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On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle, a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, and of course 'the edge' of the planet.
glade1: Another "zany alternate universe," set on earth in a slightly different version of history and with forays into BookWorld, or the actual events of books.
ehines: Pratchett, of course, is far more contemporary, but aside from the obvious parody/homage, the tone and atmosphere of Pratchett's early Discworld books are clearly inpsired by the Lankhmar stories. Well worth reading either Leiber's or Pratchett's take on ironic fantasy heroism.… (més)
Tjarda: Walter Moers created the fantastic continent of Zamonia, with a great number of colourful characters. You may think it's for kids, but it is certainly not!
humouress: Really, it's because the style of humour in 'Clockwork Boys' is very reminiscent of Pratchett's irreverent style in the 'Discworld' (amongst others) books
I've read this multiple times and my opinion has changed over the years. When I first read it back in the early 90s it was an amazing book. Both Pratchett and Adams had an incredible way of writing a story that grabs me. They would take absurd situations and ideas and make them completely reasonable while still maintaining the "wackiness". And I love the use of parenthetical remarks.
This and the next book have a different feel than the rest of the Discworld books and that's why my opinion has flip-flopped over the years. I've gone back to loving this one and maybe part of it is because I know what's coming up in the many books to come. But it's still good. Pratchett sets up so much of the Discworld in this first book and drops many little tidbits that are waiting to be exploited.
Ultimately a brilliant introduction to the world of Discworld, and very well written. However it is a product of the hype around this massive series of books that I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Not to say that it's a bad book, because it certainly isn't. I laughed while reading Pratchett's signature style and I enjoyed the amazing world building that he walks us through; it just feels like there's something missing to it... Nevertheless, I'll be reading more of Discworld for sure. ( )
I guess I just have to say the Terry Pratchett is not for me. This comes as a surprise. I had difficult time following it for a while. Then I could follow it but it was just one ridiculous situation after another and that is the way it ends. Perhaps I have changed? I really liked "Good Omens". Perhaps I have to reread that and see how I feel. ( )
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In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part...
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Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot".
Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'.
Rincewind sighed again. It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact of the matter was that the Disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going around to atheists' houses and smashing their windows.
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This and the next book have a different feel than the rest of the Discworld books and that's why my opinion has flip-flopped over the years. I've gone back to loving this one and maybe part of it is because I know what's coming up in the many books to come. But it's still good. Pratchett sets up so much of the Discworld in this first book and drops many little tidbits that are waiting to be exploited.
One down, many to go! (