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Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Corgi
Category: Book

Buy New: $14.45

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

104 reviews
Sales Rank: 2254859

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480

ISBN: 055215430X
EAN: 9780552154307
ASIN: 055215430X

Publication Date: February 17, 2009 (In 127 Days)
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Product Description
Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he’s back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck…

Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion.

There’s a problem: if he wins, he’s got no wife, no child, no future…

A Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen and other children of the revolution.

Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a Hard-boiled Egg!

From the Paperback edition.

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4 out of 5 stars

Very Good May 14, 2008
I really enjoy Terry Pratchett's series about DiscWorld. This is one of the better books in the series. However, you need to have read some of the series in order to get all the little things about the different characters. The only bad thing about this book is that I don't really like the whole time travel concept of it. I liked seeing the characters when Sam Vimes is just starting out and is young and impressionable, but I didn't like having to go back in time and pretend to be someone else to do it. I love how Mr. Pratchett takes what's going on in our world today and gets his characters to make fun of and make statements about it. I really loved his social commentary about rebellions and political changes, not to mention how when a new man comes into an organization and slowly takes it over. I just find his series revealing about how others may see us and how we do what we do. How funny it really sounds to others. I would highly recommend this book to others who have read the series. If you haven't started the series then you definitely need to get on it.

5 out of 5 stars

Favorite Watch Book May 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is my favorite book in the City Watch book and quite possibly my favorite book in the entire Discworld series. It gives you a little more background on some of the main characters(Vimes, Colon, Nobby, and even Vetinari)and makes for a thrilling read. Read it! I command you!

5 out of 5 stars

My Favorite Pratchett Book January 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Being a prison guard (no, not like the ones in this book, a REAL one) I find great comfort in Sam Vimes. Moralistic humor, nice twisty view of the world, yet always trying to do right - even to himself. This book has gotten me through hard times when I needed to be reminded to be true to myself, to do what I know is right, to look to the greater picture. I adore Terry Pratchett's view and agree wholeheartedly with it. Acceptance that people are who they are, but we need to be who we need to be also. I believe all his books are quite readable, enjoyable. I am currently in the process of reading the entire discworld series in chronological order and am impressed to watch not only the characters grow, but the author also. Thank you sooooo much Mr. Pratchett! Not only are your books entertaining, but provide the view more of us need to see the world through.

5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous Discworld novel - just don't let it be your first January 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I tried to read this novel as my first Discworld novel many moons ago. I couldn't get into it. Having now read all of its precursors the book is FABULOUS. It will stand up as probably one of my favorite all time Discworld books (and let's face it they are my favorite books period). I love Vimes and the City Watch so that helps. This is, in addition to the standard humor, a really touching story. (yes, I used that description about a Discworld novel. really.) The lead up to the end is not quite satisfactory, but I've realized that when humor is the primary purpose the plot will, unfortunately, have to serve the humor rather than itself... and anyone complaining about holes in a story about a world revolving on the back of a turtle (not forgetting about the elephants as well) probably needs to take a harder look at their expectations.

5 out of 5 stars

Discworld a little less silly, a little more poignant December 29, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Night Watch is my favorite book in Pratchett's Discworld series. It's definitely not, however, the book you want to read first in this series. As it's a time travel book, too many of the giggles for it come from seeing the many characters you know in the current-day city of Ankh Morpork as they were years before.

It's a book that deals much more heavily with morality, humanity (or whatever you would call it that also includes trolls, dwarves, etc.), and doing the right thing when authority or fear says you shouldn't. It also deals with loss and sacrifice. It's much more poignant than previous (and later) books in the series, and the laughs are much more subtle. I still managed to chuckle and laugh and enjoy myself while being emotionally moved, however.

If you're a fan of Commander Vimes and his world view, this should be another good book for you.

So it's not as flat-out funny as other Discworld books, but sometimes a change of pace is a good thing. However, if you're just starting the series, make sure you read at least Guards Guards and Men at Arms before you get to Night Watch. (The more books, the better your appreciation as you'll know more characters and enjoy seeing the changes or origins.)

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