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Thud!
The dwarves and the trolls are apparently going to re-enact a horrific battle right in Ankh-Morpork. Not good for Vimes and the watch.
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12/2005
Unseen Academicals
Unseen University is manipulated into fielding a team to compete in the "football" league.
Words I Had To Look Up:
benison (pg. 58) -- A spoken blessing.
a shonky shop (pg. 74) -- A poor or dubious quality.
the university's bledlows (pg. 73) -- The author is credited with definition it as a proctor.
pounces (pg. 268) -- from Word of the Day "600 years ago only the rear facing claw was a talon while one or all of the front facing claws were instead pounces." Good to know!
Quote:
"Beauty can be considered to be neutral, sir. It is not the same as nice or good." --Nutt (pg. 194)
Read:
10/2010
Wintersmith
The elemental spirit of winter gets a crush on Tiffany. Very good, kept reading parts out loud.
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1/2007
Witches Abroad
Three witches head off to foreign lands to foil a fairy godmother's plans. Have I read this before? I surely do not remember it!
Quote:
The witches flew along a maze of twisty little canyons, all alike.Quote:
"Here you go, mister," she said.
THANK YOU.
"Nice costume you got there. Them bones are painted on really good."Quote:
"It's not staying in the same place that's the problem," said Nanny, "it's not letting your mind wander." -- ePage 634Read:
8/2023
The Magic Thief
Conn becomes the apprentice of the cranky wizard Nevery. He figures out that someone is stealing the magic of the town. Even though there is a map and appendices, this story never really came together for me.
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12/2009
Bleeders
A fake blackmail goes wrong. I think this is an expansion of one of those short stories I read. One of the best of the series I've read, so far.
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6/2010
Boobytrap
I was hoping this was going to be girls, but instead, it is about a guy who is building bombs to blowup everyone who ever crossed him. Nameless goes fishing in the mountains. Of course, the bomb-guy is there.
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7/2010
Crazybone
Nameless tries to give a woman her deserved insurance payment, but she refuses the $50,000. What is up with that?
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6/2010
Epitaphs
Expanded from a story in "Scenarios", an old Italian grandfather asks Nameless to look into what his granddaughter is up to. No good, is what it is.
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6/2010
Fever
Bill is involved with gambling addicts. This is why we can't have nice things.
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6/2010
Hardcase
Nameless is asked to find out who the parents of an adopted woman really were. Quite a mess is stirred up. Kerry and Nameless are finally married.
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6/2010
Illusions
Eberhardt has committed suicide.
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7/2010
Mourners
Nameless (Bill?) follows a guy around to funerals. Kerry is diagnosed with breast cancer.
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6/2010
Nightcrawlers
Tamara spots a suspected kidnapping!
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6/2010
On Account Of Darkness And Other SF Stories
Written with Barry N. Malzberg of twenty-five stories. Some were enjoyable, some were not of the kind I care for. I liked the Luna immigration inspector stories the most.
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6/2010
Quarry
The Nameless Detective investigates why a reclusive woman leaves her job in the city and returns, secretively, to her father's farm. Nameless is nearly killed by the reason, of course.
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6/2010
Savages
Runyon goes to a small town to serve a subpoena, gets whacked on head. Kerry gets radiation for her cancer.
Read:
6/2010
Scenarios: A "Nameless Dectective" Casebook
Fourteen short stories, pretty good.
Quote:
I said, "Be generous, Mr. Spade." -- (pg. 266) From The Maltese Falcon.
Read:
6/2010
Schemers
Nameless investigates a locked-room mystery. Several valuable books are stolen from a rich-guy's library.
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7/2010
Sentinels
Nameless meets up with some White Supremacists while investigating the disappearance of a college student and her new boyfriend.
Read:
7/2010
20 books displayed
[Palacio - Park] [Park - Parker] [Parker - Parker] [Parker - Paulsen] [Paulsen - Pearson] [Pease - Petry] [Peyton - Pohl] [Pope - Poyer] [Poyer - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pronzini] [Pronzini - Pynchon]