Night Watch: Adapted for the Stage

For anyone who has seen the BBC television drama Life on Mars, this novel is somewhat similar. Sam Vimes is captain of the Night Watch (the highly respected constabulary of Ankh Morpork)... or at least he WAS until he got sent back in time while chasing an arch criminal, back to the early days of the Watch, when they were far less respected. Sam has to deal with a less professional workforce,...more

For anyone who has seen the BBC television drama Life on Mars, this novel is somewhat similar. Sam Vimes is captain of the Night Watch (the highly respected constabulary of Ankh Morpork)... or at least he WAS until he got sent back in time while chasing an arch criminal, back to the early days of the Watch, when they were far less respected. Sam has to deal with a less professional workforce, concerns of time lines and to top it all off, teaching his own young self how to be a good night watchman. I have to say this is one of my better loved discworld novels also, and although I happened to read it BEFORE Guards! Guards!, which is where we first meet Vimes, and which fills in a number of subtle jokes, it was still engaging and hilarious at times.    hide

One of the best books out there in my opinion. My favorite book out of the Discworld series. No matter how many times I read it I still get amazed about how great it is. Emotional rollercoaster when you read it. You laugh, you cry (or at least get sad) , you yell, sometimes you just have to stop and admire the book your reading. I wish I could write like this. A great read. But I recommend...more

One of the best books out there in my opinion. My favorite book out of the Discworld series. No matter how many times I read it I still get amazed about how great it is. Emotional rollercoaster when you read it. You laugh, you cry (or at least get sad) , you yell, sometimes you just have to stop and admire the book your reading. I wish I could write like this. A great read. But I recommend that you read all the other watch books before this one. Just to get a hang of the stories.    hide

My name is Sam Vimes. I had an accident and woke up 30 years into the past. Am I mad, in a coma or back in time?

Pratchett is ALWAYS a good read