Maskerade

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Call Number: Fantasy / Pratchett, Terry
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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my beloved diskworld submitted by ferdoble on August 11, 2011, 3:57pm To describe Terry Pratchett’s books is a difficult thing to do. The disc world series is in a word fantastic. Terry Pratchett, would seem to use the disk world, to take any theme, or know story and then twist it in his own very humorous way. These are not always laugh out loud funny (sometimes they are), bur rather the sort of funny that just sort of lifts your spirits a little bit.

I will say that in some cases there isn’t always a really strong story, sometimes its just his characters moving through one of those twisted themes. I like them all, you may want to start with the Most Von Lipwig story line (“Going Postal” and then “making money”) as at least the first one has a really great story line.

I love to pepper my reading queue with these books to keep all those books that take themselves seriously fresh and interesting.

I recommend reading them ALL.

OR listening to them. The two main narrators of Terry Pratchett’s books are Stephen Briggs & Nigel Planer and they take Terry Pratchett’s phenomenal writing to a whole new level.

Mocking "Phantom of the Opera" submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 17, 2012, 12:36pm In his fifth book about the witches of Lancer, Sir Terry Pratchett mocks "The Phantom of the Opera" and opera in general, but in a fun and humerous way. In this tale we see the youngest witch in Granny Weatherwax's coven, Agnes Nitt, as she tries to become a star in the theater of Ankh-Morpork, the biggest city of the Discworld.
Pratchett also throws in some subtle historical trivia that most of us (including myself at first) miss. Perdita, which means "lost girl," was the stage name of an actual opera singer in Britain.
Read Pratchett's other books about the witches first ("Equal Rites," "Wyrd Sisters," "Witches Abroad" and "Lords and Ladies") in order to understand what's happening in "Maskerade." I highly recommend all of Pratchett's books, particularly the ones about the Discworld.
Warning to parents: this book acknowledges the existence of sex.

Fantastic, Especially with Context submitted by purplekitty on June 21, 2019, 12:42pm Firstly, this book is amazing. Its plot is gripping, characters are complex, and the whole things written in Pratchett's typically humorous style. It features a few different interwoven narratives: that of Agnes Nitt, a definitely-NOT-a-witch who goes off to the Ankh Morpork opera house to try and become a star; and that of Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, two witches who head off to Ankh Morpork to ensure Nanny Ogg gets payment for her bestselling cookery book, and who incidentally also need a third witch for their coven. These two narratives become very interwoven in the latter portion of their book, as a mysterious Ghost threatens the opera house and Granny, Nanny, and Agnes, three sensible figures in the midst of opera folks, must prevent some disaster from occurring.
It's worth reading Pratchett's other books about the witches first, as this will make some portions of the book (especially some bits involving Greebo - readers who do not know who that is should read some of Pratchett's other fantastic books first) far less confusing. It's also helpful to be familiar with the plot of the Phantom of the Opera. This book is a spoof on that, so there's lots of jokes and references that you will only get if you know it. The plot is intelligible without knowledge of the Phantom of the Opera, though.