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Moving Pictures

(Discworld, Book 10)

By Terry Pratchett

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780061020636

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Book Description

Discworld's pesky alchemists are up to their old tricks again. This time, they've discovered how to get gold from silver -- the silver screen that is. Hearing the siren call of Holy Wood is one Victor Tugelbend, a would-be wizard turned extra. He can't sing, he can't dance, but heContinue

Discworld's pesky alchemists are up to their old tricks again. This time, they've discovered how to get gold from silver -- the silver screen that is. Hearing the siren call of Holy Wood is one Victor Tugelbend, a would-be wizard turned extra. He can't sing, he can't dance, but he can handle a sword (sort of), and now he wants to be a star. So does Theda Withel, an ambitious ingénue from a little town (where else?) you've probably never heard of.

But the click click of moving pictures isn't just stirring up dreams inside Discworld. Holy Wood's magic is drifting out into the boundaries of the universes, where raw realities, the could-have-beens, the might-bes, the never-weres, the wild ideas are beginning to ferment into a really stinky brew. It's up to Victor and Gaspode the Wonder Dog (a star if ever one was born!) to rein in the chaos and bring order back to a starstruck Discworld. And they're definitely not ready for their close-up!

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  • Moving Pictures

    The usual Discworld humour — completely farcical and not terribly subtle. Not my favourite Pratchett, but not disappointing either. Just the sort of thing to read when one has the flu and doesn't feel up to anything else! July 1992 Related reviews: - ... (read full critics)

    dannyreviews published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010

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  • Not one of my favourite Discworld books, but still better than I remembered it.
    First appereance of Detritus! And Ponder Stibbons!
    Ah, reading the Discworld in order makes sense :)

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    Mag said on Oct 4, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Never fails to raise a laugh

    Just re-read this - I needed to cheer myself up - always makes me laugh - ridiculuous but very clever

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    Pippa Smart said on May 19, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Review

    A bit of a longer book, Moving Pictures ensures the reader doesn't get bored by shilling out excitement and laughs throughout the story.

    We meet up with a very studious and smart wizard student who works very hard so he can laze around and do nothing, and a beautiful farmer girl with dreams of ... (continue)

    A bit of a longer book, Moving Pictures ensures the reader doesn't get bored by shilling out excitement and laughs throughout the story.

    We meet up with a very studious and smart wizard student who works very hard so he can laze around and do nothing, and a beautiful farmer girl with dreams of being famous. Along the way we find animals that talk, banged kernels, and a 50 foot girl hauling an ape up a tower.

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    flanderb said on Nov 1, 2006 | Add your feedback

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