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Pyramids
- Discworld, Book 7
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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And then you've got to deal with all these assassins, sphinxes, huge wooden horses, mad high priests, philosophers, sacred crocodiles, gods, marching mummies, jobbing pyramid builders and Hat, the Vulture-Headed God of Unexpected Guests.
And all you really wanted was the chance to do something for young people and the inner cities.
Please note: This is a vintage recording. The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards.
Critic Reviews
"There's no end to the wacky wonders...No fantasy is as consistently, inventively mad...wild and wonderful." (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)
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- Stephen Pick
- 03-24-15
Audio is variable
This is a great book well read, but beware the audio quality is all over the place. I know it's a 'vintage recording' but that doesn't excuse a good chunk of it being (ironically given the subject of the book) recorded at the wrong speed. Planer sounds drunkenly slow at times and speeds up again just as you've acclimatised to it. I've no doubt it was like this in the original release, and it's become no less disappointing since then considering how trivial it'd be to fix.
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- milla
- 04-09-13
Another Great Pratchett in Need of Clean-Up
Where does Pyramids rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Above average in terms of performance. Fantastic in terms of story, and below average in terms of audio quality.
What other book might you compare Pyramids to and why?
Along the lines of Moving Pictures, also by Pratchett.
Which character – as performed by Nigel Planer – was your favorite?
You Bastard, the Discworld's foremost mathematician.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Laugh and cringe. Funny book, and absorbing, but the audio quality, like most of the early recordings of Pratchett's books, sounds as thought it was transferred from audio tape.
Any additional comments?
One of Planer's better recitals, but needs an audio clean-up. Worth getting though!
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- LINZI
- 03-23-21
Always funny. Not quite as deep as usual.
Pratchett is always the master. This one is funny but it is a little lighter than usual.
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- Marcel (MadJo)
- 06-12-20
Audio quality is bad
This is one of the weaker audio transfers from analog to digital. During 'book II' the playback speed changes making Nigel Planer sound like he's drunk.
The story of Ptepic is great, and it's an enjoyable enough listen, but perhaps the audio transfer could be redone?
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- Anonymous User
- 10-21-17
good as usual
N. Planer is simply the best. a good book too. many a good laugh. lots of great ideas. the best one is about the generals always fighting the last war and then the horses...
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- David Watson
- 02-25-13
Great characters in the disk world tradition
Great narration adds to the overall enjoyment. Nigel Planer adds to the experience of the novel by creating rich rewarding verbal images of people and place, A very enjoyable book to lose your self in.
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- Inga Beck
- 02-25-16
a lovely listen
Nigel Planer is a great narrator, I shall be listening to more of his readings.
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- K Wright
- 11-22-19
Spoilt by mispronounced names
Brilliant book completely mangled by Nigel Planer’s mispronunciation of major characters’ names such as Ptraci & Ptaclusp (the Ps should be silent giving us Tracy & Tactless) thereby missing some of the best jokes/humour. Please re-record with Stephen Briggs, I can hardly bear to listen!
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- seahorse
- 02-14-15
Addict
Would you listen to Pyramids again? Why?
I have, many times. I am a devotee to DiscWorld and of course Terry Pratchett
What other book might you compare Pyramids to, and why?
Any DiscWorld novel.
What does Nigel Planer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
He creates apt voices for each character.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I enjoy taking time unwrapping gifts and surprises, and use the same strategy for enjoying every facet of a great story.
Any additional comments?
I have read and re-read / and re-listened to, Terry Pratchett's novels, always finding something that I hadn't noticed and enjoyed before. Particularly I enjoy his underlying political commentary, that just seems to hit the nail on the head.
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- Nina
- 01-19-17
I 'sphinx' this is great! A five star listen.
What a wonderful listen! 'Pyramids' introduces you to the Kingdom Djelibeybi that will never make you look at Egyptian ancient history and the camels in the same way again.
I honestly believe that Sir Terry Prachett must have laughed out loud while writing this book.
It's rib-tickling, colourful and adventurous. Pteppic - a young Pharo is a great new addition to the Discworld cast, along with many other heroes and villains, but I shall say no more least I spoil the story.
Whether you're new to Discworld or are looking for a next book in the series this is 'a must read'. It's a great stand alone book.
Nigel Planner does a beautiful job and is a man of more than one voice. It was hard to put it away and could easily listen to it again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-19-15
"Going Forth is Easy..."
The narration was excellent as always.
The story humorous and yet thought provoking, but don't let that put you off... You can still listen to it is you just want something you can listen to with out thinking. 😊
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- Simon
- 05-05-15
Great Pratchett
Wonderfully sophisticated narrative with all Pratchett's humour. Well read. And Neil from Young Ones blessedly only appears once. Odd changes in resonance as recorded in different venues/studios...
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-09-15
Always entertsining
I've read this book many times. I still laugh even though I can see the jokes coming.
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- kay
- 10-03-13
An early Discworld Novel
I remember reading this as a late teen, it was my first introduction to Discworld and from then on I was totally hooked, Nigel Planer is an excellent choice as narrator, he captures the characters perfectly. Pyramids is such a joy to listen to, this one particularly because it transported me back to my youth. This is a must for any Discworld 'beginner'.
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- Liam
- 08-11-15
Brilliant book...
Another fantastic Pratchett novel narrated beautifully by Nigel Planar, if you're a fan of the Discworld you owe it to yourself to check this one out.
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- M. R. Nixon
- 05-26-15
Good story, very well performed
In audio form the various characters with unusual names were sometimes hard to track. Never the less a good story that was well performed by Nigel. He is especially good at the voice of a camel :-)
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- Johannes
- 04-13-13
Great stand-alone
As much a part of the Discworld series that this is, it's great as a stand-alone book to start off with if you want an introduction to Terry Pratchett's very own style of comedy. The story itself is wonderful, full of quirky characters, epic mysteries, ancient civilisations and camels.
While I prefer Stephen Briggs as narrator for Terry Pratchett's books, Nigel Planer does a good job of portraying different characters, subtly changing dialects. The quality of the recording is sadly a bit lacking with a flat sound that sometimes inexplicably slows down for entire chapters.
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- Meg
- 09-24-16
A great listen
What did you like most about Pyramids?
I'm a sucker for any Terry Pratchett book, particularly his Discworld series, and this is no exception, with his characteristic wit & humour. While I wouldn't say this is his best work (from my point of view. For me, Thief of Time or any of the Watch or Weatherwax books out-strips this one easily, but that's mostly because I love those characters), this is an excellent novel, performed wonderfully.
Would you recommend Pyramids to your friends? Why or why not?
I'd heartily recommend any of Terry Pratchett's work to my friends, but if this is your first Discworld, it can be a bit dry compared to some of his other work. However, if you appreciate political satire, absurdities within hierarchies & the occasional witty reference to Ancient Egypt, this is probably the book for you.
What does Nigel Planer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
He's got excellent range as a voice actor & I find his rendition of different characters to be really wonderful. His tone whilst narrating is a beautiful fit for Terry's understated witticisms & he covers the trademark footnotes of Pratchett's style with elegance.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
"Putting the oh! in Pharaoh."
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- Adam Sutherton
- 08-16-14
Great naration and fun storyline
What made the experience of listening to Pyramids the most enjoyable?
If you are a Terry Pratchett fan then you will enjoy this one (though not as funny as some of his other), as always delivering a humorous fantasy. This is my first audio book of Terry's that I have listened to and will definitely recommend the narrator!
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- Jennie Lamb
- 12-27-21
Perfect Pratchit
Great narration and story. Humour and smarts mixed together, easy re- listen and depth in story
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- Stephen Grocott
- 11-30-21
Pratchett brilliant humour and stunning narration
Quirkily brilliant. Classic Pratchett. If you haven’t read/listened – do so. Start with Book 1 or start here. They’re all brilliant.
As for the narrator (Nigel Planer), he would turn the worst book into acceptable, a good book into great and a great book into irreplaceable..
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- Jacquelyn
- 11-08-21
Another brilliant adventure through the Discworld
Another brilliantly witty addition to the Disc World universe.
So many laugh out loud moments through this escapade through 'The Old Kingdom' (which I'm sure is nothing like ancient Egypt all 😉). Pratchett's turn of phrase is so absurd that I lost count of the times I thought 'I better remember that one' or 'I need to find a pen and write that down'.
Nigel Planner is a fantastic narrator which just adds to the Discworld experience.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-25-19
The best of Nigel Planers Discworld narration
This is the best of Nigel Planer narrating Discworld. Unfortunately it is a rare gem as all other Discworld audio books from Nigel leave much to be desired in the voice characterisation. perhaps because it is a stand alone novel the monotony of his voice doesn't rankle so much.
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- Martina
- 01-24-19
Fabulous. Not as superb as other TPs but very fine
I marked this one down a bit due to my knowledge of other awesome novels by TP. I found the story was a bit disjointed in parts and galloped thru some events with little detail and other scenarios were almist laboured. As usual very well read by Nigel Planner but not his best. I had to set back the speed a notch. Nigel does voices very well and the Characters were terrific.
A bit of old testament history here and there from the Bible gives added zest and humour.
The plot had twists and turns as is usual with TP. Thoroughly enjoyable to listen to on audible on my weekend away. thanks Nigel and team.
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- Carolyn
- 08-08-18
Never see camels in the same light again
what an imagination and time dimentional bending adventure. top performance by Nigel of course. Bonza!
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- Hanna
- 12-05-17
Brilliant exciting adventure that makes you think
Makes you think about space, time and dimensions. I'll always respect the camel from now on!
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- Arran Ferguson
- 02-27-17
Always great
Nigel is brilliant for this sort of thing and really "gets" Pratchett.
As as for this story, well, it's one of the greats.