![]() I had the pleasure of meeting Terry at a couple of book signings – well, by meeting, basically giving my name and getting the book signed – but he seemed a lovely bloke. Wyrd Sisters (the sixth book – it took me an age to find a copy of Sourcery) sealed the deal and every Discworld novel since then was basically bought on the day of purchase. I enjoyed the first three novels well enough, but it was the fourth book, Mort, that I fell in love with. It was Terry Pratchett who I discovered round about the time that I ran out of Poirot books. Agatha Christie, Doctor Who, Spider-man and Terry Pratchett. There are probably four benchmarks in my early reading life – four things that were always important to me. And a strange stick that can shoot little lead pellets very, very quickly… A plan that involves kings and clowns, assassins and beggars, dwarfs and trolls. ![]() Detritus, a troll – the arch-enemies of the dwarfs Cuddy, a dwarf – the arch-enemies of the trolls and, worst of all, Angua, a w… well, some things shouldn’t even be said.īut out in the darkness, someone has plans – someone insane enough to think in italics. And, in the name of diversity, there are three new recruits. Vimes is retiring, marrying into the upper classes. ![]() ![]() At night, all that represents the law are the Night Watch – Captain Sam Vimes, Sergeant Fred Colon, Corporal Carrot and Corporal “Nobby” Nobbs. Ankh-Morpork, the largest city on the Discworld. ![]()
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