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Thud! from Terry Pratchett
KoomValley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago.

But if he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution.And darkness is following him....

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Title: Candy
Author: Terry SouthernMason Hoffenberg
ISBN: 0747530882
EAN: 9780747530886
New Ed. Edition
244 Pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 1997-04-03

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2004-07-13 Candide revisited

In 1759 the French author and philosopher Voltaire wrote the short story "Candide", the tale of an innocent abroad. It was actually a satire on the philiosophy of Leibniz, who claimed that since God was omniscient, omnipotent and loving, he would never make a less than perfect world; hence this world is the best of all possible worlds. The story follows the hero, Candide, as he naively holds on to this view despite all the misfortunes and abuse he suffers.

Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg changed male Candide to female Candy and set it the peace-and-love "everything's cool, man" world of the Hippies. Oh, and added more sex and dumbed down a bit.

So, it's a more accessible read for most than Voltaire's original. Worth reading - and thinking about. If you know anyone who's at risk of being drawn into a cult, get them to read the espisode about Great Grindle - it might just open their eyes!