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Moving Pictures is the tenth Discworld novel, and takes place in Ankh-Morpork and a town called "Holy Wood". The book uses the name as a thin veil to parody the Hollywood world and its problems.
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 Withel, a girl "from a little town you never ever heard of", who become stars. Also drawn in is 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.
| Preceded by Pyramids |
2nd Individual Story Published in 1990 |
Succeeded by Troll Bridge |
| Discworld reading order | Full article |
