Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
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Soul Music
(Discworld Novel 16)

Author: Terry Pratchett

Series: Discworld Novels #16

Narrator: Sian Clifford, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2022


Synopsis

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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

About Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on August 23, 2020

Stereotyping music, its industry, and the completely overrated impact of this terrible noise disturbance played by teenagers the next house across the street or, worse, next door. Stop that or I´ll call the police, you spoiled punk brats! Creative commons, social collaboration, everything sharing, Ki......more

Goodreads review by Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews on June 02, 2022

Check out my YouTube channel where I show my instant reactions to reading fantasy books as soon as I finish the book. 2.5 stars. With only brief flashes of Pratchett brilliance, this remains one of the weakest Discworld books. This book fell flat for me for a number of reasons, and while Death sti......more

Goodreads review by Lena on January 05, 2024

Are there any cultural or social phenomena that haven't been ironically depicted by Pratchett? Although this one isn't the best/funniest of his books, the rock music parody was amusing.......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on August 27, 2024

Re-Read 8/27/24: I just upped my star rating for this one. There comes a time in a man's life when if you're still quibbling over a star rating after having read a book FOUR TIMES and having enjoyed it every single time, then maybe it's time to stop, look at your life choices, and just accept the fac......more

Goodreads review by Trish on September 13, 2018

Music is immortal. Some say it has always been there and always will. Some can apparently hear its beat. Like the pulse of the universe itself. I think Terry Pratchett had that same kind of appreciation for this particular art. In this 16th installment of the phenomenon that is the Discworld series,......more


Quotes

'Pratchett lures classical themes and popular mythologies into the dark corners of his imagination, gets them drunk and makes them do things you wouldn't dream of doing with an Oxford don' Daily Mail

'Very clever madcap satire which has universal appeal. If you haven't tried him, this is a fun one to start with' Today

'The great Terry Pratchett, whose wit is metaphysical, who creates an energetic and lively secondary world, who has a multifarious genius for strong parody ... who deals with death with startling originality. Who writes amazing sentences' New York Times

'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday

'Like Jonathan Swift, Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own, and like Swift he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times

'Classic English humour, with all the slapstick, twists and dry observations you could hope for' The Times