Sinossi
Eureka! Gli alchimisti di Mondo Disco, sfidando esplosioni, incendi e inquietanti incidenti di percorso, hanno finalmente messo a punto il «cinematografo». Da qui a inventare i pop corn, la pubblicità , i kolossal e ignobili mense per i lavoratori il passo è breve... Ma qual è l'oscuro segreto di Holy Wood? Quali misteriose forze circondano la sfavillante città dei sogni di octo-celluloide? Spetterà all'eterno studente, ora aspirante attore, Victor Tugelbend (non sa cantare, non sa ballare, sa maneggiare un pochino la spada), alla bella e determinata Ginger (proviene da un piccolo, orrendo villaggio di cui probabilmente nessuno ha mai sentito parlare) e a Gaspode il Cane Prodigio (l'unico cane al mondo che sappia suonare l'armonica) scontrarsi con le terribili potenze che si stanno scatenando sopra la nascente città dello spettacolo...
- ISBN: 8850221436
- Casa Editrice: TEA
- Pagine: 332
- Data di uscita: 18-03-2010
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Welcome to the fabulous dream factory, the best place on earth, oh, sorry, wrong promo, I mean Pratchett´s dissection of the superficiality and deception of the mass production of entertainment and media. Thanks to the alchemists, the Discworld has become so much richer in high quality entertainment Leggi tutto
Discworld novels never disappoint and this witty parody on Hollywood is hilarious.
This is a re-read and I'm upping my rating because, well, let's face it: this is the start of a brand new chapter in the Discworld and it follows the main style that I have grown to love over all the rest of the books. I was slow to love them at first, but as I continued to see Progress raise its gr Leggi tutto
Can you hear that? It's the sound of a movie reel. Discworld has it's first foray into the industrial revolution. Here, in form of the last guardian of an old portal dying without anybody being there to take up his tasks. Not long after, some alchemists in Ankh-Morpork develop clicks, moving picture Leggi tutto
The Discworld is constantly evolving, mainly courtesy of Ankh Morpork's guilds of something-or-other. The Alchemists Guild's latest bout of explosion for example, has produced the raw material for moving pictures (i.e. movies). Pretty soon, Ankh-Morpork becomes too cramped for the more "extravagant" Leggi tutto
Movies take the Discworld by storm. The magic of moving pictures altering reality in a way so that it opens an ancient portal to the Dungeon Dimensions is an interesting concept. The plot isn’t exactly the strongest you’ll find in the Discworld series though. The strength of the plot lies more in pok Leggi tutto
I'm stingy with my 5 star ratings and considered going with a 4 here, but I really enjoyed this read. It is hilarious. From Trolls who don't want to get "type cast" (I played a troll who runs out and hits him with a rock) to a talking wonder dog who can't get noticed because he's too "scruffy" the c Leggi tutto
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