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| Original Title: | Pyramids |
| ISBN: | 0061020656 (ISBN13: 9780061020650) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Discworld #7 |
| Characters: | Teppic, Dios, Ptraci, Maldito Bastardo, Mericet, Broncalo, Ptaclusp, Koomi, Teppicamon XVII |
| Setting: | Discworld Djelibeybi Ankh-Morpork |
| Literary Awards: | British Science Fiction Association Award for Novel (1989) |
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It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun. First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal - not to mention a headstrong handmaiden - at the heart of his realm.Specify Appertaining To Books Pyramids (Discworld #7)
| Title | : | Pyramids (Discworld #7) |
| Author | : | Terry Pratchett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 341 pages |
| Published | : | 2008 by Harper (first published June 15th 1989) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Humor. Comedy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Audiobook. Magic |
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Ratings: 3.91 From 66177 Users | 1783 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books Pyramids (Discworld #7)
This is a novel lost in praises, but not of its own. Wedged between two immensely popular books, Wyrd Sisters #6 (2nd of Witches sub-series) and Guards! Guards! #8 (1st of City Watch sub-series), Pyramids #7 suffers from understatement by proximity. It is the book your finger passes as it brushes perpendicularly across the upright spines of DiscWorld books in the bookstore to invest that US$9.99 saved just enough to buy one Pratchett book. It is also the book you may not see displayed at theMy daughter is only three months old and she's already read her first Discworld novel...or at least listened to it. We decided last month that we wanted to create a family tradition of reading out loud before bedtime and, not wanting to have this hanging out there as something we wanted to do but might never start, we decided to start early. This way she won't ever remember a time when there wasn't bedtime reading. She loves it as far as we can tell. She spends time smiling at whichever parent
Absolutely top form with jokes, puns, and word play coming so fast one hardly has time to calm down when the next sentence has the eyes tearing up with laughter. I was snorting and guffawing without cease. Hilarious. The mummies just about killed me I was laughing so hard. I hope we see the camel again in a later book. I love that bastar - ahem, beast.
Pyramids (Discworld, #7), Terry PratchettPyramids is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, published in 1989, the seventh book in his Discworld series. The main character of Pyramids is Pteppic, the crown prince of the tiny kingdom of Djelibeybi, the Discworld counterpart to Ancient Egypt. Young Pteppic has been in training at the Assassins Guild in Ankh-Morpork for several years. The day after passing his final exam he mystically senses that his father has died and that he must
This book is a more-or-less standalone novel in the Discworld universe. The chart shows it as the start of the Ancient Civilizations subseries, but it only has a dotted line (minor connection) to other books.I enjoyed this, but not as much as some of the previous Discworld books. The protagonist is Teppic, the only son of the king of a small kingdom. This kingdom has stayed relatively unchanged for about 7000 years and its citizens rarely venture beyond its borders. They value ritual and
Terry Pratchett takes the mick out of ancient Egyptians, hilarity followsOverviewPyramids gets a solid 4 star rating. I rarely have a physical reaction when I'm reading but I was chuckling on the train to this onehopefully not too loudly! This has turned me from a fan to a Pratchett fanboy. StructurePyramids uses a fairly straight forward structure. It's linear and focuses, mainly, on Teppic our main character. The paragraphs are nice and short in the main. It also includes the nice little
In Pyramids, the seventh book in the Discworld universe and the first in the gods/ancient civilisations subseries, Pratchett tackles ancient Egypt and the pseudoscientific pyramid power theory. It tells the story of a young prince-turned-assassin and the strange the country of Djelibeybi (ha!), where pyramids dominate the landscape and the king is believed to be a god. Mummies come to life, deities wreak havoc, time and space are bent beyond all recognition, and Pratchett even manages to squeeze
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