This is an adaptation of terry pratchetts discworld novel, maskerade. I always love pratchett s witches books and this one was as usual laugh out loud funny. Maskerade is terry pratchett s tribute to opera in general, and to phantom of the opera in particular. Maskerade, the eighteenth discworld novel by terry pratchett, is a very funny parody of opera, and the broadway show phantom of the opera more specifically. Maskerade is tremendously entertaining, moving the location of a classic english whodunit from a country house to an opera house. Inside the ankhmorpork opera house, a fiend is attacking the performers, but granny weatherwax, the discworlds most famous witch, is in the audience and she doesnt hold with that sort of thing. Maskerade is the 5th book in the witches series, and the 18th book in sir terry. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Topics discworld short stories collection opensource.
A novel of discworld and millions of other books are available for instant access. Granny weatherwax and nanny ogg, two lancre witches, investigate. Terry pratchetts discworld series comprises of a staggering 41 novels, 32 years in the. Pratchett is as funny as wodehouse and as witty as waugh independent the great terry pratchett, whose wit is metaphysical, who creates an energetic and lively secondary world, who has a multifarious genius for strong parody. With samuel adewunmi, marama corlett, richard dormer, jo eatonkent. His jurisdiction is specifically the discworld itself. The colour of magic by terry pratchett the colour of magic. Wyrd sisters the play 1996 by stephen briggs and terry pratchett. He planned for carrot ironfoundersson, a human foundling raised by dwarves, to enter the city, rescue the citizens from the dragon, and take over the story. Thanks for all of the love, but the jerk an hour thing is getting old so i am going to have to suspend commenting. Discworld novel 18 discworld series by terry pratchett. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical. Maskerade by terry pratchett 1997, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The ghost in the bonewhite mask who haunts theankhmorpork opera house was always considered a benign presence some would even say lucky until he started killing people.
The witches granny weatherwax and nanny ogg visit the ankhmorpork opera house to find agnes nitt, a girl from lancre, and get caught up in a story similar to the phantom of the opera. Like most grim reapers, he is a blackrobed skeleton usually carrying a scythe. Trust pratchett to leave no opportunity for wry humor unturned. Dedication they may be called the palace guard, the city guard, or the patrol. A ghost in a white mask is murdering, well, quite a lot of people, and two witches it really isnt wise to call them meddling, interfering old baggages, or perhaps three, take a hand in unravelling the mystery. The opera house, ankhmorpork a huge, rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely familiar evil mastermind in a hideously deformed evening dress. Sir terry pratchett was the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful discworld series. The story is an obvious parody of the phantom of the opera, which was originally a novel by french writer gaston leroux and made famous by andrew lloyd webbers 1986 musical version and earlier by the lon chaney film. At least one member of the opera house audience has realised he is being watched. Got to be better than the cutthroat world of yoghurt, i thought.
Maskerade discworld, book by terry pratchett book cover, description, publication. Terry pratchett s work is full of references, allusions, parodies and injokes. The discworld novels can be read in any order but maskerade is the fifth book in the witches series. Maskerade is a fantasy novel by british writer terry pratchett, the eighteenth book in the discworld series. In the second part of our magical practitioners set of episodes, we take a look into the nature, organisation and magical power of the witches of discworld. Similar to what jk rowling would do with the early harry potter novels and her own adult postpotter fiction, pratchett hanging the plot off the crime genre gives the book an incredibly solid structure.
Paperback they say that the way to a mans heart is through his stomach which just goes to show theyre as confused about anatomy as they genrally are about everything else the deliciously indelicate nanny ogg presents astonishing recipes from terry pratchett s discworld, garnished with her own brand of wisdom and seasoned with a dash of outrageous wit. Click to read more about maskerade by terry pratchett. Based on the characters from terry pratchett s discworld novels, a group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. But the thing is, as with most pratchett books, theres a lot for you to enjoy regardless, which is why i had to give it a 710 despite the fact that i didnt really enjoy it. Granny weatherwax is a wonderful character and then death made several cameo appearances too which is always good. His young adult novel, the amazing maurice and his educated rodents, won the carnegie medal, and wheres my cow. Maskerade by terry pratchett and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hundreds of such references have been collected in the annotated pratchett file apf. Death is a fictional character in terry pratchett s discworld series and a parody of several other personifications of death. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading maskerade. Terry pratchett s discworld coloring book 2017 terry pratchett s discworld imaginarium 2017 nf by paul kidby. Maskerade by terry pratchett epub, pdf download epublib. Quotes from terry pratchett s discworld books on small gods eve, however, it was considered extremely bad form to kill a brother wizards, and wizards felt able to. Maskerade is the eighteenth novel in the discworld series by terry pratchett.
There are strange goingson at the opera house in ankhmorpork. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. You can certainly tell that pratchett doesnt like opera, as he skewers it to within an inch of its life. This page is part of the online version of the apf and contains all the annotations for the book maskerade.
Sir terence david john terry pratchett, obe born 28 april 1948 is an english4 novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. Even the most efficient ratcatcher will sooner or later take an interest in rats. Yes, mcgrath is chesnok became queen and left the slender ranks lankoski witches. Maskerade is the 5th book in the witches series, and the 18th book in sir terry pratchett s discworld. Where it licked the wizards quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth colour, octarine.
Witches abroad ebook book cover by terry pratchett. The colour of magic fire roared through the bifurcated city of ankhmorpork. A conversation between esme weatherwax and death has to be one of pratchett. No one knows why death started to take a practical interest in the human beings he had worked with for so long. Agnes nitt comes to the ankhmorpork opera house to make her musical mark, armed with a rich, full voice and a poorer, fuller body. One of the morals of the fifth book of the series about witches is that from fate no matter how try, will not escape. No matter how to resist fate, no matter how trying to build their lives at their own discretion, agnes, nitt, aka perdita x three, but esme vetrovec still won in the end. There are strange goingson at the opera house is ankhmorpork, in the 18th discworld novel. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
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