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Night Watch: A Discworld Novel (Paperback)
by Terry Pratchett

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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47989.Night_Watch_A_Discworld_Novel?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Night Watch: A Discworld Novel (Paperback)" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1170349109m/47989.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47989.Night_Watch_A_Discworld_Novel?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Night Watch: A Discworld Novel</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4806358?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>This book is a part of the massive Discworld series, and one of Mr.Pratchett's best works, in my opinion (aside from Good Omens, but that was a collaberation). It's something like the fifth or sixth book in the series of books invovling Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch, but I read "Thud!", the one right after it, first of all before I realized there were more "before" it, and it's realatively easy to follow. None of the jokes really need to be explained, so it could exist as a stand-alone book. 
<br/>It essentially involves a time-travelling cop. Samuel Vimes (who is married with a child, now, and has inherited the title of Duke from his wife) has been working hard all of his long carreer to reform the policing system of Ankh-Morpork, and is incredibly good at what he does. When he is chasing down the latest non-registered criminal (the city has thieves guilds, assassins guilds, etc.), he passes by the wizard's university and through some magical storm/fluke/plot device gets sent back in time, as his older, more grizzelled self, to the week where he first joined up the Watch, way back when. And the watch is just as corrupt and badly run as he remembered. So, essentially, it is the "I-am-my-own-Grandfather" Theory vs "holy-crap-am-I-changing-things-just-by-breathing-air"; but he's just plain awesome regardless, whipping some shape into his younger self and everyone around him. 
<br/>Yes, it was awesome, precious. Read it! And while you're at it, check out the other books in the Discworld series. 
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recommended for: people who enjoy wit and/or cop shows

This book is a part of the massive Discworld series, and one of Mr.Pratchett's best works, in my opinion (aside from Good Omens, but that was a collaberation). It's something like the fifth or sixth book in the series of books invovling Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch, but I read "Thud!", the one right after it, first of all before I realized there were more "before" it, and it's realatively easy to follow. None of the jokes really need to be explained, so it could exist as a stand-alone book.
It essentially involves a time-travelling cop. Samuel Vimes (who is married with a child, now, and has inherited the title of Duke from his wife) has been working hard all of his long carreer to reform the policing system of Ankh-Morpork, and is incredibly good at what he does. When he is chasing down the latest non-registered criminal (the city has thieves guilds, assassins guilds, etc.), he passes by the wizard's university and through some magical storm/fluke/plot device gets ...more

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