Pyramids
A Fantasy, Humor, Fiction book. Teppic hadnt been educated. Education had just settled on him, like dandruff. Terry...
'Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you.' Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country whose largesse -- and indeed treasury -- is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father. And particularly when your only visible means of support is a recently acquired qualification from the Guild of Assassins where running a kingdom and basic financial acumen were not prerequisites for course entry.
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- Pages: 304 pages
- ISBN: 9780451450449 / 451450442
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Teppic hadnt been educated. Education had just settled on him, like dandruff. Terry Pratchett, Pyramids // When you die, the first thing you lose is your life. The next thing is your illusions. Terry Pratchett, Pyramids // They've got something they do it with, I think it's called a mocracy, and it means everyone in the whole country can say who the new Tyrant is. One man ... one vet. ... Everyone has ... the vet. Except for women, of course. And children. And criminals. And slaves. And stupid people. And people of foreign extraction. And people disapproved of for, er, various reasons. And lots of other people. But everyone apart from them. It's a very enlightened civilization. Terry Pratchett, Pyramids //
Pyramids is, so far, my favourite Terry Pratchett book.The humour is sublime, and that's why I read him.This takes place on the Discworld, but isn't part of any other series. The characters here don't get to have any more adventures. But that's fine, because their stories are complete. This is one of the true Discworld standalones (I... (Relectura Mundodisco #7)Tras iniciar varias sagas y presentarnos varios de sus personajes clave en las anteriores entregas, Pratchett nos dej esta novela independiente ambientada en Djelibeibi (el Egipto del Mundodisco).Al contrario que otras de sus novelas donde predomina la diversin y el caos, aqu Pratchett se pone ms filosfico y... The only good thing about commercial air travel is that it provides ample opportunity to read. And if anything can make a delayed flight tolerable, it's Pratchett in fine form.This is top-shelf Discworld. I don't know how I managed not to ever have read this particular one before. If Small Gods is my favorite Discworld volume, this...
