Thud!

De: Terry Pratchett

Narrado por: Stephen Briggs

“Start with Douglas Adams’s comic science fiction (A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and J.R.R. Tolkien’s alternative worlds, mix in James Ellroy’s gritty realism and Jonathan Swift’s unflinching satire and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get something like Terry Pratchett’s Thud!” —Wall Street Journal

City Watch Commander Sam Vimes must solve the murder of a prominent dwarf or watch as Discworld is plunged into a bloody civil war in Terry Pratchett’s delightful Discworld satire, a brilliant tale of prejudice, ancient feuds, and tender fatherhood

Long, long ago, in a gods-forsaken hellhole called Koom Valley, trolls and dwarfs met in bloody combat. Centuries later, each side still views the other with simmering animosity that has been heightened of late because of one Grag Hamcrusher. The influential dwarf has been fomenting unrest among a section of Ankh-Morpork’s citizenry—a volatile situation made far worse when the petite provocateur is discovered bashed to death . . . with a troll club lying conveniently nearby.

If he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office. But more than one corpse is waiting for Vimes in the eerie, summoning darkness of a labyrinthine mine network being secretly excavated beneath Ankh-Morpork’s streets. With war-drums beating ever louder, Vimes must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin, and brave any darkness to find the solution. And the darkness is following him, pulling him deep into the muck and mire of superstition, hatred, and fear—and perhaps all the way to Koom Valley itself.

Until six o’clock every day, when without fail, the Commander goes home to read Where’s My Cow?, with accompanying farmyard noises, to his little boy. Because there are some things you must do.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Thud! is the 7th book in the City Watch collection and the 34th Discworld book.

The City Watch collection in order:

• Guards! Guards!
• Men at Arms
• Feet of Clay
• Jingo
• The Fifth Elephant
• Night Watch
• Thud!
• Snuff

©2005 Terry Pratchett; (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers

Another classic by Terry Pratchett

A great story of a Man who finds himself more important then he wishes to be. Mysticism, wizards, werewolves, Vampires, kings, and spies. this book has everything!

Great book.

Terry Pratchet (sp?) is one of my favorite satirists. Stephen Briggs does an excellent job performing it.

It was a good read of a fun book, would recommend.

Another fun diskworld book. Laughs on every “page”. The reader did a good job varying the voices, giving accents as appropriate. Constable Vimes doesn’t disappoint to keep order under his city, even as the dark approaches.

Terry Pratchett was a Genius!

A solid, lovely story with a host of interesting characters and their exploits that make me truely love Discworld! NEXT!!!

Another Delightful, Ingenious Discworld Story

Where does Thud! rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

As with all Terry Pratchett books, this one ranks up at the top. I know Sir Pratchett has been knighted, but he should be king!

What did you like best about this story?

Sam Vimes' near-death experience. I suppose you think that's giving away the ending, but it's not. There's a surprise in every sentence of this book.

What about Stephen Briggs’s performance did you like?

Everything. Accents. Characterization. Attitude. Timing. Inflection.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

It was all excellent.