Title:
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Snuff
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Author:
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Terry Pratchett
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Genre:
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Fantasy/Crime/Satire
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Synopsis:
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Commander Vimes is supposed to be on vacation in the
countryside but wherever a policeman goes, they are sure to find crime. There
is something strange going on and it involves the Discworld’s most shunned
species, goblins.
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Verdict:
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If this turns out to be the last Sam Vimes book I will be
happy with how Terry Pratchett has left him. The dynamics between Sam and
Lady Sybil, the expansion on characters and some of the touches at the end
made it really lovely. There is less layering than some of the previous City
Watch books but the social issues and the explorations of morality remain.
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Pages:
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378
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Read:
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April 2012
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29 April 2012
#140. Snuff by Terry Pratchett
11 April 2012
Re-Read #4. World War Z by Max Brooks
Title:
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World War Z:
An Oral History Of The Zombie War
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Author:
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Max Brooks
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Genre:
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Zombie/Thriller/Interview/Alternate
History
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Synopsis:
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A
comprehensive and remarkably in depth overview of the zombie war that nearly
wiped humanity from the face of the Earth, provided via a series of
interviews with different survivors of the conflict. The stories told come
from all over the world, from individual accounts of survival to
administrators' tales of the challenges involved in turning things around in
time to avoid destruction and give humanity a chance of not just enduring but
triumphing and rebuilding.
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Verdict:
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This book
stuns me every time. The breadth of geographical, sociopolitical,
psychological, technological and cultural knowledge is astounding. The authentic
feel of each of the 'narrators'. This book gives me chills. Not just 'argh,
zombies!' chills but humanity chills. Using the zombie apocalypse to explore
what makes us human and why that's worth fighting for gives World War Z
a poignancy that many wouldn't expect from a book about zombies.
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Pages:
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342
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Read:
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April 2012
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04 April 2012
Re-Read #3. Thud by Terry Pratchett
Title:
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Thud
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Author:
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Terry Pratchett
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Genre:
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Fantasy/Crime/Satire
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Synopsis:
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The age old conflict between the trolls and the dwarves is
heating up again as the anniversary of a controversial battle approaches. But
there are other factors at play which are threatening to push things over the
edge and plunge the city into chaos unless Sam Vimes can find out who
murdered a high-ranking dwarf, where a priceless painting had gone and what really
happened at Koom Valley all those years ago.
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Verdict:
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Do you even need to ask? Can my verdict just be a bunch of
hearts? Terry Pratchett continues to add a depth and complexity to his
characters and world that blows me away.
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Pages:
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373
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Read:
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April 2012
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