Synopsis. ‘May you live in interesting times’ is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld, especially on the distinctly unmagical Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life and can’t even spell wizard. So when a request for a Great Wizzard arrives in Ankh-Morpork, via carrier albatross from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it’s the endlessly unlucky Rincewind who’s sent Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Marvelous Discworld, which revolves on the backs of four great elephants and a big turtle, spins into Interesting Times, the 17th outing in Terry Pratchett's rollicking fantasy series. The gods are playing games again, and this time the mysterious Lady opposes Fate in a match of "Destinies of Nations Hanging by a Thread."Cited by: This is the "Interesting Times" to wit Terry Pratchett has themed the book. In this book Pratchett explore the concept of "good intentions sometime causes bad thing to happen" where he dealt with the idea through the Red Army in the book/5(K).
Interesting Times (Discworld #17) by Terry Pratchett (Full Length)Genres: #Audiobook - #Discworld - #TerryPratchett - #Fantasy - #Fiction - #Humor - #Comedy-. Bingo 3: Gateway I initially got into Terry Pratchett because of the interesting and wacky cover illustrations of the original British paperbacks done by Josh Kirby. I remember picking one up a few times in a used bookshop before actually purchasing it. The interesting thing about the Discworld s. Overview. "May you live in interesting times" is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld—especially on the distinctly unmagical sorcerer Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life. But when a request for a "Great Wizzard" arrives in Ankh-Morpork via carrier albatross from the faraway Counterweight.
Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett. Fate always wins. Most of the gods throw dice but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until it's too late that he's been using two queens all along. (IT) When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of circumstances they say that’s a miracle. But of course if someone is killed by a freak chain of events – the oil spilled just there, the safety fence broken just there – that must also be a miracle. Synopsis. ‘May you live in interesting times’ is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld, especially on the distinctly unmagical Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life and can’t even spell wizard. So when a request for a Great Wizzard arrives in Ankh-Morpork, via carrier albatross from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it’s the endlessly unlucky Rincewind who’s sent as emissary. Interesting Times is the seventeenth novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. The title of this book was inspired by the phrase "may you live in interesting times." Plot summary [] The events of the novel are a "game" between the Discworld gods Fate and The Lady (Luck) with the Discworld as their game board.
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