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Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld: The Myths and Legends of Terry Pratchett's Multiverse | 
| Authors: Carrie Pyykkonen, Linda Washington
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 277422
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0312372434
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780312372439
ASIN: 0312372434
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
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A fascinating guide to the international bestselling Discworld series and the award-winning The Wee Free Men—soon to be a major motion picture
Before J. K. Rowling became the best-selling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 45 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. His brainchild is the Discworld series—novels he began as parodies of other works like Macbeth, Faust, and The Arabian Nights. The Wee Free Men, one of Pratchett's most popular novels, will be made into a movie by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. It's the story of 9-year-old wannabe witch Tiffany Aching, who unites with the Nac Mac Feegle (6-inch-tall blue men who like to fight and love to drink) to free her brother from an evil fairy queen.
A fun, interactive guide that will explore the land of Discword, Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld is filled with sidebars, mythology trivia, and includes a bio of the fascinating author Terry Pratchett, and an in-depth analysis of his work. This unofficial guide is a great resource for readers of The Wee Free Men and the other books of the Discworld series.
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 A fun, interactive guide to Discworld's popular novels August 18, 2008
Any collection strong in novels by Terry Pratchett will welcome this critical survey The Wee Free Men and Discworld: the Myths and Legends of Terry Pratchett's Multiverse. It provides a fun, interactive guide to Discworld's popular novels, analyzing his work and providing a foundation for underlying its underlying themes.
 A poor copycat of a better book July 30, 2008
I have read, or am reading, most of the critical works about Terry Pratcett. Let us begin with the title, it is misleading. I bought the book impulsively, thinking it was an in-depth study of the Feegles; the book has perhaps one chapter dedicated to the Wee Free Men.
The other chapters attempt to provide insight to the other myths of the discworld. The worst example was the Watch chapter. Where the authors discuss Vimes and company, and Pratchett's historical sources. I'm sorry but, I did not find this section related to any thing remotely mythologoical.
Ultimately, I found this book to be insulting and rehashed for those so inclined. Most of the information it contains is available in the work "Terry Pratcett: Guilty of Literature", by Andrew M. Butler. Found here:
http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Pratchett-Literature-Andrew-Butler/dp/188296831X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217426299&sr=1-1
My rating of the "Secerts of the Wee Free Men": Bathroom reader.
Not even worth collecting. July 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Discworld novels are great. This book isn't.
First, the "secrets" in this book are already known to EVERY Discworld fans. The authors essentially reveal nothing new.
Second, the writing is very amateurish. It reads like an essay written by a high school student. It's obvious the editor didn't care about the writing but the content.
Third, their "humor" is very stale. They try to copy Pratchett's humor but fall flat. Not funny.
Fourth, I wouldn't even recommend this book to beginners since the authors spoil many of the books.
Avoid at all costs.
 Eh-needs a harsher editor July 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As someone who worships the Discworld novels and their byproducts, I purchased this without examining it too closely. Unfortunately, the book is mostly cobbled together without a consistent theme or narrative. Extensive, repetitious references are made to various other fantasy worlds/series, which grow quickly tiresome even if you have read enough to know what they are talking about.
We are not amused June 25, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I did not expect a great deal from this book, but it was worse than I had feared. It was obvious that it had been cobbled together without all of the boring stuff like checking facts. As an illustration the authors mention Jasper Fforde'e novels several times but get the main character's name wrong; Valhalla is not where the Norse gods live - that should be Asgard; and, most unforgiveably, the mention of The Island of Doctor Moreau by Jules Verne came as a bit of a surprise: for some reason Amazon don't appear to stock it although there are plenty of editions of the (lesser known?) H G Wells version.
When these sort of easily avoided errors pop up, it does not take a great leap of extrapolation to conclude that the rest of the book is not to be trusted.
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