The audiobook version of it is wonderful, immersing you in the atmosphere of the story incredibly well. Notice also that the translation Terry supplies ("To protect and to serve") is actually the motto of the Los Angeles Police Force.

The Patrician, current ruler of Ankh Morpork, sees this as the best way to maintain a kind of peace.The humour takes centre stage but underneath – not even far underneath – Pratchett was using Discworld as a mirror to explore, lampoon and critique our world with its many ills and injustice. I have always liked them but there are just so many books in the world and you know how it is, one thing led to another and somehow they didn't lead back to Sir Terry. It had the feeling of re-watching a TV series with someone who’s never seen it, I kept wanting to turn around and tell myself the importance of Detritus, Sybil and Pseudopolis Yard. The Archchancellor's rant is a very good approximation of a David Attenborough wildlife programme narration. The first book where Captain Vimes and I met back in 2011, though I did not know then that I would take him as my literary husband later on.

Really, so is "There ain't no justice" -- it's just that Niven does use it a lot and, I suspect, uses it because it is familiar to readers. The origin of this stereotype can be traced directly back to the sixties BBC television series Dixon of Dock Green, where every bobby was your friend and it was perfectly acceptable for a copper to walk into a room and say "'Ello! The most common origin, that it is an acronym, standing for 'Port Out, Starboard Home' is in fact false.There’s certainly messages and social commentary that elevate it above simple romps, but it tends to be applied with heavy emphasis. The magic tavern sign Brother Watchtower is stealing has a burnt-out 'E' and a sizzling 'T' just like the 'HOT L BALTIMORE' sign in the play of the same name. When you’re a 15 year old overweight bullied dreamer, having books that speak to you and make you smile are your lifeblood. Tapping into such surgical moments of levity it feels like the MCU should take classes from Sir Terry.

Excepto para la Guardia Nocturna, que se ha visto reducida a tres hombres: el capitán Sam Vimes, el sargento Colon y el cabo Nobby Nobbs. The first of these children's books, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal. Pero no solo disfrute del humor, disfruté de la divertida historia y disfruté de las reflexiones de Pratchett sobre el mal, el gobierno y la vida en general. p. 70] "'Do real wizards leap about after a tiny spell and start chanting 'Here we go, here we go, here we go', Brother Watchtower?

Pratchett's description of her as a -ahem - full figured woman with enough self assurance to float a warship was a joy to read. My view after reading one book, they are clearly in the same class, and while I still like Adams better that might be because I’m a bigger Science Fiction fan than Fantasy. Let me leave you with this passage from the beginning of the novel: 'The city wasa, wasa, wasa, wossname. If you want to get into the Discworld series but don’t know where to start, this one comes with my highest recommendation. p. 219] "Someone out there was going to find out that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian.