Moving Pictures (novel)
| Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 10th novel – 2nd individual story Missing image Moving-pictures-cover.jpg | |
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| Characters: | Victor Tuglebend Theda Withel C.M.O.T. Dibbler Unseen University staff |
| Locations: | Ankh-Morpork Holy Wood |
| Motifs: | Movies and Hollywood; the Cthulhu Mythos |
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| Year of release: | 1990 |
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| Paperback ISBN: | ISBN 0552134635 |
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Moving Pictures is the name of a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. The book takes place in Discworld's most famous city, Ankh-Morpork and a town called "Holy Wood". The book uses the name as a thin veil to aim at the Hollywood world and its problems.
Synopsis
The alchemists of the Discworld have invented moving pictures. Many hopefuls are drawn by the siren call of Holy Wood, home of the fledgling "movie" industry -- among them Victor Tugelbend, a dropout from Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University and Theda Withel, a girl "from a little town you never ever heard of", who become stars, and the Discworld's most infamous salesman, Cut-My-Own-Throat Dibbler, who introduces commerce to the equation and becomes a successful producer. Meanwhile, it gradually becomes clear that the production of movies is having a deleterious effect on the structure of reality.
Moving Pictures translations
- Подвижни образи (Bulgarian)
- Pohyblivé obrázky (Czech)
- Rollende Prenten (Dutch)
- Elävät Kuvat (Finnish)
- Les Zinzins d’Olive-Oued (French)
- Voll im Bilde (German)
- Mozgó képek (Hungarian)
- Levende bilder (Norwegian)
- Ruchome obrazki (Polish)
- Движущиеся картинки (Russian)
- Pokretne slike (Serbian)
- Imágenes en Acción (Spanish)
- Rörliga bilder (Swedish)