- Paperback: 249 pages
- Publisher: Matador; paperback / softback edition (10 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905237073
- ISBN-13: 978-1905237074
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 691,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
"a roller coaster ride between loud laughter and genuine touching emotion left me wanting more and more. A GREAT first novel -- let's see the next one soon!"SFFWorld.com review
Waterstones Canterbury
Quirky, original, GENIUS!
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Plob. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Plob. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recently received this book as a birthday present as my family all know I'm an avid Terry Pratchett fan.
Being a big discworld fan it is hard not to compare the two authors styles and to be honest Plob comes out looking good. While it is true that there may be passing similarities between certain characters(most noticeably Biggest in this book bares a passing resemblance to a smart Detritius the Troll) the book definitely doesn't have the feel of a pratchett wannabe. Instead it deserves a place of it's own in the comedy-fantasy genre.
The characters are likeable (Cabbie is a great character), the situations witty and I particularly enjoyed the writers ideas regarding the forging/casting of magic.
To continue the comparison between Zerf and Pratchett, the book may lack some of the subtleties of Pratchetts later works.
However, If I'm being completely honest (and it may seem traitor-ish to the hardened pratchett fans out there) I enjoyed Plob more than any of the first discworld novels and in a straight bar room brawl between Plob and the Colour of Magic Zerf wins hands down.
I'm still an avid Pratchett fan but will be waiting with Baited breath (though as Zerf comments, how do you bait your breath?) for the sequel. If his first book is as good as this he can only get better with experience. I'm sure I will be just as hooked by book number 5 as I am with his first.
One for the Christmas list.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Plob - likened to Discwold and Hitchiker galaxy books gets there from space fantaasy, and off the wall humour of everyday things in odd contexts. More similar to Terry Pratchet in parts, but there let's stop with that...For me it does not replace or compete with Discworld series, but is a new style, and a vein of reading to add to those I already do.
Oddball comments from the author talking to you through the book I like, and all the asides are in the rich tradition of a listening to a fireside comic..footnotes elevated to the read, BUT that is all the fun...The book is carried by its plot.
Plob himself does't seems to start of as much of a hero or character to love, but like Spike's legs in Puckoon..he develops with the plot, and now look forward to more adventures of Plob...and plenty of rooom to spin off into other directions with the great characters of Cabbie the reluctant knight, the dangerous barmaid, the knight that is the thief....
So highly recommended, buy for all your friends for christmans, but mostly get one for yourself, and let's see the second novel soon
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I purchased this book through amazon after seeing that it was reccomended by BBC Radio 4 as one of the top reads of 2005. I don't usually go for fantasy but decided to give it a go and...what a great surprise. I found it to be extemely witty and very cleverly constructed and, although the characters are obviously fantastical (Trogres, goblins etc)they are so well written as to make them seem completely believable. In fact by the end of the book I had developed quite a crush on Cabbie (the cab driver/knight)and had a real soft spot for PLOB the teenage magician.
Mainly I was impressed by the depth of feeling that the book managed to make me feel and the roller coaster ride between loud laughter and genuine touching emotion left me wanting more and more. A GREAT first novel - lets see the next one soon!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent
I really enjoyed this, but I'm writing this review because the book was high-jacked by my 15-year-old son and he won't give it back. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2008 by Deborah
This Book is inspired, Craig mate your a genius!
I started reading this book after being given it by the author himself, (ex- Neighbour.) I thought i should read it as a polite matter of courtesy but by the time i had learned of... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2006 by noah baker
Radio 4 recommendation a cracking read
It's always difficult to review a new author without comparing him to others existing in the genre already especially someone like Zerf who has already been compared to... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2006 by Tod Rhys
Promising start - but last I buy by author
Credit: It made me laugh heartily a few times (mainly near the start of the book).
Debits: a) Most unlikely the book was ever proofread. Read more
Debits: a) Most unlikely the book was ever proofread. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2006 by Cornelius Driessen
Seriously entertaining
Funny, clever, witty and shouting out to be read again. I cannot wait for the next one it will be interesting to see if this author is simply a one hit wonder or if he's the real... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2005 by Sara
Roll around funny
I bought this book to read on the train on the way to work but had to stop as I got embarrased about laughing out loud so often. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2005 by Jono
Best book ever
I have not quite finished reading this book, but so far its fantastic! The author writes very well on a subject that many people enjoy. i cant stress enough how good this book is. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2005 by "darorison2"
Fantastic new find
I picked up a copy of this in the 'recommended books section, of Waterstones, Canterbury - and what a treat. It brought to mind a cross between Terry Pratchett and Tom Sharpe. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2005 by Teddy
when's the next adventure out?
I'm not usually a reader of comic fantasy but I even had to fight my wife to get this book from her. Makes Terry Pratchett seem self-indulgent and unfunny. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2005 by Mr. Angus D. Rorison
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
