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Johnny Maxwell - Les Aventures de Johnny Maxwell

par Terry Pratchett

Séries: Les aventures de Johnny Maxwell (Omnibus 1-3)

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A collection of three of books from Terry Pratchett including: Only You Can Save Mankind The aliens in Johnny's computer game are not supposed to surrender. They're supposed to die... "Impressively original." -"Daily Telegraph" Johnny and the DeadWhen Johnny discovers he can talk to the dead, he has bad news for them. They're going to have to move... "Inspired imagination" "-Independent" Johnny and the Bomb There's more to the local bag lady than some dubious black bags. Suddenly Johnny and his friends find themselves back in 1941 -- in the Blackbury Blitz... "A Terry Pratchett classic." -"The Times" Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He is well known for the phenomenally successful Discworld(R) series. His first novel for young readers, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the 2002 Carnegie Medal, and he is also the author of a number of other successful titles for younger readers, including The Bromeliad trilogy, which is being adapted into a spectacular animated movie.… (plus d'informations)
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    fastfinge: Another of Terry's young adult books; some thinking required of young readers.
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I read these books to my son. He enjoyed them, and I like them, especially Johnny and the Dead. I did not enjoy these books as much as the Discworld series, and I definitely think they are aimed at a younger audience than I fall into. ( )
  talon2claw | Dec 31, 2022 |
'Only You Can Save Mankind': Three Stars

'Johnny and the Dead' :Three Stars

'Johnny and the Bomb': Four Stars

Something about Johnny Maxwell never gelled until the third book. His extreme ordinariness and unflappability were played well on top of his parent's prolonged divorce, but he comes off as a bit of a blank. With the exception of key scenes near the climaxes of 'Mankind' and the Tommy Atkins scene in 'The Dead' there wasn't any of those insightful moments that his best work is made up of. Pratchett didn't soften his stance on personal responsibility, hypocrisy, religion, or anything, I just didn't feel it.

The humor was there though, some of it a bit outdated maybe, Each novel actually got better, with Pratchett perhaps figuring out what he could do with such a moral, well-intentioned person pushed into bizarre situations.

Some parts of the humor and references bypassed me because I don't really know what it was like to grow up a British kid in the early to mid 90s. Johnny's 'gang': Would-be hacker Wobbler, asthmatic 'skinhead' Bigmac, terminally uncool Yo-less and the acerbic Kirsty (aka Sigourney, Kimberly, Kassandra and Klytemnestra) are mostly on the outskirts of the action, Johnny being the only person able to see/know what's going on most of the time, but the banter between them ("I reckon...Ronald McDonald is like Jesus Christ.") was perfect, especially in 'Johnny and the Bomb'. Johnny's friends are hauled along to Blitz-era England with him with potentially terrible results. The banter and chatting crossed over into something a bit more revelatory, especially when an oblivious Kirsty tries to soothe Yo-less after he's called a 'Sambo' in 1941.

I'm not sure how much I would have liked these if I'd read them at 12, but they made for a breezy weekend read. Usually I review novels in omnibuses separately, mostly so I have easier access to the reviews about individual books, but these books are pretty short and I just sped right through them and I'm just not feeling three reviews when one would do as well. ( )
  ManWithAnAgenda | Feb 18, 2019 |
My dad gifted this to me when I was young and it started me on a life long happy trek with Mr. Pratchett. I enjoyed each of them as a child and as an adult and have passed them on to my own kids with glee. As a kid there weren't a lot of books that I could read which gave insight into human nature and such. They're fun and maybe a little light for adults but no budding sci-fi fan should miss out on this series. ( )
  sraedi | Aug 28, 2014 |
When I first read this trilogy (book club edition) I thought "what an odd book and what an odd writer!" Little did I know that I would fall in love with Terry Pratchett via the Discworld series and it wasn't until much later that I made the connection (doh!). I consider this "early Terry Pratchett" though the last books overlap with the Discworld mythology. In any case, I consider the Discworld series to be "uproariously funny," whereas these I would call "sweetly funny." ( )
  fugitive | Jun 3, 2009 |
This is definitely not the Discworld. So, setting aside my extreme prejudice that the Discworld is the best thing to happen to literature, I must admit The Johnny Maxwell trilogy is a great series for kids. My son loves the stories. I find them a bit on the dry side, but still very entertaining. ( )
  talon2claw | Dec 6, 2007 |
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A collection of three of books from Terry Pratchett including: Only You Can Save Mankind The aliens in Johnny's computer game are not supposed to surrender. They're supposed to die... "Impressively original." -"Daily Telegraph" Johnny and the DeadWhen Johnny discovers he can talk to the dead, he has bad news for them. They're going to have to move... "Inspired imagination" "-Independent" Johnny and the Bomb There's more to the local bag lady than some dubious black bags. Suddenly Johnny and his friends find themselves back in 1941 -- in the Blackbury Blitz... "A Terry Pratchett classic." -"The Times" Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He is well known for the phenomenally successful Discworld(R) series. His first novel for young readers, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the 2002 Carnegie Medal, and he is also the author of a number of other successful titles for younger readers, including The Bromeliad trilogy, which is being adapted into a spectacular animated movie.

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