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Monday, August 10, 2015

Discworld - Watching Koom Valley

There are two parts in Thud that really struck me emotionally. They are moments that make me choke up like you read in 60s comic books. The only other time I'm felt that way in a Pratchett book is at the end of Hogfather when Susan is protecting the forms of the Hogfather. This time it is when Vimes is running to save Young Sam and when he is stumbling through the dark of the caves.

Pratchett really escalates his game in this book. The action rolls forward again, but it's stronger and moves into being more Disc encompassing.

This is book 35 in the Discworld series, and I can see the end coming. I still have The Last Hero, what could really be called the original Discworld graphic novel, to go. But aside from that and The Shepherd's Crown, I have five books left in the series.

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Recurring characters and themes appearing in this book:

Angua von Uberwald, sergeant

Ankh-Morpork

Anoia, goddess of cutlery

Argent, grag

Bashfull Bashfullson, grag

Bergholldt Stutley “Bloody Stupid” Johnson

Bhrian Bloodaxe, First Low King of the Dwarves

Biers

Bluejohn, Constable

Boggis, Thieves’ Guild

Brick

Burleigh & Stronginthearm