Discussion Literature / ThiefOfTime

• Arc Words: Lu-Tze reminding everyone of Rule One, which is "Never act incautiously when facing a small wrinkly bald smiling old man!" He proves it by beating the tar out of the new personification of Time.
  • But only because Time was holding back, which was entirely according to Lu-Tze's plan.
    • Possibly; his fighting style was described as using time itself as a weapon.

A whole new twist on using an enemy's strengths against him. But what else do we expect from Pratchett!

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett

I take issue with this (under Sdrawkcab Name):

According to Pratchett, he only realized who Soak really was a minute or two before Lu-Tze did, and ran into a bathroom with a pen and a piece of paper to check to see if it was recognizeable when it's mirrored.

That's... a very odd way to write a key character, and not what I read. My understanding was that Pratchett always intended for Ronnie Soak to be Chaos, but didn't realise until way into the story that his name was "Kaos" backwards.

Edited by DoktorvonEurotrash It does not matter who I am. What matters is, who will you become? - motto of Omsk Bird Hide / Show Replies