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Interesting Times
- Discworld, Book 17
- Narrated by: Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The audiobook of Interesting Times is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'There is a curse. They say: may you live in interesting times....'
This is the worst thing you can wish on a citizen of Discworld. Especially for the magically challenged Rincewind, who has already had far too much excitement in his life.
Unfortunately, the unlucky wizard always seems to end up in the middle of, well, absolutely everything. So when a request for a 'Great Wizzard' arrives from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's obviously Rincewind who's sent. For one thing, he's the only one who spells wizard that way.
Once again Rincewind is thrown headfirst into a dangerous adventure. For the oldest empire on the Disc is in turmoil and Chaos is building. And, for some reason, someone believes Rincewind will have a vital role in the coming war....
Interesting Times is the fifth book in the Wizards series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order. The first book in the Discworld series—The Colour of Magic—was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
Critic reviews
"Pratchett is a comic genius." (Daily Express)
"Funny, delightfully inventive, and refuses to lie down in its genre." (Observer)
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- Danny
- 18-09-22
Takes some getting used to.
If you were a fan of Planer Or Briggs then the voices might seem a bit off, some of the voices were downright irritating. The footnotes were also done, in my opinion, in the worst possible way, with an irritating twinkle sound that pulls you right ofut of the story. Get the vintage copies while you can
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-07-22
Annoying ‘bings’ before and after footnotes, WHY.
Pretty much all in the title, why have you kept these bings from the old version, worst thing about them and totally unnecessary- the change of voice is sufficient to indicate the footnote. There is nothing wrong with the performances from the actors, but this little jingle completely ruins it. I was really looking forward to these releases and I’m now, frankly, a bit gutted.
Update: this particular book doesn’t have too many footnotes so it’s been bearable! Side note - Love the Voice of Death in this version.
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- Helen
- 10-09-22
Brilliant
This was a joy to listen to. Funny, witty, imaginative and beautifully written. The narrator / performer brings the whole thing to life and is particularly good at bringing out the nuances in humour. In difficult times it really lifts the spirits. Thank you.
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- C. Ashcroft
- 28-07-22
An audiobook lives and dies by its narrator. This needs to be buried.
This is annoying to listen to if you are remotely familiar with the discworld. The narrator has made some bizarre choices in the portrayal of the senior wizards and Vetinari, making Ridcully a nasally Leonard Rossiter figure which is simply awful.
I shan’t be buying any more of these, and harbour a due sense of dread for the City watch books.
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- Jess wooff
- 07-10-22
Fantastic narration
Amazing Narration for this Terry Pratchett story. It was griping and I couldn’t stop listening.
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- Caemlyn Louise Boddy
- 19-06-23
Excellent
Lovely book. Really enjoyed the new narration. Love Terry Pratchett. One of the better Rincewind books.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-05-23
Great narration brought this story to life
I’m a Terry Pratchett fan and have read all his books, many of them several times… the wizards are not my favourite characters but the narration in this version made this a very funny and very enjoyable listen.. bringing all of the characters to larger than life.
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- Lbr5
- 17-03-23
Brilliant.
I’ve read this book a couple of times and the story’s great but it was read REALLY well.
All the characters were sympathetically portrayed with no duds.
Definitely worth listening to
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- Marie Čechová
- 16-02-23
Great story, amazing narration, Rincewind all the way
Narration does a lot in an audiobook and really enjoyed this one. I like to dabble in a lot of different narrations for audiobooks so I’m glad Discworld novels have variety to offer on here. The story was really good. Proper Rincewind novel. I really appreciate Sir Terry’s satire and fantasy elements.
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- Rita Lazzerini
- 14-08-22
Interesting story!
I was just thinking over and over on what Colin Morgan said at the presentation of The wizard series: he said that he records even up to 10 hours being in the same place and chancing his voice according to the characters. Only a very talented and organized narrator can make it! And the results are these fantastic audiobooks of Discworld!
And before recording a lot of work it is required to prepare adequately!
I’m so enthusiastic about this series!
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