Thud - Terry Pratchett

Advantages: Its a Discworld book
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 ...
...reality and is carried through space on the backs of four rather large elephants who in turn stand on the back of a rather large space going turtle. This is a world where magic exists, magic as practiced by Wizards and Witches, It is also a place of Trolls, Dwarfs, vampires, werewolves, zombies, golems, hero's, barbarians and men (including Nobby Nobbs) The largest and possibly greatest city on the Discworld is Ankh Morpork. This is a city that ... Read review

Advantages: The return of The Watch!
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 ...
...who mountain crush him no Him who sun stop him no…" So say the sacred words of the dwarfs, and of the trolls. Meanwhile back in the present day on Discworld: "Thud" "That was the sound the heavy club made as it connected with the head….as the dwarfs say, where there is trouble you will always find a troll. The troll saw." For those not familiar with Discworld search under Terry Pratchett on this site and read any or all of the reviews, you'll ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, poignant, a return to form.
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 ...
..."Thud" is Terry Pratchett's thirty second Discworld novel in a vast and wide ranging series that is set firmly in the realms of fantasy yet bears resemblance to our own reality. Based on a Disc shaped world were anything is possible Pratchett has created a complex World were Wizards rub shoulders with trolls and humans with Vampires. Were his novels vary from many others in the fantasy genre is in the humour, observations and parody prevalent in ... Read review

Advantages: Another Discworld Book (no spoilers)
Disadvantages: Not enough shelf space

...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 happening again but this time its on Ank-Morpork soil. Brief outline for non readers : Discworld is full of, Dwarves, ...
...can read it in sections. Thud comes under the "Guards" and should be considered as an addition to their stories. I would recomend that firts time readers to discworld who might want to read this book should start with Guards Guards. That said all the books can be read as stand alone stories as they all start and finish in the same book. There is no cliff hangers to get you to buy the next book. Please consider them all as "Once upon a time. . . . ... Read review

Advantages: Light read, comical, makes it easy to 'escape from the real world'
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 ...
...be a secret. a clue, hidding in the painting......but when the painting dissappears from the art gallery the Watch realise that this myth must be true and head in search of the culprits before it is too late....... The Watch is the police force that operates in Ankh-Morpork. Head of the Watch is Commander Sam Vimes, a dedicated, honest man who is famous for bring justice and respected by all. Every 6pm prompt he arrives home to his son where he ... Read review