The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry PratchettMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents was not a Discworld novel I'd been back too, in fact this is only the second time I have read the novel so yeah a lot of it was pretty fresh, it might have been interesting to wait and watch the upcoming feature before going back to the novel but hey not to be. The story of Maurice is in the form of a Pratchett tradition, take a well known fable and manipulating it to reflect the Discworld and when required our own world and thus the Pied Piper becomes part of the Discworld family with a twist.
The Amazing Maurice is a cat, a very clever cat who can talk and he has a human "friend" named Keith who can play a mean pipe and thus they travel from town to town earning a few dollars by riding the towns of their rat problems. Oh did I forget that the rats are also part of this "scam" and they too can talk and are intelligent thanks to living for generations in and around Unseen University. Together the strange combination of souls enter the town of Bad Blintz but find that there are no native rats to be found ( lots of rat tunnels and old traps/poisons etc but no rats ) yet the townsfolk are near starving with rationing ongoing thanks to a huge rat infestation. The local rat catching guild seem to be doing a healthy trade is dead rat bounties though and we soon realise that there is something dark and devious going on in Bad Blitz and none of it is the fault of rats.
I actually quite enjoyed the novel and definitely looking forward to the tv adaptation and as a stand alone novel which tells a story without the usual Discworld trappings it comes across as a pleasant addition to the series and good one off for someone new to Terry's writing.
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The Astounding Maurice and His Informed Rodents was not a Discworld novel I'd come back as well, truth be told this is just the second time I have perused the novel no doubt a great deal of it was really new, and share to all related to How Long Does It Take To Publish A Wikipedia Article and that's why share this because people are also search this that time all our hope popular also like that.
Maurice is a member of the Educated Rodents, a group of intelligent rats that live in the sewers under the city of Ankh-Morpork. Maurice, who was born in 1084, was the first rat to read a book (Hogfather) and has wanted to be human ever since. He is a member of the Night Watch, a group of people who make a stand against the forces of darkness, and is a close friend of Samuel Vimes.
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