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Title details for Soul Music by Terry Pratchett - Available

Soul Music

#16 in series

by Terry Pratchett
Sian Clifford
Audiobook
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett's Discworld like never before.
The audiobook of Soul Music is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). 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.
'This didn't feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.'
Being sixteen is always difficult, but it's even more so when there's a Death in the family. Susan hasn't exactly had a normal upbringing, with a skeletal grandfather who rides a white horse and wields a scythe.
When Death decides he needs a well-earned break, he leaves Susan to take over the family business. The only problem is, everyone mistakes her for the Tooth Fairy...
Well, not the only problem. There's a new, addictive music in Discworld. It's lawless. It changes people. It's got a beat and you can dance to it.
It's called Music With Rocks In. And it won't fade away...
The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order, but Soul Music is the third book in the Death series.
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
©1994 Terry and Lyn Pratchet (P)2022 Penguin Audio

  • Creators

  • Series

    Discworld

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 27, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781473588349
      • File size: 327891 KB
      • Duration: 11:23:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Black humor and puns galore invade this farce about death and many mythical and made-up characters of the underworld. Susan is Death's granddaughter, slowly discovering her true nature while Discworld conspires to wreak havoc on the world. Planer skillfully navigates the numerous scene shifts, characters and plots, keeping all straight and all with their individual voices. Plot shifts every minute make the audiobook difficult to follow. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 2, 1995
      Nepotism is given an unusual spin in Pratchett's 14th Discworld novel, as Death's granddaughter picks up the scythe when the Grim Reaper takes a vacation. Trolls, dwarves, magicians and rock music--music played with rocks--figure in this amusing but overlong romp, which begins with the formation of a band by aspiring musician Imp y Celen (aka Buddy). Arriving in the city of Ankh-Morpork, Buddy finds a magical guitar which enables the group--a rock-playing troll, an ax-wielding dwarf and an Orangutan pianist--to drive crowds wild. But the instrument causes conflict between the motley crew and Susan, Death's granddaughter, who is just adjusting to her new post. Many of the ensuing comic situations involve Death trying to get drunk, though Pratchett's liberal application of jokes scores as many misses as hits. Extraneous plot information slows the pace as the narrative rattles to a colossal, albeit uninspired, conclusion. Science Fiction Book Club main selection.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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