Pyramids

a novel of Discworld , #7

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Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published July 30, 2001 by HarperTorch.

ISBN:
978-0-06-102065-0
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4 stars (1 review)

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 aheadstrong handmaiden -- at the heart of his realm.

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reviewed Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #7)

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4 stars

Not so much a Discworld story as a story that uses Discworld as a framing device. This is in its essence a Bildungsroman where the hero becomes an assassin (of sorts) and returns home to assume kingship of a nation imprisoned by religion. He requires his cutthroat education to survive.

The story also includes a Star Wars vignette. For more literary references: (there are spoilers)

http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Book:Pyramids/Annotations

And Terry Pratchett did this will all the deft skill and comic timing that is his trademark. Teppic's encounter with the Sphinx could be a Python skit.

Great fun!

Subjects

  • General
  • Fiction - Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy - Series
  • Fiction / General
  • Humorous
  • Discworld (Imaginary place)
  • Fantastic fiction
  • English Science Fiction And Fantasy
  • Fantasy - General