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Interesting Times
First edition
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Cover artistJosh Kirby
LanguageEnglish
Series
  • Discworld
  • 17th novel – 5th Rincewind story
Subject
  • Imperial China, sakoku
  • Characters:
  • Rincewind, Twoflower, The Luggage, Cohen the Barbarian
  • Locations:
  • Agatean Empire
GenreFantasy
PublisherVictor Gollancz Ltd
Publication date
1994
ISBN0-575-05800-5
Preceded bySoul Music 
Followed byMaskerade 

Interesting Times is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. It is the seventeenth book in the Discworld series and is set in the Aurient (a fictional analogue of the Orient).[1]

The title refers to the English expression, "may you live in interesting times", which is typically presented as a translation from a traditional Chinese curse.

  1. ^ Pratchett, Terry (1995). Interesting times : a discworld novel. Corgi Books. ISBN 9780552142359. OCLC 440947143.

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