Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

[snugglekitty]

I was realizing recently that even though I enjoy reading Terry Pratchett, I haven't read that much of his work. I read three or four books in high school, and then I stopped, but he didn't! So now there is lots and lots of Pratchett I haven't read. And there was lots and lots of Pratchett at my book swap, so I grabbed a few volumes.

Guards! Guards! is the story of the disreputable, disorganized, disliked Night Watch of Ankh-Morpork. It is the story of a secret brotherhood being manipulated by a sinister genius. It is the story of a woman who really, REALLY loves dragons. It is the story of a human raised by dwarves, who will stop at nothing to restore order to the city. And a dragon that is maybe just a bit too big to love.



"Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of those aforesaid little rambling, poky (sic) secondhand bookshops always seem slightly unearthly is that many of them really are, having strayed into this world after taking a wrong turning in their own bookshops in worlds where it is considered commendable business practice to wear carpet slippers all the time and open your shop only when you feel like it." (p 188)



This book made me laugh a lot.
I know there are a lot of people who feel that Pratchett writes insightful social commentary. I'm not so much one of those. I just think he's a funny man. Three stars. Read it on a gloomy day.

Comments

Weird formatting issues:

[avivasedai.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but occasionally with only your entries, I see the LJ-specific tags as text instead of effect. Do you note this when you look at your own journal, or is it something having to do with my account? This happens on two different computers using Firefox, my Mac mini and my work XP machine. (I just checked on IE at work, and the same thing appears.)

Re: Weird formatting issues:

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Yes. You're right, this does happen, and it happens because sometimes, for reasons I don't understand, LJ defaults to Rich Text and I don't notice until I see the post. I wonder if there's a way to tell it not to do that. Sorry for the inconvenience.

No problem.

[avivasedai.livejournal.com]

That's an issue I have with Hotmail (yes, I have a hotmail account, it's from college, I wouldn't get one again) - they default to a Rich Text format and it bugs me. If I wanted to write in Word, I'd open up Word. }:-)

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

yup, that's one of the better discworld books. along with Mort and any of the other books featuring Death or Susan, and the one where Granny Weatherwax muses about 'headology'.

so, the plot arc that starts with Guards! Guards! eventually ends up at Jingo, which caused me to laugh out loud several times (the mark of an excellent book, imo), and which i highly recommend.

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Thanks for weighing in. I will have to try some of those. :)