Reddit mentions of Thief of Time (Discworld)

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I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest "Thief of Time" by Terry Pratchett.

Why? I feel that the first book ANY book club should read should be comedy. Yes, comedy.

Thief of Time is one of the Discworld novels, and details the (mis)adventures of several original characters, while tossing in some well known characters to the series. It's a great start to getting used to Terry Pratchett, and besides, COMEDY. How often do the main villains in a series get killed because they eat?

Okay, Amazon's little works:
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Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it -- the venerable Monks of History who store it and pump it from where it's wasted, like underwater (how much time does a codfish really need?), to places like cities, where busy denizens lament, "Oh where does the time go?"

While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He's going to stop. Well, stop time that is, by building the world's first truly accurate clock. Which means esteemed History Monk Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd have to put on some speed to stop the timepiece before it starts. For if the Perfect Clock starts ticking, Time -- as we know it -- will end. And then the trouble will really begin..."