Moving Pictures
by Terry Pratchett · first published 1990
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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 un
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Since no one has mentioned it so far, I recommend the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. This year, I finished (numbers in Discworld order, annotated by the series): 9. Eric [Rincewind] 10. Moving Pictures [Independent] 12. Witches Abroad [Witches] 18. Maskerade [Witches] 19. Feet of clay [The City Watch] 23. Carpe Jugulum [Witches] 32. A Hat Full of Sky [Tiffany Aching] 37. Unseen Academicals [Wizards]…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗This (older) article states that he only switched publishers from Moving Pictures onwards: https://gmkeros.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/terry-pratchett-and... > Back in the 90s (starting with Moving Pictures) Terry Pratchett (yet to be knighted) changed his German publisher. So if anything…
on “The time Terry Pratchett’s German publisher inserted a soup ad into his novel” ↗…post-apocalyptic world where one crazy old nerd living in a trailer has been holding off annihilation and looks for someone to pass the torch to before he dies (reminiscent of Deccan Ribobe in Pratchett's Moving Pictures).
on “A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run (2020)” ↗