- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: HarperTorch; Reprint edition (Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061020656
- ISBN-13: 978-0061020650
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
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The complete text of the seventh in the Discworld sequence, in miniature but completely readable format. It's not easy being a teenage pharoah: you're not allowed to carry money, uninhibited young women peel yourt grapes for you, everyone thinks you're responsible for making the sun rise and the corn grow, you keep dreaming about seven fat cows and seven thin cows* and, on top of that, the Great Pyramid has exploded because of paracosmic instability . . . *One of them playing a trombone
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Being trained by the Assassins' 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.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The pyramids of ancient Djelibeybi,
By Robert Holm (at home behind my keyboard) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pyramids: A Discworld Novel (Paperback)
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.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Pyramids: A Discworld Novel (Paperback)
Pyramids (The Book of Going Forth) is Terry Pratchett's 7th Discworld novel, and continues the trend of changing the series from a satire of the fantasy genre into a distorted mirror of our own world. The main inspiration here is quite obviously ancient Egypt, with the returning heir to the throne of Djelibeybi (ouch!) getting involved in a plot which involves the return of ancient gods, a riddling sphinx, mathematical camels, and hundred's of re-animated mummies (though just for a change these aren't the bad guys in this novel), though it also finds time to lampoon the Trojan war and ancient Greek philosophers along the way.Pyramids is one of Pratchett's better constructed novels, with the story divided into four separate segments of Teppic's journey: first his training at the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork; then his inheritance of the throne of Djelibeybi; his escape with the beautiful handmaiden Ptraci when the ancient gods reclaim the land; and his final return and saving of his country. The main theme seems to be the danger of a stagnant society trapped in unthinking historical ritual, with the pyramids themselves interestingly acting as time negators by collecting and discharging time in order to preserve the mummies within. The novel also ends with an unexpected twist on Teppic and Ptraci's seemingly predictable romantic relationship, and a nice uroboric ending for the villain, who turns out to have been more a misguided do-gooder than evil. If there is a slight downside to Pyramids (and the only reason I haven't given it the full 5 stars) it's that it's not particularly funny. While the cover blurb proclaims this as '...the most outrageously funny (Discworld novel) to date' I found the humour to be rather obvious and cheesy, particularly when it came to the bad puns. Nevertheless, Pyramids is still a fine novel - just not a hilarious one, and the fact that this is a completely standalone novel (in fact this is sequentially the first Discworld novel that has not yet been sequelised by the return of it's lead characters) makes this perfect for newcomers as well. Recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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One of Pratchetts best,
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This review is from: Pyramids: A Discworld Novel (Paperback)
This is definitely one of the best discworld novels Pratchett has ever written. An absolutely hilarious take on ancient Egypt, this book is absolutely brilliant. Featuring Teppic, heir to the throne, and the greatest mathematician on the disc (a camel called You Bastard) this book had me crying with laughter from start to finish. Buy this book- I guarantee you will not be disappointed.
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