smaller, infinitely more cowardly neighbour. It would be churlish, if not extremely dangerous, not to comply - particularly if all they want is a wizard, and they don't specify whether competence is an issue...

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Terry Pratchett is a publishing phenomenon. He has sold more than 65 million copies of his books worldwide, and among his many prizes and citations are the World Fantasy Award, the Carnegie Medal, the BSFA Award, eight honorary doctorates and, of course, a knighthood. Sir Terry Pratchett is best known for his Discworld series, set on a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A'Tuin as it swims majestically through space. Four of these novels - Hogfather, Going Postal, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic - have been adapted for television, with more to follow. He lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire.