{"id":18376,"date":"2021-10-18T18:18:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=18376"},"modified":"2021-12-29T20:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T01:01:22","slug":"thief-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18376","title":{"rendered":"Thief of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thief of Time<\/a><\/em> (2001) Terry Pratchett<\/a> (Discworld)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The auditors are tired of people. <\/p>\n

Humanity practically was things that didn\u2019t have a position in time and space, such as imagination, pity, hope, history, and belief.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They are encouraging a young man to create a clock that will freeze time, to take care of all the pesky chaos created by humans.<\/p>\n

But sometimes it seemed that the life of Jeremy had been assembled by a not very competent craftsman who had allowed a number of small but important things to go ping into the corners of the room.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Except that Death decided to prod his granddaughter to look into what is happening.<\/p>\n

There was a drum roll. Susan glanced down. The Death of Rats was seated in front of a tiny drum kit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which means we get my favorite DEATH character.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo running with scythes!\u201d <\/p>\n

The Death of Rats stopped jogging along the Nature Table and gave her a guilty look. <\/p>\n

SQUEAK?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also:<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe nougat is a terrible thing to cover with chocolate, where it can ambush the unsuspecting.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Same.<\/p>\n

Publisher: HarperCollins
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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