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Pyramids (Discworld Novel) (Paperback)

by Terry Pratchett (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books; New edition edition (1 Jul 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552134619
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552134613
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,415 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems..."Pyramids" (the book of going forth) is the seventh Discworld novel - and the most outrageously funny to date.

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Being trained by the Assasin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems...

Pyramids (the book of going forth) is the seventh Discworld novel - and the most outrageously funny to date.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The pyramids of ancient Djelibeybi, 5 Oct 2003
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This, the seventh Discworld novel, is one of the stand-alone books in the series. The story takes us to the very ancient desert kingdom of Djelibeybi (Child of the Djel), where tradition rules with an iron fist, and where every pharaoh gets his own pyramid when he dies (because it’s traditional).
Teppic, the hero of the story and the son of the current pharao, has been sent to the Assassins’ Guild in Ankh-Morpork to widen his views a little, and this is where we meet him at the beginning of the story, when he’s about to pass his final exams. Failure is lethal among the assassins of Ankh-Morpork, and it makes no difference that Teppic is the son of a ruler.
Afterwards, word soon reaches Teppic that his father has died, which makes Teppic the new pharaoh (and also a god). So he has to return to his old homeland to take up his new duites. There he soon discovers that the true ruler, by weight of tradition, is the old High Priest Dios. It matters little what Teppic says or decrees, since Dios “interprets” the words of the pharaoh to concur with the dictates of tradition. Then the beautiful and extremely sexy handmaiden Ptraci is about to be sentenced to death...
Many adventures ensue, involving pyramid power, the preeminent mathematician on the Disc, the neighbouring kingdoms of Tsort and Ephebe, some philosophers in Ephebe, the resurrection of all the mummies in all the pyramids, the appearance of all the various gods of Djelibeybi, and much else, until Teppic finally saves the day and brings the kingdom, kicking and screaming, into the Century of the Fruitbat (which means, among other things, plumbing). And there is a nice twist at the very end.
Pyramids is fun, interesting, and of the usual high standards of Pratchett. Recommended.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of Paracosmic Instability!, 2 Aug 2001
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I'd never read any Discworld before, so I was kind of dubious. But this was brilliant - hysterically funny. It's about the teenage pharoah of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi (say that out loud!) whose name is Teppic. He has to cope with the irritating priest, Dios, the fact his father's ghost keeps shouting at him, three pyramid builders - Ptaclusp and his sons Ptaclusp IIa and Ptaclusp IIb, his curiously under-dressed sister/aunt, Ptraci, and if all that wasn't enough, the Great Pyramid itself explodes from paracosmic instability and flings Djelibeybi into another dimension (!) Brilliant.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best yet!, 3 May 1999
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It is always hard to say one story in the discworld series is better than any other,especialy if like most devotee's you have read all of the series.Although there are at least 4 in the series i would say stand out as being exemplorary,i cannot in all honesty say that any are better than this. The humour is on par with Pratchetts best,and the story itself leaves nothing to be desired.If you have at times decided Pratchett's discworld series has been decreasing in content or storyline,or that the master had lost his touch and was now churning out any old nonsence,then this book will make you forget any past indiscrepancies on his part and bring you back into the fold a true believer once again in the unmistakenly superior writings of Terry Pratchett-author,humourist,and undisputed king of story telling.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Another good Discworld novel!
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