📖 Guards Guards

Some of the best fantasy worldbuilding I've ever read came from Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, each of them just adds more and more backstory and depth to the entire series, consisting of 41 total books, and while it isn't the first one, Guards! Guards! is a good point to start, with engaging characters, a consistent setting, and an intriguing plot, as well as the virtue of being first in a series about the characters in the book. This book is set in Discworld, which is a fictional world where the planet is flat and resides on the backs of four massive elephants, supported by a great turtle flying through space. This book and others set here don't take themselves too seriously, often satirically referencing the real world. In this book, Captain Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch finds himself protecting the city against a dragon, which mysteriously appears and disappears at a moment's notice. He is helped by the rest of the night watch, a kleptomaniac officer named Nobby Nobbs, an older member named Fred Colon, and a new recruit oblivious of what the rules of the city are, Carrot Ironfoundersson. Overall this book is a great starting place for people looking to get into Discworld novels, as well as introducing a fascinating cast of characters that show up throughout the entire series.

我读过的最好的科幻世界设计来自特里·普拉切特爵士的《碟形世界》,每一本都为整个系列(总共 41 本书)添加了更多的背景故事和深度,虽然Guards! Guards! 不是这个系列的第一本,但这是我们仍然可以从这里开始进入,品味书中引人入胜的角色、一致的背景和有趣的情节。这本书以碟形世界为背景,这是一个虚构的世界,这个星球是平坦的,展开在四只巨大大象的背上,由一只在太空中飞行的巨龟支撑。这本书和这个系列的其他书并没有太严肃,经常讽刺地影射现实世界。在这本书中,安科-莫波克守夜人的维姆斯队长发现自己在城市中对抗一条龙,这条龙会在一瞬间神秘地出现并神奇地消失。他得到了其他守夜人的帮助,其中包括一位名叫诺比·诺布斯(Nobby Nobbs)的盗窃狂军官、一位名叫弗雷德·科隆(Fred Colon)的老成员,以及一位不了解城市规则的新成员胡萝卜铁铸者森(Carrot IronFoundersson)。总的来说,这本书对于那些想要进入碟形世界小说的人来说是一个很好的起点,同时也介绍了整个系列中出现的一系列迷人的角色。