A Discworld Night Watch story. Although the Night Watch is now the city watch, and this isn’t set in the city… still. That’s what it is :) It is almost pointless to review this book. I mean, surely if I … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Discworld
12 February 2011
Call no: 9 Stars
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
Setting: Discworld, Faerie, The Chalk
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The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 9780552549059 ; Annotations on L-Space Some things start before other things. Tiffany Aching lives up on The Chalk of Discworld, in a rural shepherding community. She was the youngest of her family, until the baby brother was born, now … Continue reading
16 July 2010
Genre: sff
Setting: Ankh-Morpork
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Unseen academicals by Terry Pratchett
It was midnight in Ankh-Morpork’s Royal Museum.
In the back streets of Ankh-Morpork football is king. And those “Faces” in the shove, or crowd, are just as important as the players. After all, no one really ever sees the game itself, apart from the odd and fleeting glimpse. And in the shove Trev Likely is a name people know, he is Dave Likely’s son after all, Dave Likely the man who scored four goals! and ended up kicked to death in a game. Trev has promised his mum he won’t ever play the game. But now Vetinari is taking an interest. Football has always been frowned on, but now it is being updated and modernised. And wizards of the Unseen University are taking centre stage. Continue reading
24 June 2008
Genre: sff
Setting: Ankh-Morpork
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Making Money by Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 9780552154901 A Discworld novel. LibraryThing : More reviews They lay in the dark, guarding. There was no way of measuring the passage of time, not any inclination to measure it. We first met Moist Von Lipwig back in Going … Continue reading
12 December 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, sff
Setting: Ankh-Morpork, Discworld
10 Stars
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Thud! by Terry Pratchett
A Discworld novel ; ISBN: 0552152676 Lspace wiki ; Grumpy Old Bookman ; One More Chapter Relations between dwarfs and trolls have never been all that great, but, with the death of an influential dwarf community leader it seems that … Continue reading
16 October 2005
Call no: 9 Stars
Genre: comedy, sff
Setting: Ankh-Morpork, Discworld
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Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Moist Von Lipwig has just become Postmaster General, even escaped death to do so, the only problem is that the Post Office is more than a little run down. And full to bursting point with undelivered letters. Not to mention … Continue reading
20 July 2004
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: Borogravia, Discworld
10 Stars
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Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 0552149411By my count this is the 28th Discworld novel, although if you include the “Younger Readers’” discworld books then you get 30. So take your pick, I don’t think it really makes much of a difference what number it … Continue reading
26 February 2004
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Jonathan Wild
Got this month’s edition of Discworld monthly in my inbox just now. In it was a reference to Jonathan WIld who lived in London in the 1700′s. A thief, he set up a guild of thieves and law-breakers. Members who … Continue reading
19 December 2003
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