>>TERRY PRATCHETT<<
                   Book reviews - Part 3

                PYRAMIDS and GUARDS! GUARDS!

                   by Andrew Wielochowski

                       >>>PYRAMIDS<<<

(I am not including the prices now as they seem to have all gone
up recently. And I have no idea why WYRD SISTERS is now œ5.99)

The story of Pyramids goes something like this, a lad named Jules
... no, tell a lie, it was Teppic. Anyway this guy, did I mention
he was called Teppic. He is trying to be a guy in black who kills
money for people.  No, he is trying to kill people for mon ... an
assassin and did I mention his name.....

Pyramids starts off as Teppic is going to join a school, or more
to the point, a guild in the bumbling hubbub of the Great cities
Ankh and Morpork. He is joining the assassins guild. He is a God's
son.

Then one day after roots start sprouting from his feet he realises
he must head back to his home, Djelibeybi, a desert kingdom.

On returning he discovers his father is dead and gets involved in
building a massive pyramid made of marble for his father.  His
father meanwhile is very upset and desperately trying to inform
his son that he would much rather be buried at sea than in some
dark dingy pyramid.

The pyramid however is messing around with time and the long word
like continue but with all those "ums".

He then flees with a girl sentenced to death, who I can't say any
more about, and the greatest mathematician in the world called You
Bastard (a camel).

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                >>>GUARDS! GUARDS!<<<

Guards! Guards! starts by telling you the dragons are dormant.

Dragons exist if people believe in them and if people stop
believing in them they will cease to exist.

Guards! Guards! is the first novel featuring Vimes and the night
watch.

A dark shadow creeps silently in the Unseen University's library.
It takes a book. A book called "The Summoning of Dragons" by Tubal
de Malachite.

A dwarf is going to join the watch, well a human but brought up by
dwarves. He is called Carrot and as the book explains it isn't
because of his hair. He has got a sword but it isn't magic. This
young innocent lad will soon change the face and the ways of the
watch.

A dragon is loose in Ankh-Morpork and the watch are right up to
their necks in it despite how hard they try to stay well clear of
it.

Who is the Supreme Grand Master and will all hell be let loose on
any oppressive vegetable shops?

And then the story ended, no, tell a lie, it went onto another
paragraph and the star of the story is Teppic. No, tell a lie, it
was Carrot....

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NEWS FROM THE DISC >>>

Well, I never caught a glimpse of the supposed HOGFATHER cartoon
over Christmas. Was there one?
@~I was expecting to see Soul Music but that didn't turn up
@~either. Didn't hear anything about a Hogfather cartoon ... Sue

LATEST MERCHANDISE:

1998 Discworld Diary.
Hogfather (paperback).
A cartoon script book with screens from the Discworld cartoons.

DUE AROUND MAY :- A novel taking off where we left Rincewind.
working title :- "Last Continent".

SEE YA SOON








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