Moving Pictures

Paperback, 396 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 1991 by Corgi Books.

ISBN:
978-0-552-13463-7
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OCLC Number:
0552134635

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4 stars (5 reviews)

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 ingenue 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 …

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reviewed Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Book 10)

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5 stars

This is quite a book!

Perhaps it's not as packed with philosophical exploration, but it's a very solid work with a coherent storyline and cute plot twists.

It deserves a careful read. The setups are very smart, with my favorite one unseen camera crew in chapter 9.

This book is never unfun or draggy. Certainly one of my favorite books in Discworld series so far at the reread time. Not lastly because of a great character design of Victor.

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Subjects

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