Terry Pratchett
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Not panicking now, the goblin pointed a claw at Vimes’ left wrist, looked him in the face, and said, ‘Just ice?’ It was a plea. Book 39 in the Discworld series, Book 8 in the City Watch subseries. Sir Samuel Vimes, Commander of the Watch, Duke of Ankh and keeper of the Summoning Dark, may…
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We need to know the truth, Vimes. Commander Sam Vimes’ truth. It may count for more than you think. Book 34 in the Discworld series, Book 7 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes is no stranger to darkness, be it literal or metaphorical. But in Thud!, he is battling a darkness unlike any he…
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In memory of John Keel, a man who in a few short days changed the lives of many and, perhaps, saved some sanity in a mad world. Book 29 in the Discworld series, Book 6 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes has never had more to lose. He is Commander of the Watch, an…
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“Things are different here,” sir, said Carrot. “It wasn’t until ten years ago they replaced trial by ordeal with trial by lawyer, and that was only because they found that lawyers were nastier.” Book 24 in the Discworld series, Book 5 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes has been through a lot in his…
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Many thanks to @taherasplace for tagging me in the One Word Title challenge by Dee @chapter1.page1 for the #oldskoolchallengeclub. I had a look through my ebook collection and came up with these 10 books. Alice by Gary Gautier From Goodreads: Alice’s commune seems a small hippie utopia in a dreamlike forest, but the utopian surface…
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People’d live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work every day, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear. Book 21 in the Discworld series, Book 4 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes has survived…
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We’re just one big happy family and, when you’ve been to a few domestic disputes, Littlebottom, I can assure you that you’ll see the resemblance. Book 19 in the Discworld series, Book 3 in the City Watch subseries. In Ankh-Morpork the times are changing faster than people’s preconceptions, leading to an explosive atmosphere in the city…
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“Ain’t no dwarfs or trolls or humans in the Watch, see,” said Colon. “Just Watchmen, see?” Book 15 in the Discworld universe, book 2 in the City Watch subseries. The City Watch is a job for real men. Or at least, that’s how it used to be. But now Lord Vetinari has declared that the…
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It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are – who knows? Book 8 in the Discworld universe, book 1 in the City Watch subseries. This is the story…
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Have you read any Discworld novels? I have, but it’s been ages by now, so I’ve decided it’s time to dive back in. I’m going to read the books by subseries rather than chronologically, starting with the City Watch series. There are 41 Discworld books. If I read one per month, it will take me…
