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Pyramids

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Alfred Enoch, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
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The audiobook of Pyramids is narrated by Alfred Enoch, known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series, and Wes Gibbins in How To Get Away With Murder. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'"LOOK AFTER THE DEAD," SAID THE PRIESTS, "AND THE DEAD WOULD LOOK AFTER YOU."'

Young Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy. Which just so happens to be at the Assassins' Guild.

But when Teppic's father dies suddenly, fate takes him away from assassination to something far more unsavoury: politics. Teppic returns home to the small, penniless kingdom of Djelibeybi to take his place as ruler.

It isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. As tradition dictates, the new king must build a monumental pyramid to honour his dead father. But this one might just bankrupt the kingdom, and warp the very fabric of time and space itself...

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Pyramids is a standalone.

The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

©1989 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

"The best kind of parody - funny and smart and still a good story." (Mail on Sunday)

"Pratchett remains a consistently clever, charming and funny voice." (Independent)

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Excellent book

The narrator does a brilliant job. It sounds wierd when he starts because he’s in character throughout the book and does a great job bringing the characters to life. The only criticism being the footnotes and the shimmering audio is at a lower volume level and tends to break the pace at the most in opportune moments.

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What is wrong with the editor of these recordings?

This is my favourite Discworld book and it is brilliantly read by Dean from Harry Potter (lol), he does amazing voice work and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook.
However, I can only give it four stars overall because the editor is some kind of idiot and didn't listen back to what they'd done because every time a new chapter starts or it returns to the narrator, the first second of the first word is cut off and it's extremely annoying as it breaks your reverie every time, and that's saying something considering the vast amount of chapters and interruptions from a clearly bored Bill Nighy (who's recording quality is sub-par and far too quiet), could have done with the option to opt-out of the footnotes.
I love that they are churning these books out as fast as I can listen, but I'm sure most listeners would appreciate it if the editors took an extra 2 minutes to make sure that the quality of recording and volume matches, and that they haven't cut off the narrator. You know, the bare minimum for an audiobook.
tl:dr - brilliant performance and story, embarrassingly bad editing, like, whoever okayed this to be published as it is should be shot and then fired.

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Another classic from Sir Terry Pratchett

Loved it! Story is a little slow but as always this is made up for by Sir Terry's humor and descriptive master pieces

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Alfie brings life to this

A story that I’ve always had to just kind of get through in my Discworld read. It’s good, but not one that springs to mind for your Top 5.
Alfred Enoch does an absolute BRILLIANT reading. The different voices given to each character just work, the humour absolutely sings, and I just had a magic day listening. I wish he’d been chosen for more of the stories.

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Charming

Very enjoyable story, with lots of humour and a dash of adventure. The performances are excellent, both engaging and easy to understand.

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Classic Pratchett adventure

It starts in the Assassins Guild in Ankh-Morpork, but the action is in Djel, the Egypt of Discworld. It does you good to go somewhere where you’re both a king and a god.

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Great audiobook

Another awesome story from Sir Terry. Highly enjoyable!
The narrator did a fantastic job with this book too.

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