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  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Olly_Plimsoll

    5 Stars Where's my cow? 20/07/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages One of my favourite Discworld novels

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Fans of the earlier books may be uneasy with the more mature style

    For the past hundred years or so, Mr Terrance Pratchett of Wiltshire has been producing a whimsical series of novels concerning the exploits of divers personages upon a celestial body which resembles in many ways our own Terra, save but for the trifling datum that it is a flat disc carried by four mighty elephants, who labour under their not inconsiderable burden whilst being borne through the firmament by a giant turtle. Readers have matured alongside this giant of prolificness as these merry adventures have developed from joke-a-minute fantasy spoofs into challenging tracts for our times ... more
  • 50 of 50 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Coloneljohn

    Member since 11/06/2004

    Reviews written: 415

    5 Stars Remember Koom Valley!!! 31/10/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Its a Discworld book

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Waiting to get your copy of any new book.

    Any book that starts "Thud.....That was the sound the heavy club made as it connected with the head. The body jerked and slumped back". You know you are in for a good read. For the book to be a Discworld book, then you are in for a treat. 1983 saw the start of a publishing phenomenon, The Discworld by Terry Pratchett. For those poor souls who have been living somewhere else since then, some quick background information may be in order. The Discworld is a disc. It exists just on the edge of reality and is carried through space on the backs of four rather large elephants who in turn stand on the ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 hiker

    Member since 28/03/2003

    Reviews written: 515

    5 Stars Darkness in the City 17/12/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The return of The Watch!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    We start, not unusually for Pratchett, with the mysteries. In Feet of Clay we began 9000 years ago in the deeps; in Wyrd Sisters we began with the traditional incantations on the heath; this time we begin with not one, but two extracts from what we can only assume to be "the holy book" ~ or rather the holy books, because on the disc as on earth there is always more than one way of looking at things. "The first thing Tak did, he wrote himself The second thing Tak did, he wrote the laws…." "Him who mountain crush him no Him who sun stop him no…" So say the sacred words of the dwarfs, and of the ... more
  • 35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Shortsharpshock

    5 Stars It goes neigh, that's not my cow! 03/01/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Funny, poignant, a return to form.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Lesser characters poorly realised, prior knowledge of Discworld required.

    Sam Vimes is on the trail of a Dwarf killer. He has to find the murderer and quickly otherwise it will be Koom Valley all over again but this time in his city. The Dwarves and Trolls have an age old grudge and it takes little to stir up the racial hatreds of the two races on this, the anniversary of the battle were it officially all started. Plagued by an undercurrent of Politics, board games and dwarf law can Vimes find the killer and more importantly still get home by six to read "Where's my Cow"? "Thud" is Terry Pratchett's thirty second Discworld novel in a vast and wide ranging series ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Michael_Dyer

    4 Stars Dwarves Vs Trolls. Everyone Vs Vimes 30/10/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Another Discworld Book (no spoilers)

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not enough shelf space

    Discworld floats through space on the shoulders of four great elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle but im sure you all knew that. For those that don't this is just part of the craziness of the Discword series. I have been a little disapointed with Terry Pratchett of late but Thud is almost like Pratchett of old. With another return to one of Terry's much loved characters the Guards. Thud sees the formidable Duke Vimes in turmoil. Years ago in Koom Valley Trolls and Dwarves came to blows. Some say it was the Dwarves some say it was the Trolls who started it. However, it's all ... more
  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    pratchettfan

    5 Stars Terry Pratchett Thud! 07/05/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages very humorous

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Thud is the 30th Discworld novel written by Terry Pratchett. As you will see by my username I love books by Sir Terry Pratchett they are usually filled with humor. This book features The Watch a group of men commanded by Samuel Vimes. To be Honest I usually don’t enjoy the novels in which they feature in. This book is the exception for me and features my two favorite characters Otto and Igor. Otto is a vampire and a Photographer who has sworn not to drink blood. In my Opinion Otto is the funniest character to come out of the series. The Watch in my opinion is like the local police but with a ... more
  • 25 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lizzyangel666

    5 Stars THUD! 28/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Light read, comical, makes it easy to 'escape from the real world'

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I didnt find any

    'THUD!' is part of the discworld books by Terry Pratchett, this is the first book I have read by this author and found that not reading any of his other work did not effect my understanding or enjoyment of this book. 'THUD!' is set in Ankh-Morpork, a city under the strain from the long drawn out history of Koom Valley. Koom Valley was a battle fought long ago between Trolls and Dwarfs, but it is unknown to them who actually won this battle. A painting was drew about this historical battle, there is said to be a secret. a clue, hidding in the painting......but when the painting dissappears from ... more
  • 16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Verence_I

    5 Stars Thud - A blow struck for good writing 06/05/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good plotlines

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Umm... I'm stumped

    This book begins with a murder. Always a good start in my opinion, but this isn't of the conventional type. Most murders aren't deep underground, aren't commited by dwarfs who have never seen sunlight, aren't blamed on a conveniently placed troll, and don't take place on a very large disc, supported on four elephants, which in turn stand on a very large turtle. But then again, Terry Pratchett isn't a conventional writer. He has moved off this planet, and on to an altogether more exciting one. I, personally, would really like to live there, a world where magic prevails, and elves, dwarves ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 atytyut2434

    Member since 14/02/2006

    Reviews written: 441

    5 Stars More Vimes! 21/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Vimes!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Heavy going on the 1st read

    It's a mystery. It's a who done it. It's a crime thriller. It's all of these things and more. A theft, a murder, a vampire joining The Watch. Mr Vimes is going to go spare! We have Dwarves keeping secrets that even Captain Carrot is struggling to get them to reveal and the last person you expect to help crack the mystery is Sybil. We have strippers, pole dancing clubs, Nobby dating a stunner, The Breccia helping The Watch and many other strange ideas that really work well together. We get to meet Vimes as a father and a madman. Its a great mystery. Its a great crime thriller. Its even a good ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    wickedandlazy

    4 Stars Sam, Sam, he's our man. 15/01/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Keeping the Sam Vimes saga ongoing

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Need previous Discworld knowledge

    If you have never read a Discworld novel before, here's some very brief details:- Discworld is a disc (yes, really) and is carried on the back of four elephants. This particular story is set in the great city of Ankh-Morpork, a melting pot of species including humans, trolls, dwarfs, werewolfs, the occasional talking dog and many other wierd and wonderful beings. Ruling over them all is the Patrician, a member of the Assassins Guild, and trying to keep law and order is the City Watch. This book is the 30th in the series and is about the City Watch, its Commander Sam Vimes, and a murder that he ... more
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