Moving Pictures, Terry Pratchett
Moving Pictures, Terry Pratchett
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Moving Pictures
(Discworld Novel 10)

Author: Terry Pratchett

Series: Discworld Novels #10

Narrator: Jason Isaacs, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/18/2023


Synopsis

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'Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or cattle. Here, the most important thing is to be important.'

Cameras roll, for the first time, on the Discworld when alchemists discover the excitement of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? As the cliches of Tinsel Town pour into the world, it's up to the Disc's first film stars to find out . . .

Join Victor Tugelbend ('Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little') and Theda Withel ('I come from a little town you've probably never heard of') as they battle the forces of evil and cinema advertising.

They're about to discover that the magic of the silver screen might be powerful enough to put an end to, well, everything.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Moving Pictures is a standalone novel.

'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy' Sunday Times

© Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1990 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

About Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on July 12, 2020

Welcome to the fabulous dream factory, the best place on earth, oh, sorry, wrong promo, I mean Pratchett´s dissection of the superficiality and deception of the mass production of entertainment and media. Thanks to the alchemists, the Discworld has become so much richer in high quality entertainment......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on May 21, 2024

Re-Read 5/21/24: Ah, how I love Gaspode. And CMOTD. Truly, I love to hate CMOTD. He's everything we are today, and I hattttteeeeezzzz him. Great re-read. These all tend to get better with every read. 3rd time now? Likely. And always a joy. Original Reveiw: This is a re-read and I'm upping my rating bec......more

Goodreads review by Lena on July 18, 2022

Discworld novels never disappoint and this witty parody on Hollywood is hilarious.......more

Goodreads review by Trish on March 26, 2018

Can you hear that? It's the sound of a movie reel. Discworld has it's first foray into the industrial revolution. Here, in form of the last guardian of an old portal dying without anybody being there to take up his tasks. Not long after, some alchemists in Ankh-Morpork develop clicks, moving picture......more

Goodreads review by Ms. Smartarse on August 18, 2022

The Discworld is constantly evolving, mainly courtesy of Ankh Morpork's guilds of something-or-other. The Alchemists Guild's latest bout of explosion for example, has produced the raw material for moving pictures (i.e. movies). Pretty soon, Ankh-Morpork becomes too cramped for the more "extravagant"......more


Quotes

'A true original among contemporary writers' The Times

'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy...Pratchett has a subject and a style that is very much his own' Sunday Times

'Offers more entertainment per page than anything this side of Wodehouse' Washington Post Book World