04-17-2026, 12:10 PM
#21: Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
Another in the DiscWorld series. Created by the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork, the growing ‘clicks’ industry moves to the sandy land of Holy Wood, attracted by the light of the sun and some strange calling no one can quite put their finger on… Victor (a wizard student dropout) and Ginger (small town girl) are also drawn to Holy Wood, and get their big break. There’s also Laddie the dog who’s a very good boy, and Gaspode, a small, less attractive but far more clever dog who somewhat befriends but mostly just commiserates with Victor. The problem with Holy Wood (aside from the two-dimensional characters that fill it) is that the belief in the magic of the clicks is powering a potentially world-ending event. The puns and allusions are thick and often silly, and frequently pointless. The story is not quite as good as some of the other DiscWorld books, but it was still entertaining.
Another in the DiscWorld series. Created by the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork, the growing ‘clicks’ industry moves to the sandy land of Holy Wood, attracted by the light of the sun and some strange calling no one can quite put their finger on… Victor (a wizard student dropout) and Ginger (small town girl) are also drawn to Holy Wood, and get their big break. There’s also Laddie the dog who’s a very good boy, and Gaspode, a small, less attractive but far more clever dog who somewhat befriends but mostly just commiserates with Victor. The problem with Holy Wood (aside from the two-dimensional characters that fill it) is that the belief in the magic of the clicks is powering a potentially world-ending event. The puns and allusions are thick and often silly, and frequently pointless. The story is not quite as good as some of the other DiscWorld books, but it was still entertaining.
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