Interesting Times
core novel 1994 Discworld
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.15 (61,504 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 342 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575058002 |
Synopsis
When the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork requests that a "Great Wizzard" be sent to the distant Agatean Empire, a clerical mix-up over the wording on his hat leads Unseen University's faculty to dispatch the hapless Rincewind instead, teleporting him there in a scheme involving a cannon. In Agatea, Rincewind reunites with his old acquaintance Cohen the Barbarian, now leading a band of elderly warriors called the Silver Horde who intend to seize the Empire's throne for themselves, and learns that his former traveling companion Twoflower has been imprisoned there, his innocent travel writing about Ankh-Morpork having unintentionally inspired a youth protest movement known as the Red Army.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: Rincewind / Wizards core; position 5 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Notes
- From the series record (Rincewind / Wizards): Sub-series grouping per Wikipedia arc articles; schemes vary between sources.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Rincewind / Wizards: position 5 of 8: previous Eric (1990) · next The Last Continent (1998)
Sources
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