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Thud! by Terry Pratchett
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Thud! (2005)

by Terry Pratchett

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Series: Discworld (34), Discworld: City Watch (7)

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Pratchett would be interesting to read if only for the humor, but he always manages to throw in little insights about human (um, and dwarf and troll) nature that are thought-provoking. Here we have a murder, a missing painting of a historical battle, and an impending dwarf-troll war. Will Commander Vimes and the intrepid Night' Watch be able to sort it all out, and will Vimes manage to get home every night and read "Where's my cow?" to his young son? Excellent stuff. (I am a big fan of the Watch books in particular.) ( )
  clay.blankenship | Apr 30, 2013 |
Quite entertaining. ( )
  SChant | Apr 26, 2013 |
This one's quite dark, and there are all sorts of darkness. Some are dispelled by light, some by truth and some by sheer force of will.

Sam Vimes reads a book to his sone every night at 6pm sharp. Comewhat may, he reads "Where's my cow?" complete with all the animal noises. And he never misses it, because if you'd miss it for a good excuse, you'd miss it for a bad excuse, so for this there are no excuses. He stays good to his word, even if sometimes there is a little bit of easing of the path in order to make sure he's always there.

There's interspecies trouble in the lead up to Koom valley day, which comemorates the many, many times that the trolls and dwarves have fought each other. There's even a board game based on the species interaction, the Thud of the title. the skill is not to win using your own species, the skill is winning when playing the other side as well. The pieces are moved round the board as the charaters move across the land and it's a close run thing between the truth, light and will power against the dark. ( )
  Helenliz | Apr 1, 2013 |
I began this book in June of 2007, and despite my best efforts, I could never motivate myself enough to finish it. I adore Terry Pratchett's writing, but this one, for some reason, didn't do it for me. Maybe I'll go back to it one day and actually go through the whole thing.
  PamelaManasco | Mar 30, 2013 |
'Thud!' is a hilarious, gritty, and strange story: think reliving a war: Trolls vs Dwarfs!... and a cop who's out to keep the peace. There's murder, high-speed chases, fights, and comedy! I highly recommend it.
  LoftyIslanders | Feb 17, 2013 |
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Terry Pratchettprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Briggs, StephenNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kidby, PaulCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
McKowen, ScottCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Him who mountain crush him no
Him who sun him stop him no
Him who hammer him break him no
Him who fire him fear him no
Him who raise him head above him heart
Him diamond

- Translation of troll pictograms found carved on a basalt slab in the deepest level of the Ankh-Morpork treacle mines, in pig-treacle measures estimated at 500,000 years old.
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Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago.

But if he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.

With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him.

Oh . . . and at six o’clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read ‘Where’s My Cow?’, with all the right farmyard noises, to his little boy.

There are some things you have to do.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060815310, Mass Market Paperback)

Once, in a gods-forsaken hellhole called Koom Valley, trolls and dwarfs met in bloody combat. Centuries later, each species still views the other with simmering animosity. Lately, the influential dwarf, Grag Hamcrusher, has been fomenting unrest among Ankh-Morpork's more diminutive citizens—a volatile situation made far worse when the pint-size provocateur is discovered bashed to death . . . with a troll club lying conveniently nearby.

Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is aware of the importance of solving the Hamcrusher homicide without delay. (Vimes's second most-pressing responsibility, in fact, next to always being home at six p.m. sharp to read Where's My Cow? to Sam, Jr.) But more than one corpse is waiting for Vimes in the eerie, summoning darkness of a labyrinthine mine network being secretly excavated beneath Ankh-Morpork's streets. And the deadly puzzle is pulling him deep into the muck and mire of superstition, hatred, and fear—and perhaps all the way to Koom Valley itself.

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Once, in a gods-forsaken hellhole called Koom Valley, trolls and dwarfs met in bloody combat. Centuries later, each species still views the other with simmering animosity. Lately, the influential dwarf, Grag Hamcrusher, has been fomenting unrest among Ankh-Morpork's more diminutive citizens--a volatile situation made far worse when the pint-size provocateur is discovered bashed to death . . . with a troll club lying conveniently nearby. Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is aware of the importance of solving the Hamcrusher homicide without delay. (Vimes's second most-pressing responsibility, in fact, next to always being home at six p.m. sharp to read Where's My Cow? to Sam, Jr.) But more than one corpse is waiting for Vimes in the eerie, summoning darkness of a labyrinthine mine network being secretly excavated beneath Ankh-Morpork's streets. And the deadly puzzle is pulling him deep into the muck and mire of superstition, hatred, and fear--and perhaps all the way to Koom Valley itself.… (more)

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