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Thief of Time

Discworld, Book 26

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Thief of Time

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Sian Clifford, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before.

The audiobook of Thief of Time is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew... The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'

Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn't do is allow it to stop.

On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well... time.

Monk Lu-Tze, his apprentice Lobsang Ludd and Death's granddaughter Susan must stop the clockmaker before he completes his task. Because a truly accurate clock will stop time completely.

And then, there really will be no tomorrow...

The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order, but Thief of Time is the fifth book in the Death series.

The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

©2001 Terry and Lyn Pratchet (P)2022 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Fantasy Humorous Funny Witty

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loved this story but the narrator isn't great. I'm not sure who was the original person that read this book (I got it on cd) but it was one of my favorites. I was so disappointed when I heard this one.

loved this year's ago but this narration is awful

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This novel was referenced in one of the other books I am reading on mindfulness. Suffice to say, I had no idea a novel could be read in this manner. The narrator was absolutely brilliant!

Stellar Performance of a Fascinating Story

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Susan Sto Helit and Death are my two favorite Discworld characters. The performances are marvelous and I’m sure this one will go into heavy rotation for me.

Terry Pratchett is always worth a read

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Terry Prachet is so good at making the most unlikely group of people come together and fix Armageddon. love this book

Silly and sentimental what more could you want.

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Really enjoyed yet another awesome Pratchett. I think Sian Clifford (plus Peter and Bill) did an excellent job.

Excellent continuation

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This was a fantastic listen like all the new discworld audiobooks! Smart witty and read like a performance

Loved it

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I've definitely enjoyed other Discworld books better (e.g. Hogfather, Maskerade). But Terry Pratchett was such a fantastic writer that when I say that "Thief of Time" isn't my favorite, per se, that still means that I'm thoroughly enjoying this audiobook. It's got all the humor and whacky characters you could ask for, including some of my favorites (e.g. Susan), even if the amount of switching between characters/storylines can be a bit dizzying at times. (Though, to be clear, this makes sense for the story.)

Sian Clifford is delightful as ever as the narrator, as are Peter Serafinowicz (Death) and Bill Nighy (footnotes). That said, Clifford's voice for Igor is a little bit grating. (The lisp itself – which is part of the character – is not the problem so much as a grating pitch/cadence of the voice.) But otherwise, Clifford is absolutely wonderful with almost everybody else's voices and really brings the characters alive. Having one or two dud voices among many wonderful ones is a pretty darn great track record, if you ask me.

TFW "Not My Favorite of His" Still Means Fantastic

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I’ve read the book multiple times and this is my first listen. I love the world, characters, and plot so much I’ll listen again. Please enjoy

Love it yet again!

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Silly is not the opposite of serious - write that down somewhere and remember it. Sir Terry still is one of the most important writers of our time. This books contains so much wisdom about what it is to be human.

Important Storytelling

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26 novels in and his books still make you think about human nature. And, of course, laugh.

You can't go wrong with Terry Pratchett

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