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Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld: The Myths and Legends of Terry Pratchett's Multiverse

door Linda Washington, Carrie Pyykkonen

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A fascinating guide to the international bestselling Discworld series and the award-winning The Wee Free Men - soon to be a major motion picture. Before JK Rowling became the bestselling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 45 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. His brainchild is the Discworld series - novels he began as parodies of other works like Macbeth, Faust, and The Arabian Nights.The Wee Free Men, one of Pratchett's most popular novels, will be made into a movie by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. It's the story of nine-year-old wannabe witch Tiffany Aching, who unites with the Nac Mac Feegle (six-inch-tall blue men who like to fight and love to drink) to free her brother from an evil fairy queen. A fun, interactive guide that will explore the land of Discworld, Secrets of the Wee Free Men and Discworld is filled with sidebars, mythology trivia, and includes a bio of the fascinating author Terry Pratchett, and an in-depth analysis of his work. This unofficial guide is a great resource for readers of The Wee Free Men and the other books of the Discworld series.… (meer)

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This was a fun but mostly just fluffy book, probably better suited to younger readers who don’t have as much cultural background yet. I don’t ever really expect much from these sorts of books I read them because I find them fun and enjoy reading how different cultural and historical themes connect in sometimes unexpected ways.
My biggest criticism is that much of the humor falls flat (you can just skip most of the jokes in the parenthesis) and the last chapter was a total waste, putting Discworld characters into different reality shows and trying to figure out how they would do. I suppose if you are a fan of reality shows it could mean something to you, but to me it just felt flat and a waste of my time.
If you go into this book with this mindset there are some gems and insight to be had, you just can’t take it too seriously. (

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Kellswitch | Mar 15, 2014 |

If you love the Discworld series, you already know the stuff in this book. Well, except for the huge amount of tacked on, tangential filler. Which you don't particularly need. If you are reading a book about Discworld to fill in the lacunae in your knowledge base re: Leonardo da Vinci, you may want to reconsider.

Wildly discursive, full of unsupported opinions and painfully dorky asides, and to add insult to injury, printed on the cheapest paper in the world.

Give it a miss. (

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satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 |

While the premise of this book is intriguing, the authors rush through the mythology used by Pratchett's Discworld with barely a sentence on many the various influences and origins, and only short paragraphs on the rest. Given the wide range of parodies, jokes, send-ups and myths that have been incorporated over the years in around 40 books and publications, this book could easily have been twice as long, and likely more than that. (

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A fascinating guide to the international bestselling Discworld series and the award-winning The Wee Free Men - soon to be a major motion picture. Before JK Rowling became the bestselling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 45 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. His brainchild is the Discworld series - novels he began as parodies of other works like Macbeth, Faust, and The Arabian Nights.The Wee Free Men, one of Pratchett's most popular novels, will be made into a movie by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. It's the story of nine-year-old wannabe witch Tiffany Aching, who unites with the Nac Mac Feegle (six-inch-tall blue men who like to fight and love to drink) to free her brother from an evil fairy queen. A fun, interactive guide that will explore the land of Discworld, Secrets of the Wee Free Men and Discworld is filled with sidebars, mythology trivia, and includes a bio of the fascinating author Terry Pratchett, and an in-depth analysis of his work. This unofficial guide is a great resource for readers of The Wee Free Men and the other books of the Discworld series.

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