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Night Watch (2002)

by Terry Pratchett

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Series: Discworld: City Watch (6), Discworld (29)

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Sam Vimes can't tell what kind of day he's having. One moment he's fighting a ruthless murderer on top of the library of the Unseen University. The next, he's thrown back in time. But, the city's on the brink of revolt, and that killer he was after in the future is with him here in the past, which is now the present. Now all Vimes has to do is figure out how to get back home--but first he has to change the outcome of a bloody rebellion.… (more)
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I quite enjoyed it.
  KayleeWin | Apr 19, 2023 |
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
  HanJie | Feb 27, 2023 |
I liked the first 20 pages of so, but the copy I had was misbound. (Bad HarperCollins!) It contained not 1, not 2, but 20+ pages of a contemporary spy thriller. First I thought, "Oh, alternate universe in addition to time travel? Cool." Then I realized that even though the page numbers and fonts matched, the title, author, chapter headings, and page layout did not. Would have kept reading, but I missed the actual time travel part.


2nd review: found a copy with all of its
pages. Enjoyed the book. ( )
  tornadox | Feb 14, 2023 |
Excellent, one of the best Discworld books. It's still funny, but a more mature work as we delve into Vimes maturity as he confronts his past.

It makes a parallel to the French Revolution (or pretty much any revolution) and it's very effective. All of Pratchett's Discworld books are political (in the sense that they use satire to poke at our hipocrisies and illuminate us on freedom, on personal responsibility, on prejudice, etc). But this one is more overtly political while not being preachy.

Great book, made me want to go back and reread the first Vimes books, which I'm currently doing.

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  marsgeverson | Jan 12, 2023 |
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A fine place to start reading Pratchett if you don't mind a few ''in'' jokes, ''Night Watch'' transcends standard genre fare with its sheer schoolboy humor and characters who reject their own stereotypes.
added by Shortride | editThe New York Times Book Review, Therese Littleton (Dec 15, 2002)
 
What makes the book intriguing is Pratchett's Chestertonian common-sense morality. While his blunt logic doesn't always equip him to deal with the niceties (at one point, he seems to argue against any controls on gun ownership), it allows him to break through liberal confusions and conservative certainties.
added by melmore | editThe Independent, Robert Hank (Nov 29, 2002)
 
Not a side-splitter this time, though broadly amusing and bubbling with wit and wisdom: both an excellent story and a tribute to beat cops everywhere, doing their hair-raising jobs with quiet courage and determination.
added by melmore | editKirkus Review (Nov 12, 2002)
 
Stories both trap people in a continuum and console them with images of beginnings and ends. Pratchett is a master storyteller.
added by Shortride | editThe Guardian, A. S. Byatt (Nov 9, 2002)
 
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Terry Pratchett—primary authorall editionscalculated
Briggs, StephenMapsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Briggs, StephenNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
de Vicq de Cumptich, RobertoCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kidby, PaulCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Matthews, RobinPhotographersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Orosz, IstvanCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rijn, Rembrandt vanCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Robinson, TonyNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Canonical title
Night Watch
Original title
Night Watch
Alternative titles
Original publication date
2002-11
People/Characters
Sandra Battye
Carcer Dun
Fred Colon
Cecil 'Snouty' Clapman (Night Watch)
Ned Coates (Night Watch)
Important places
Ankh-Morpork, Discworld
The Glorious People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road
City Watch Headquarters, Ankh-Morpork, Discworld
Important events
Related movies
Awards and honors
Prometheus Award (2003)
Prometheus Award (Novel | 2003)
BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 73)
Locus Recommended Reading (Fantasy Novel | 2002)
Epigraph
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First words
Sam Vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it.
Quotations
"When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend."

-- Detritus learns about weapons safety (Terry Pratchett, Night Watch)
"Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes."

-- (Terry Pratchett, Night Watch)
'It's not me, you understand,' said Vimes, 'but if I went back
and showed my captain this piece of paper and he said to me,
Vi- Keel, how d'you know he's Henry the Hamster, well, I'd be a
bit... flummoxed. Maybe even perplexed.'

-- (Terry Pratchett, Night Watch)
Maybe the best way to build a bright new world is to peel some spuds in this one.
'One's got a lot of holes in his feet, one dropped through the privy roof and has got a twisted leg, and one's dead.'

'I don't think I can do much about the dead one' said the doctor. 'How do you know he's dead? I realize I might regret asking that question.'

'He's got a broken neck from falling off a roof and I reckon he fell off because he got a steel crossbow bolt in his brain.'

'Ah. That sounds like dead, if you want my medical opinion.'

(Terry Pratchett, Night Watch)
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Hook, Fiona
Original language
English
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Sam Vimes can't tell what kind of day he's having. One moment he's fighting a ruthless murderer on top of the library of the Unseen University. The next, he's thrown back in time. But, the city's on the brink of revolt, and that killer he was after in the future is with him here in the past, which is now the present. Now all Vimes has to do is figure out how to get back home--but first he has to change the outcome of a bloody rebellion.
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Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all.

But now he's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck...

Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion.

There's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future...

A Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen and other children of the revolution.

Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a Hard-boiled Egg!
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When the lilacs bloom,
Vimes must do it all again.
Can he do it right?

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Melvil Decimal System (DDC)

823.914Literature › English & Old English literatures › English fiction › Modern Period › 1901-1999 › 1945-1999

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PR6066.R34Language and Literature › English › English Literature › 1961-2000

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