The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: (Discworld Novel 28) (Discworld Novels)

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This is one of his darker works and like all good Discworld book there is so much going on beneath the surface.

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The Amazing Maurice' Review: Spry British Animated Romp Shows a Cat (or Even a Rat) May Look at a King". He often behaves selfishly, though does risk himself for others and gradually shows that he cares and being loved makes him happy too. One name in this genre that stands out above the rest is the late Terry Pratchett, whose bibliography continues to stand the test of time. The rats of the Clan feel it too, and many become so afraid that they all but forget how to think and reason. I think it's because it's a stand-alone within the Discworld universe, and those have never been my favourites.

The rats are very cute with names they've taking from supermarket items such as Nourishing, Hamnpork, Peaches and Dangerous Beans.

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For example, Dangerous Beans is the one who they all turn to for answers to questions of rat cannibalism, stealing, and the phenomenon of dreaming. 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.They’re everywhere: in the breadbins, dancing across tabletops, stealing pies from under the cooks’ noses. The film stars Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, Joe Sugg, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Atherton, Rob Brydon, Hugh Bonneville and David Tennant. One of my all-time favorite books along with Pratchett's Thief of Time, Nation, and his outstanding Tiffany Aching series beginning with The Wee Free Men. He goes along with Maurice's scheme mainly to have something to do, although he is very defensive of his rat family.

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As Maurice and the rats battle for their very survival, a number of provocative themes surface: life after death, good versus evil, and the sacrifice of the few for the many. A very cute and funny look at reputations, stories, courage, having a conscience and the love of fairytales. Malicia – the daughter of Bad Blintz's mayor, perennially obsessed with fairy tales, having adventures, and storytelling. One of these pieces is his 2001 children's fantasy novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.Not far under the fantasy trappings lives a rich world filled with deeply human characters, razor-sharp insight and Terry's crackling, often furious, wisdom. The whole rat-king business doesn’t seem to quite fit, or maybe I’m just to squeamish to handle the idea of a bunch of live rats with their tails fused together. The story follows Maurice, a streetwise ginger cat who befriends a group of talking rats by coming up with a money-making scam. As the 28th of the 41 Discworld novels and a debut in the series for children's literature, the novel won the annual Carnegie Award, which was in fact the first major award ever won by Pratchett. It's based on the Pied Piper story with Maurice the talking cat, a band of talking rats (they all ate something strange at the dump) and a stupid looking kid who plays the flute.

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So help me, I’m a blockhead where entertaining titles are concerned, and “Stunning Maurice” is additional verification that they frequently c.But the self-described “amazing Maurice” (voiced with flamboyant affectation by Hugh Laurie) is a cat with a devious plan: he has no intention of sharing the ill-gotten gains with his rodent colleagues. had I read it back when I was young, we might have gelled better, but as it was I felt like I was standing outside the story-circle, imagining how a youngster would enjoy it, rather than being truly gripped myself. Keith decides to stay behind as Bad Blintz's ceremonial rat piper, while Maurice moves on to find a new scheme. It all has to do with a pile of magical refuse they all ate out of at the back of Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork, long story. It's fun and funny and I will always look at this novel as a sly reference to Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, including multiple minds linked together to make a full intelligence.