Declare Books In Pursuance Of Interesting Times: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations)
| Original Title: | Interesting Times |
| ISBN: | 0413772195 (ISBN13: 9780413772190) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Discworld Stage Adaptations |
| Characters: | Rincewind, Twoflower, The Luggage, Havelock Vetinari, DEATH, Cohen the Barbarian |
Stephen Briggs
Paperback | Pages: 102 pages Rating: 4.16 | 21715 Users | 176 Reviews
Rendition In Favor Of Books Interesting Times: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations)
A new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novels
The Discworld's most inept wizard has been sent from Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to the oppressive Agatean Empire to help some well-intentioned rebels overthrow the Emperor.
He's assisted by toy-rabbit-wielding rebels, an army of terracotta warriors, a tax gatherer and a group of seven very elderly barbarian heroes lead by Cohen the Barbarian. Opposing him, though, is the evil and manipulative Lord Hong and his army of 750,000 men.
Oh?Rincewind is also aided by Twoflower - Discworld's first tourist and the author of a subversive book, about his visit to Ankh-Morpork, which has inspired the rebels in their struggle for freedom.
The book is called "What I Did On My Holidays".
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| Title | : | Interesting Times: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations) |
| Author | : | Stephen Briggs |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Stage Adaptation |
| Pages | : | Pages: 102 pages |
| Published | : | July 4th 2002 by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Humor. Fiction. Comedy |
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Ratings: 4.16 From 21715 Users | 176 ReviewsRate About Books Interesting Times: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations)
This DiscWorld book plays off of what I see as my favorite "self-help" book, The Art of War by Sun Tzu. It is satire at its very finest...what more can I say! And this book has Rincewind and Luggage and TwoFlower is back! Here are some favorite quotes:"According to the philosopher Ly Tin Wheedle, chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.""His policy was to find one person and make their life difficult untilThe Unseen University needs to send a wizard - make that 'wizzard' - to the Counterweight Continent. But they need someone expendable. That someone, of course, is Rincewind. Using Hex, a complicated new machine that seems to think on its own, they first summon Rincewind from his peaceful island hideout and then blast him into the unknown.Rincewind, as anyone could have predicted, gets into trouble almost immediately. It seems the Counterweight Continent is in the middle of a Somewhat Aggressive
Nice reading during the holidays! Very funny and imaginative. It was my first 'Pratchett', more will follow.
Classic Discworld with plenty of Pratchett's usual humor. This time, its jokes and plot revolve around asian culture, with the majority of the book taking place on the counterweight continent; Discworlds equivalent of, well, Eastern Asia but most predominantly China. As is often the case with Pratchett, he mostly takes the piss out of the subject matter, in this case the culture.. which is just fine of course if done properly. However, I thought it fell a bit short this time, often using shallow
I can't believe I'm giving a Pratchett book only 2 stars, and wondering if that's not actually one star too many. This book overflows with sour notes. The gentle, sly mocking of an entire nation (something Pratchett is quite good at, usually) veers a little too close to hurtful stereotype at times. And why did he think that the frequent jokes about rape and sexual assault (mostly made by Cohen and his crew - Cohen admonishes their scholar to allow one of the men his "wishful thinking" about
I find that Pratchett's earlier work (mostly featuring Rincewind) leaves me cold.His later works are far more sophisticated, with more clever jokes and pointed satire - the ones published at the beginning of his career definitely show his progression from an amateur humorist to a novelist of the highest calibre. Sadly, Interesting Times is at the lower end of the scale. It feels like he kind of just crammed as much as he could of all the Oriental stereotypes in fantasy literature into the book,
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