Snuff (Discworld)

For more than three decades, Terry Pratchett has been enthralling millions of fans worldwide with his irreverent, wonderfully funny satires set in the fabulously imaginative Discworld, a universe remarkably similar to our own. In this thirty-eighth entry to his esteemed Discoworld canon, the beloved Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is taking a vacation. From sports to religion, politics to education, science to capitalism, and everything in between, Pratchett has skewered sacred cows wit

"Inspector Vimes takes a vacation (basic idea)" according to Robert E.. Loved the book. I'm a Pratchett addict, so there's no way the uninitiated would understand: And this late in the Discworld series is not a place to start. Start with something fun like Going Postal; there was a movie done on this one. Sorry Terry is gone, but he wrote lots of books, Inspector Vimes takes a vacation (basic idea) Robert E. Loved the book. I'm a Pratchett addict, so there's no way the uninitiated would understand: And this late in the Discworld series is not a place to start. Start with something fun like Going Postal; there was a movie done on this one. Sorry Terry is gone, but he wrote lots of books, 41 of them, for us to enjo. 1 of them, for us to enjo. Decent, not great A decent ending to the Sam Vimes series of Discworld novels, but you can tell that this is not Pratchett of old. The humor isn't as biting or sharp. Things feel sort of meandering. Bit too much emphasis on things that Pratchett of old would have brought in and out of story (such as the entire poo thing) and n. The world continues L. Wilson If you like Terry Pratchett's DiscWorld, you will like this book. I don't think it is one of the best, but I have only read it once. Besides, even Pratchett's not-the-best is still a lot better than most writers.In this book, little Sam is growing and starting to explore the world as a six-year-old. It is gre

Shove Sam Vimes into a situation that has gone toxic and away he goes, as realistic as any other policeman and thinking in the very same ways and being Sam Vimes, questioning his motives and procedures all the way through. Gaiman:Did you really say in a previous interview that you’d like to be like Sam Vines? Why? Pratchett:I don’t think I actually said that, but you know how it is and ‘how it is’ changes as you get older.