Moving Pictures (novel)

Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 10th novel – 2nd individual story
Outline
Characters	Victor Tugelbend Theda Withel C.M.O.T. Dibbler Unseen University staff Gaspode Mustrum Ridcully
Locations	Ankh-Morpork Holy Wood
Motifs	Movies and Hollywood; the Cthulhu Mythos; Atlantis
Publication details
Date of release	1990
Original publisher	Victor Gollancz / Corgi
Hardback ISBN	ISBN 0-575-04763-1
Paperback ISBN	ISBN 0-552-13463-5
Other details
Other notes	"Uncountable references" to classic Hollywood movies and anecdotes.

Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990.^[1] The book takes place in Discworld's most famous city, Ankh-Morpork and a town called "Holy Wood". It is the first Discworld novel to feature Mustrum Ridcully, Archchancellor of Unseen University, as a character.

Plot introduction

The alchemists of the Discworld have invented moving pictures. Many hopefuls are drawn by the siren call of Holy Wood, home of the fledgling "clicks" industry – among them Victor Tugelbend ("Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little."), a dropout from Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University and Theda "Ginger" Withel, a girl "from a little town you never ever heard of", who become stars, and the Discworld's most infamous salesman, Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, who introduces commerce to the equation and becomes a successful producer. Meanwhile, it gradually becomes clear that the production of movies is having a deleterious effect on the structure of reality. Ginger is possessed by an unspecified entity and she and Victor find an ancient, hidden cinema, complete with portal to the Dungeon Dimensions. Back in Ankh-Morpork, a creature from the Dungeon Dimensions breaks through, and Victor fights it, having found out that with a camera pointing at him life works out the way it does in the movies.

See also

Novels portal

• List of actors from Discworld

References

1. ^ Fantastic Fiction Moving Pictures (Discworld, book 10) Terry Pratchett Retrieved 2009-05-9

External links

• Annotations for Moving Pictures
• Quotes from Moving Pictures
• Synopsis of Moving Pictures

Reading order guide
Preceded by Faust Eric	10th Discworld Novel	Succeeded by Reaper Man
Preceded by Pyramids	2nd Individual Story Published in 1990	Succeeded by Troll Bridge