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    <body><![CDATA[In The Fifth Elephant we're off and running once more with Commander Sam Vimes of the Anhk-Morpork City Watch. When a new Low King is set to be crowned in Uberwald, Vimes, his wife and several of the watch are sent in as diplomats. Unfortunately they walk right into the middle of a plot to throw Ube...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60324325">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Previously Read: March 2003 &amp; May 2005</em><br/><br/>Commander Vimes is dispatched to Uberwald as a diplomat... yes, a diplomat. Uberwald is the homeland of the dwarves, as well as vampires and werewolves, who usually co-exist in a delicate balance. The coronation of a new dwarf king threatens this bal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5702392">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sam Vimes, Ambassador.  Oddly enough, it works.  The plot will keep you guessing and the whole Carrot/Angua relationship made it an important book in the overall Watch plotline.  I think Skimmer was my favorite (new) character in it, though - a bit of Vetinari and Wilkins rolled up into a younger ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43092882">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I didn't read it, I listened to it as I drove to Lake Tahoe and home again. And I laughed out loud, over and over again. Most humorists walk a fine line between anger at the human condition and human nature, and accptance and love of the same. Leaning too far into the anger creates prose so bi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66544677">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. I read it on a Pratchett-reading spree, trying to hunt down all of the published Night Watch books. This book, I believe, follows one of Pratchett's first dealings with &quot;women.&quot; The witch books do mainly deal with female characters, but there was a always the fe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1684886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Relaxing with a good bit of escapism is often exactly what I want from a book. In this case, I got it and then some. I love Discworld stories that take me to Ubervelt, and this one took place almost entirely there. Political intrigue is so much more fun when it's between trolls, elves, vampires, wer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39301756">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was asking a lot of whatever book ended up being my first read after Red Seas Under Red Skies - so I turned to an old reliable friend, Terry Pratchett.<br/><br/>This turned out to be my favorite Discworld novel yet. Werewolves, diplomacy, well-drawn dwarf cultures, and the incomparable Samuel Vi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39370427">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Love the diplomacy theme in this Discworld novel. Sam Vimes is always a favorite character. There were times when I wasn't 100% sure some main characters would get out of certain situations without resorting to the handy back-from-the-dead trick. I love it when an author can create that sort of illu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44264617">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the very best Discworld books, IMO.<br/><br/>Commander Vimes of the city watch is sent to Uberwald (the homeland of vampires, werewolves, and other dark creatures, as well as the Dwarfs) as a diplomat, despite the fact that he hates vampires, and only just tolerates werewolves (Sargent Angu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21705217">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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