There are points when you regularly read an author that you can start to spot the themes that they’re really interested in. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn’t too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems… My copy I suspect was read in 1993 so I covered my impressions of that year in Wyrd Sistersīeing trained by the Assassin’s Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not find Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. For me I’m 13 unsuspecting that my favourite TV show would be ending, loving the nearby cinema we have moved near to and worst of all the teenage years are beginning!!

The Satanic Verses created controversy Iceland allowed beer to be sold (who knew!) the proposal for the World Wide Web gets produced and in the movies The Abyss, The last good Indiana Jones movie and of course EVERYTHING had a bat-logo on it as Batman started the superhero revival. Now this comes from 1989 – the year the final original Doctor Who series ended!! (BOOO) The end of the Berlin War (YAY). I’m not sure it’s quite as successful as Sisters but it does have the honour of having one the scenes I always find one of the funniest!

Pyramids (aka the Book of Going Forth) is now the seventh discworld and I think continues to explore this structure and starts to bring some of Pratchett’s later themes into the story. In my last review with Wyrd Sisters I felt Pratchett had reached a new highpoint using plot, character and worldbuilding to a new level but it’s always interesting to see where an author goes next in terms of development. Starting with a Discworld then next week hopefully back to a normal schedule on the other books. March was filled with stuff and well the world on fire really cramped my reading. Firstly, apologies this has taken a few weeks longer to get to than I was expecting.

Discworld pyramids