The World of Poo (Discworld)

by Terry Pratchett

Hardcover, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

823.92

Publication

Doubleday UK (2012), Hardcover, 128 pages

Description

Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whoever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick. The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile. But interspersed with the scatology was actually quite interesting stuff about septic tanks and dunnakin divers and gongfermors and how dog muck helped make the very best leather, and other things that you never thought you would need to know, but once heard somehow lodged in your mind.'.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member MrsLee

This title was mentioned in the book, "Snuff" as being one of Master Vimes favorites. It is the story of a young boy who visits Ankh-Morpork and discovers a calling in collecting as many varieties of poo as possible. I found it amusing, interesting, and a nice little addition to my Discworld

collection. I like the illustrations, they are simple and sweet.

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LibraryThing member DLMorrese

This was one of the few Pratchett books I hadn't read. That situation is now corrected. It's a short book about a kid who collects poo when he visits his grandmother in Ankh Morpork. It's charming.

LibraryThing member ritaer

A children's book set in Discworld, not quite as meta-narritive as Where's my Cow? Fun.

LibraryThing member trayceetee

I checked this book out because the title and cover intrigued me. I've heard of Terry Pratchett, and I know he passed away recently... I felt like I should read something of his. When this appeared in the check-in bin at work, I thought, "Here's my chance!" I didn't know what to expect--it was

definitely humorous, dealing with all sorts of poo from all sorts of creatures; yet it was educational and entertaining at the same time.
I felt like it might be aimed at children, as it was written about a child and almost had that "I'm telling a children's story" tone to it... yet, it's cataloged as adult fiction--more specifically, it falls under the SciFi category. If nothing else, I'm re-evaluating my own personal idea of what SciFi entails.

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LibraryThing member jennybeast

This is exactly what it seems to be -- a nostalgic children's book, both in form and content, about excrement, and set in the discworld. While I personally am on a mission to read ALL THE PRATCHETT, one could easily give this one a miss without missing anything. Much like "Where's my Cow?", it

makes more sense in the context of the book than in reality -- unless your children are ardent Terry Pratchett fans, in which case, go on with your bad self.

It might actually be quite appealing to young boys who like poo, but I don't have a test group for that.

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LibraryThing member ragwaine

An extra hour and a half got added to a road trip and this was on my wishlist at only 2 hours (audio). It was fun and funny, would have probably held off if I knew it was a picture book. Also, I didn't read the novel it was kind of connected to (Snuff I think).

I also thought it had something to do

with Winny the Pooh, it didn't. Either way, it helped pass the time and was pretty witty.

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