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{{NW}} is the twenty-ninth Discworld book, and the sixth focussing on the [[The Watch|Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]. Its major plot involves Sam Vimes being sent back thirty years in time where we meet younger versions of many of the present-day Discworld characters. Characters and plot elements from the novel were major inspirations for the BBC America series {{TWTV}}. | |||
== Blurb == | == Blurb == | ||
For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution. For Commander Sam Vimes, it all feels horribly familiar. | For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution. For Commander Sam Vimes, it all feels horribly familiar. He’s back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck. Living in the past is hard. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion. The problem is - if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future... | ||
A Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen and other children of the revolution. | A Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen and other children of the revolution. | ||
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| 2022-04-08 || {{PC}} || “The Land Before Vimes” || [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2022/04/08/pratchat54-the-land-before-vimes/ pratchatpodcast.com] | | 2022-04-08 || {{PC}} || “The Land Before Vimes” || [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2022/04/08/pratchat54-the-land-before-vimes/ pratchatpodcast.com] | ||
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| 2022-05-25 || {{TCD}} || {{NW|ep}} || [https:// | | 2022-05-25 || {{TCD}} || {{NW|ep}} || [https://compleatdiscography.page/episode/87754063/night-watch compleatdiscography.page] | ||
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| 2022-05-25 || {{FF}} || “Night Watch by Terry Pratchett” || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/7e73ee33/night-watch-by-terry-pratchett fictionfanspodcast.com] | | 2022-05-25 || {{FF}} || “Night Watch by Terry Pratchett” || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/7e73ee33/night-watch-by-terry-pratchett fictionfanspodcast.com] | ||
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| 2023-01-30 || {{MYF}} || “Rhapsody on Barricades” (4/4) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/01/30/105-night-watch-pt-4-rhapsody-on-barricades/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com] | | 2023-01-30 || {{MYF}} || “Rhapsody on Barricades” (4/4) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2023/01/30/105-night-watch-pt-4-rhapsody-on-barricades/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com] | ||
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| 2023-06-30 || {{NOBC}} || {{NW|ep}} || [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/29 fireside.fm] | |||
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| 2023-07-22 || {{WWTW}} || “Les Vimesrables” (1/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/73579520/les-vimesrables-night-watch-pt-1- pinecast.co] | |||
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| 2023-08-11 || {{WWTW}} || “Straight Pride Special” (2/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/0a0aae30/straight-pride-special-night-watch-pt-2- pincecast.co] | |||
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| 2023-08-20 || {{WWTW}} || “Anne Hedonia” (3/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/b61a6d68/anne-hedonia-night-watch-pt-3- pincecast.co] | |||
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| 2023-11-05 || ''[https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/ Kendall Bookworms]'' || “Night Watch Book Discussion” || [https://kendallbookworms.podbean.com/e/night-watch-book-discussion/ podbean.com] | |||
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| 2024-01-31 || {{FF}} || “Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, feat. [[Kat Day]]” || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/79969689/night-watch-by-terry-pratchett-feat-kat-day fictionfanspodcast.com] | |||
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| 2024-07-09 || ''[https://broken-spine-social-club.captivate.fm/ Broken Spine Social Club]'' || “Episode 11: Night Watch with My Boss Cathal” || [https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/45c801fe-9164-4439-b898-eacbf63f8a44/Episode-11-Nightwatch.mp3 captivate.fm] (mp3) | |||
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=== Other appearances === | === Other appearances === | ||
'' | Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode. | ||
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! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link | |||
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| 2017-03-28 || {{TPP}} || “EPISODE50” || [https://app.talkshoe.com/episode/4684473 app.talkshoe.com] | |||
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| 2023-03-09 || ''[https://www.buzzsprout.com/1796140 Intentionally Blank]'' || “In Defiance of Logic and Facts” || [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1796140/12402991-in-defiance-of-logic-and-facts-ep-92-of-intentionally-blank buzzsprout.com]<ref>This episode of Brandon Sanderson’s chat podcast with fellow author Dan Wells features discussion of some one-star Goodreads reviews of {{NW}} at about 31m25s (around 34m in the YouTube version).</ref> | |||
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| 2024-03-20 || {{FF}} || “Interview: Translations with Nevena Andrić”<ref>Andrić discusses her work translating novels in Serbian, including ''Night Watch'' and much of the Discworld series.</ref> || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/7b8456f8/interview-translations-with-nevena-andric fictionfanspodcast.com] | |||
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| 2024-07-23 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookchatlive Book Chat Live]'' || “BCL S9 E4: Kris Faatz”<ref>Guest author Kris Faatz discusses many of his favourite books, including ''Night Watch'' and {{GO}}.</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookchatlive/episodes/BCL-S9-E4-Kris-Faatz-e2mcard spotify.com] | |||
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| 2024-10-10 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zbooks Zbooks Successful Authors Podcast]'' || “Night Watch - Terry Pratchett (Book Review)”<ref>It’s technically about the book, but we're almost certain this weird conversation that almost but doesn’t quite describe the plot of the book was generated by a large language model and generative AI speech synthesis. The podcast pre-dates those technologies, though (or has been back-dated to make it look like it does?) so we’ve included it for now.</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zbooks/episodes/Night-Watch---Terry-Pratchett-Book-Review-e2op8pp spotify.com] | |||
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== Videos == | |||
=== Shorts === | |||
Videos of up to about 20 minutes specifically about this book. | |||
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| 2020-03-18 || [https://www.youtube.com/@quietasmouse Quiet as Mouse] || {{DDYT}} || “Night Watch” || [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3FvC1otjnPA youtube.com] | |||
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| 2022-05-11 || [https://www.youtube.com/@TreeBeardBookReviews TreeBeard Book Reviews] || || “NIGHT WATCH REVIEW Spoiler Free- Best Discworld Book? <nowiki>|</nowiki> Discworld #29 by Terry Pratchett” || [https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlqI1eqIO_M youtube.com] | |||
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| 2024-11-14 || [https://youtube.com/@danielgreenereviews Daniel Greene] || || “Is NIGHT WATCH the best Discworld Book?🐢” || [https://youtube.com/watch?v=h3H0kn7NPL8 youtube.com] | |||
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== Adaptations == | |||
* There are four audiobook versions of ''Night Watch''. The abridged Corgi edition read by [[Tony Robinson]] and unabridged Isis edition read by [[Stephen Briggs]] were both released in 2002. In 2003 Fantastic Audio released an unabridged audiobook read by [[Stefan Rudnicki]], with a guest appearance by [[wikipedia:Harlan Ellison|Harlan Ellison]]! (It was one of only two Discworld audiobooks produced by the company.) In 2023, Penguin released their new unabridged audiobook of ''Night Watch'' alongside all the other Watch books, read by [[Jon Culshaw]] with [[Bill Nighy]] reading the footnotes, and [[Peter Serafinowicz]] as the voice of [[Death]]. | |||
* While not a direct adaptation, ''Night Watch'' was, along with {{G!G!}}, the major inspiration for the BBC America series {{TWTV}}. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Latest revision as of 00:29, 18 November 2024
 2012 paperback cover; art by Paul Kidby | |
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Tony Robinson (Corgi); Stephen Briggs (Isis) Unconfirmed (new) |
| Cover artist | Paul Kidby |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | Discworld |
Release number | 29 |
| Sub-series | The Watch |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 2002-11-05 |
| Preceded by | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents |
| Followed by | The Wee Free Men |
Night Watch is the twenty-ninth Discworld book, and the sixth focussing on the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. Its major plot involves Sam Vimes being sent back thirty years in time where we meet younger versions of many of the present-day Discworld characters. Characters and plot elements from the novel were major inspirations for the BBC America series The Watch.
Blurb
For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution. For Commander Sam Vimes, it all feels horribly familiar. He’s back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck. Living in the past is hard. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion. The problem is - if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future...
A Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen and other children of the revolution.
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008?[1] | The Turtle Moves | Unknown (episode 2) | N/A |
| 2019-10-15 | Radio Morpork | “Mid Life Time Crisis” | radiomorpork.wordpress.com |
| 2020-04-19 | Desert Island Discworld | “Alex Hern and Night Watch” | desertislanddiscworld.com |
| 2021-01-15 | The Death of Podcasts | “Night Watch” | aalgar.com |
| 2021-07-28 | Wyrd Sisters | “Night Watch” | wyrdsisters.podbean.com |
| 2022-04-08 | Pratchat | “The Land Before Vimes” | pratchatpodcast.com |
| 2022-05-25 | The Compleat Discography | “Night Watch” | compleatdiscography.page |
| 2022-05-25 | Fiction Fans | “Night Watch by Terry Pratchett” | fictionfanspodcast.com |
| 2023-01-09 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “Foreshadow and Backshadow” (1/4) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2023-01-16 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “Notably Damper” (2/4) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2023-01-23 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “The Frilly Shirt of the Revolutionary” (3/4) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2023-01-30 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “Rhapsody on Barricades” (4/4) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2023-06-30 | Nanny Ogg's Book Club | “Night Watch” | fireside.fm |
| 2023-07-22 | Who Watches the Watch | “Les Vimesrables” (1/3) | pinecast.co |
| 2023-08-11 | Who Watches the Watch | “Straight Pride Special” (2/3) | pincecast.co |
| 2023-08-20 | Who Watches the Watch | “Anne Hedonia” (3/3) | pincecast.co |
| 2023-11-05 | Kendall Bookworms | “Night Watch Book Discussion” | podbean.com |
| 2024-01-31 | Fiction Fans | “Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, feat. Kat Day” | fictionfanspodcast.com |
| 2024-07-09 | Broken Spine Social Club | “Episode 11: Night Watch with My Boss Cathal” | captivate.fm (mp3) |
Other appearances
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-28 | The Pratchett Podcast | “EPISODE50” | app.talkshoe.com |
| 2023-03-09 | Intentionally Blank | “In Defiance of Logic and Facts” | buzzsprout.com[2] |
| 2024-03-20 | Fiction Fans | “Interview: Translations with Nevena Andrić”[3] | fictionfanspodcast.com |
| 2024-07-23 | Book Chat Live | “BCL S9 E4: Kris Faatz”[4] | spotify.com |
| 2024-10-10 | Zbooks Successful Authors Podcast | “Night Watch - Terry Pratchett (Book Review)”[5] | spotify.com |
Videos
Shorts
Videos of up to about 20 minutes specifically about this book.
| Date | Channel | Series | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-18 | Quiet as Mouse | Discworld Discourses | “Night Watch” | youtube.com |
| 2022-05-11 | TreeBeard Book Reviews | “NIGHT WATCH REVIEW Spoiler Free- Best Discworld Book? | Discworld #29 by Terry Pratchett” | youtube.com | |
| 2024-11-14 | Daniel Greene | “Is NIGHT WATCH the best Discworld Book?🐢” | youtube.com |
Adaptations
- There are four audiobook versions of Night Watch. The abridged Corgi edition read by Tony Robinson and unabridged Isis edition read by Stephen Briggs were both released in 2002. In 2003 Fantastic Audio released an unabridged audiobook read by Stefan Rudnicki, with a guest appearance by Harlan Ellison! (It was one of only two Discworld audiobooks produced by the company.) In 2023, Penguin released their new unabridged audiobook of Night Watch alongside all the other Watch books, read by Jon Culshaw with Bill Nighy reading the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz as the voice of Death.
- While not a direct adaptation, Night Watch was, along with Guards! Guards!, the major inspiration for the BBC America series The Watch.
External links
- Night Watch at the L-Space Wiki
- Night Watch on Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ Guess based on Tweets and dates for preceding and later episodes. This is episode two of the podcast, which seems to have been reposted on 12 November 2011, judging from link shared here: https://twitter.com/turtlemoves/status/338337618406305792?s=20
- ↑ This episode of Brandon Sanderson’s chat podcast with fellow author Dan Wells features discussion of some one-star Goodreads reviews of Night Watch at about 31m25s (around 34m in the YouTube version).
- ↑ Andrić discusses her work translating novels in Serbian, including Night Watch and much of the Discworld series.
- ↑ Guest author Kris Faatz discusses many of his favourite books, including Night Watch and Good Omens.
- ↑ It’s technically about the book, but we're almost certain this weird conversation that almost but doesn’t quite describe the plot of the book was generated by a large language model and generative AI speech synthesis. The podcast pre-dates those technologies, though (or has been back-dated to make it look like it does?) so we’ve included it for now.