Interesting Times

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Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 17th novel – 5th Rincewind story
Outline
Characters:	Rincewind Twoflower The Luggage Cohen the Barbarian
Locations:	Agatean Empire
Motifs:	Imperial China, Communism
Publication details
Year of release:	1994
Original publisher:
Hardback ISBN:
Paperback ISBN:	ISBN 0552142352
Other details
Awards:
Notes:	93rd in the Big Read

Interesting Times is a novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.

The title of this book was inspired by the phrase May you live in interesting times.

In the story, the wizard Rincewind is transferred (via Magic) to the Counterweight Continent to help with a revolution against the government of the Agatean Empire. At the same time, Cohen the Barbarian is leading a group of warriors into the heart of the empire on a quest to steal something very valuable indeed.

Other featured characters include Twoflower and the Wizards of Unseen University.

Interesting Times translations

• Интересни времена (Bulgarian)
• Huvitav aeg (Estonian)
• Les Tribulations d'un mage en Aurient (French)
• Ciekawe czasy (Polish)
• Spännande tider (Swedish)
• Echt Zauberhaft (German)
• Zajímavé časy (Czech)

External link

• Annotations for Interesting Times (http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/interesting-times.html)

Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Novels:	The Colour of Magic - The Light Fantastic - Equal Rites - Mort - Sourcery - Wyrd Sisters - Pyramids - Guards! Guards! - Eric - Moving Pictures - Reaper Man - Witches Abroad - Small Gods - Lords and Ladies - Men at Arms - Soul Music - Interesting Times - Maskerade - Feet of Clay - Hogfather - Jingo - The Last Continent - Carpe Jugulum - The Fifth Elephant - The Truth - Thief of Time - Night Watch - Monstrous Regiment - Going Postal - Thud Illustrated Novel: The Last Hero Young Adult Novels: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - Wee Free Men - A Hat Full of Sky
Games:	The Colour of Magic - Discworld - Discworld 2 - Discworld MUD - Discworld Noir - Thud
The Discworld
Characters:	Albert - Angua - Carrot Ironfoundersson - Cohen the Barbarian - Fred Colon - Death - Detritus - C.M.O.T. Dibbler - Gaspode - Greebo - Igor - Bloody Stupid Johnson - Leonard of Quirm - The Librarian - Lu-Tze - The Luggage - Mort - C.W.St J. Nobbs - Susan Sto Helit - Rincewind - Havelock Vetinari - Samuel Vimes - The Witches - Discworld gods - Other characters
Locations:	Ankh-Morpork - Agatean Empire - Borogravia - Death's Domain - Dungeon Dimensions - Ephebe - Genua - Klatch - Lancre - Muntab - Quirm - Überwald - Unseen University - XXXX - more...
Other:	Calendar - City Watch - Clacks - Guilds - Magic - Minor Discworld concepts

bg:Интересни времена

fr:Les Tribulations d'un mage en Aurient pl:Ciekawe czasy

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