While The Watch isn't a direct adaptation of any single novel, it draws on elements from several, especially Guards!

When this doesn't work after many years he foregoes a wee dram and actually starts investigating a case for the first time in years. p. 94] "Of all the cities in all the world it could have flown into, he thought, it's flown into mine. He, it seems, has an excellent ability of seeing the less-than-pleasant things that make people tick - and still manages to make these sad realizations both side-splittingly and laugh-through-tears funny.

The scene where the Supreme Grand Master accidentally tries to gain access to the Illuminated and Ancient Brethren of Ee, I almost fell out my seat laughing. I think it was around Feet of Clay, I realised he was the ONE Literary Character for me - well "Here's looking at you kid! I think you at least need to be a passing fantasy reader to appreciate his books, and you must be tolerant of some occasional silliness, but if you pass those two simple hurdles, I can’t imagine not enjoying this book.

A non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller, and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback (Harper Torch, 2006) and trade paperback (Harper Paperbacks, 2006). However, Pratchett more than made up for this when he introduced Scrappy the Kangaroo as a character in The Last Continent. Por otra parte, en las montañas, el rey de una mina de enanos decide enviar a su hijo adoptivo Zanahoria a ingresar en la Guardia para que se haga un hombre.When the Librarian of the Unseen University (an orangutan) reports a book of magic stolen, Vimes links the theft to the dragon's appearances. But back to the dragons, these creatures have very different characteristics, depending on use in YA, dark, classic, comedy, setting and are hardly something to make fun of or with. Not the really high, creative loathsomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul. a stage play for the amateur stage scripted by Stephen Briggs (1993) (script later published in book form 1997). Pratchett adopta hábilmente todo tipo de humor, sarcasmo, ya sea burlesco, hiperbólico, juvenil, oscuro, crítico.

I fully intend to be Granny Weatherwax when I grow up, right down to the goat farm and the ability to terrify people just by saying "Good morning. It is the first book in the subcycle focusing on the City Watch of Ankh Morpork (the Pearl of Cities¹ on the Disc); the book that really takes a look into the inner workings of this crowded, dirty and despicable and yet lovably tenacious urban metropolis: ¹ "Ankh-Morpork! Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire “for services to literature” in 1998, and has received four honorary doctorates from the Universities of Warwick, Portsmouth, Bath, and Bristol.FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC Never was there a story that rocked so hard than that of Ankh-Morpork and her city guard. There was a thoughtful pause in the conversation as the assembled Brethren mentally divided the universe into the deserving and the undeserving, and put themselves on the appropriate side. I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people,” said the man. If you read these first, you will be rightly annoyed by their just-barely-okayness, and spend the rest of your life muttering about how overrated he is.

It wasn't by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities. Once their plan’s in motion they’ll be able to oust the Patrician (the City’s benign dictator) and take over.

Like so many harmless hobbies, the most flow intensive ones can escalate quickly and lead to absorbing most of free social and private life and time. 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. Carrot's policing style is reminiscent of traditional idealized portrayals of British police, but astoundingly, it actually seems to work. But I didn’t just enjoy the humor, I enjoyed the fun story, and I enjoyed Pratchett’s musing on evil, government, and life, in general. We also spend time with Nobby (who is something of a peacock after-hours) Sergeant Colon and Carrot - who maybe should be the heir apparent to the kingdom of Ankh-Morpork, but is at home in the Watch.