Pyramids (Discworld)
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| Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 7th novel – 1st individual story | |
| Outline | |
| Characters: | Teppic Dios |
| Locations: | Djelibeybi Assassins Guild Ankh-Morpork |
| Motifs: | School stories Ancient Egypt and Egyptian mythology Quantum physics |
| Publication details | |
| Year of release: | 1989 |
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| Paperback ISBN: | ISBN 0552134619 |
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| Notes: | The first story without any major recurring Discworld characters |
Pyramids is the seventh Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1989.
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Plot synopsis
The main character of Pyramids is Teppic, prince of the tiny kingdom of Djelibeybi (a pun on Jelly baby, a confection common in the United Kingdom). Young Teppic has been in training at the Assassins Guild in Ankh-Morpork for several years. The day after passing his final exam he realizes his father has died and he must return home. Being the first Djelibeybian king raised outside the kingdom leads to some interesting problems, particularly when a giant pyramid constructed in honor of Teppic's father twists the dimensions and brings to existance all of the kingdom's gods.
Djelibeybi is the Discworld counterpart to Ancient Egypt.
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Furthering the series
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Characters introduced
- You Bastard – a camel and the Discworld's greatest mathematician
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Pyramids translations
- Пирамиди (Bulgarian)
- Pyramidy (Czech)
- Pyramides (Dutch)
- Pyramidit (Finnish)
- Pyramides (French)
- Pyramiden (German)
- Piramisok (Hungarian)
- Maledette Piramidi (Italian)
- Pyramidene (Norwegian)
- Piramidy (Polish)
- Pirâmides (Portuguese - Brazil)
- Пирамиды (Russian)
- Piramide (Serbian)
- Pirómides (Spanish)
- Pyramidfeber (Swedish)
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External links
- Annotations for Pyramids (http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/pyramids.html)
- Quotes from Pyramids (http://www.lspace.org/books/pqf/pyramids.html)
- Synopsis of Pyramids (http://www.lspace.org/books/synopses/pyramids.html)
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