Night Watch
Father in waiting, Commander Sam Vimes, Ankh-Morepork Night Watch, has an altercation upon the roof of the Unseen University with Caercer, as foul and as mad a murderer one could wish for. He could do without the magical lightening that picks him up and deposits him 30 years in the past.
He could also do without the revolution, let alone The Aunts, The Unmentionables and everybody else he immediately sets about upsetting as he tries to get home again.
There are times I wonder how long the Disc World series can last. I wasn't desperately impressed with Thief of Time, but Night Watch is fun, even if the humour is becoming far more like biting sarcasm compared to The Colour of Magic. I can forgive the small variation between the Night Watch as we first met it in Guards, Guards! and the seemingly thriving concern he takes over here.
I would highly recommend acquiring a copy of the Ankh-Morepork map to browse when reading this book!
Pratchett has created some tremdously good characters, has an acute eye for the naturally absurd things we, as mortals, do and the ability to bring them to the page.
Father in waiting, Commander Sam Vimes, Ankh-Morepork Night Watch, has an altercation upon the roof of the Unseen University with Caercer, as foul and as mad a murderer one could wish for. He could do without the magical lightening that picks him up and deposits him 30 years in the past.
He could also do without the revolution, let alone The Aunts, The Unmentionables and everybody else he immediately sets about upsetting as he tries to get home again.
There are times I wonder how long the Disc World series can last. I wasn't desperately impressed with Thief of Time, but Night Watch is fun, even if the humour is becoming far more like biting sarcasm compared to The Colour of Magic. I can forgive the small variation between the Night Watch as we first met it in Guards, Guards! and the seemingly thriving concern he takes over here.
I would highly recommend acquiring a copy of the Ankh-Morepork map to browse when reading this book!
Pratchett has created some tremdously good characters, has an acute eye for the naturally absurd things we, as mortals, do and the ability to bring them to the page.
