![]() ![]() ![]() In the Discworld universe, however, that means we meet Lu-Tze the History Monk, one of Pratchett’s finest creations. I’m not too fond of time travel shenanigans. But he wasn’t that fond of that future before he accidentally left it, so this is where (or when) he has to make a choice. But then a magical accident happens and he is flung back in time to the days of his first job as a watchman, and he’s forced to tackle the streets if he wants to save the future that he just came from. He’s a watchman with street smarts, but he’s never on the streets anymore and this worries him. I could never really pin down Vimes as a character (but neither could Ankh-Morpork’s Assassination Guild), but in this story he shows what a good down-to-earth guy he is. ![]() ![]() The series quietly morphed into a vehicle for character development of Sam Vimes, and the sixth book focuses a lot on Vimes and his identity crisis. Vimes match up with Lady Sybil and was given a royal title by the Patrician. First, we saw the Watch recruit new officers from other species, like Angua the first werewolf and Detritus the first Troll. Night Watch is the sixth novel in the City Watch subseries, and a lot of development has preceded it. With Night Watch, I think it is no longer possible to say that you can just start anywhere in the Discworld series and jump right in. ![]()
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