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Thief Of Time
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 27 October 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Comic (humorous) fantasy, Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Satirical fiction and parodies, Adventure / action fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (4 reviews)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
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
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 4.5
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5.0 3.0
I’ve read this book more than once, and I have a soft spot for it because it’s the fist discworld book I owned. I wasn’t a huge fan of the narration though. Way too many characters with hammy cockney accents that were too over the top for my taste. The voice of Death and the footnotes were good, but I don’t think this style of production is for me (I’ve listened to a few others that also have this problem).
Addy 2026-04-02 -
5.0 5.0
I loved it was a bit weird havibg nanny ogg in the Susan narrator but good non the less
fishhh 2024-05-20
Details
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Narrator
- Sian Clifford, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Duration
- 11 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 October 2022
- ISBN
- 9781473588387
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Comic (humorous) fantasy, Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Satirical fiction and parodies, Adventure / action fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(4 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.5(4 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.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
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