![]() ![]() Accompanied by his wife, Lady Sibyl, Cheery Littlebottom, self-declared female dwarf (it's not something dwarfs discuss) and the troll, Detritus, he is to attend the coronation of the new Low King of the dwarfs. Into this wild and woolly area comes Commander Vimes, on whom Lord Vetinari, Patrician of the city, has impressed ambassadorial responsibilities. (In the case of the clan of Igors, I do mean assorted.) This is the ancestral land of the dwarfs who mine the rich resources of the elephant's body (it really was a very big elephant) - gold, iron and fat - as well as werewolves, vampires, and other assorted characters. ![]() But legend has it that a fifth elephant existed, only to fall off the turtle and up onto the disc, effectively burying itself in the region which became Uberwald. Discworld, as those who have visited before know, rests on the back of four elephants, who, in turn, stand on the back of the giant turtle A'tuin as it travels through space. Welcome to Discworld, where men are men, women are women and dwarfs are, um, dwarfs. Terry Pratchett brings back the long-suffering Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in The Fifth Elephant, the latest Discworld novel. Rambles.NET: Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett, ![]()
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