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Free Men by Terry Pratchett check out website: www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/
Tiffany, who is not very fond of her little brother, is a sensible girl who when confronted with a monster with eyes the size of soup plates checks the dimensions of the soup plates. Her boots seem to walk her and her dress is faded to blue from its many wearings by its many owners.
Pratchett has succeeded in populating his new tale with some memorable characters. The talking toad that attaches himself to Tiffany doesn't say 'follow the yellow sick toad' but many people have thought it did apparently. One of the Wee Free Men is called Rob Anybody and another,
Hamish the Mac Feegle, rides a buzzard but has to jump off and lands on his head
a lot. They have very hard heads. It is a great tale with shades of 'Alice In Wonderland'. There are references to famous Victorian painters, Childe Roland and hundreds others that I probably missed. The most important thing is that you don't need to know any of this to enjoy the great story. Buy it for your children
but don't forget to read it yourself. Sue Davies
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OTHER REVIEWS - October 2003
More reviews: October 2003 Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson The Dark Path by Walter H. Hunt A Place So Foreign And Eight More by Cory Doctorow The Fifth Sorceress by Robert Newcomb The Gates Of Dawn by Robert Newcomb Stories Of Your Life And Others by Ted Chiang Beyond The Hanging Wall by Sarah Douglass Kingdom River by Mitchell Smith The Year's Best Science Fiction (20th Annual Collection) edited by Gardner Dozois SpyHigh Episode 1: The Frankenstein Factory by A.J. Butcher SpyHigh Episode 2: The Chaos Connection by A.J. Butcher Doctor Illuminatus by Martin Booth Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Angel: Stranger To The Sun by Jeff Mariotte The Xenocide Mission by Ben Jeapes The Poison Master by Liz Williams The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon Shadowheart (Legends Of The Raven) by James Barclay [Spooks] Confidential: The Official Handbook by Jim Sangster
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The picture on the front of this book is
of the 'Wee Free Men'. They are the head-banging, hard-drinking
and rough tough pictsies of the title. They are 'well-hard' particularly
on the farm cat that learns a lesson from them about not chasing
birds. CHEEP CHEEP!
She
is however, a witch grown on chalk, which is apparently impossible. Despite the
little brother being permanently sticky she is determined to rescue him from the
Queen of Sssh...mustn't name her. Enlisting the help of the WFM, on the promise
of Liniment for all, she sets off.
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