Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1996 October Replete with parodies and puns, this second Discworld novel to appear this year finds previous city guardsman Commander Vimes, assisted by dwarfs, trolls, and a female werewolf, determined to solve a murder with a golem as the prime suspect. Wonderfully hilarious; recommended for fantasy collections. Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information.
Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 1996 September #4 A flat platter of a planet spinning atop the backs of four giant elephants perched on the shell of an immense turtle: it's no surprise that life on Discworld is far from mundane. Pratchett's 17th Discworld novel picks up where his last, Men at Arms, left off, following Ankh-Morpork City Watch Commander Samuel Vimes and his fellow cops as they strive to maintain a semblance of order in a city as infamous for its intrigues as for its ethnic diversity. An elderly priest is killed, then the harmless old curator of the Dwarf Bread Museum is found beaten to death with one of his own exhibits. Investigation reveals a link to the city's golems?silent, tireless workers built of clay and brought to life with magic. There's a rash of golem suicides, and Vimes uncovers a plot that could topple the government. Pratchett's latest is full of sly puns and the lively, outrageous characters his readers expect. Those new to Discworld?which first appeared in Pratchett's The Colour of Magic, 1983?will have no trouble keeping up with the action. This is fantasy served with a twist of Monty Python, parody that works by never taking itself too seriously. Author tour; U.K. and translation rights: Ralph Vicinanza. (Oct.) Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information.
Voice of Youth Advocates Reviews : VOYA Reviews 1997 #1 This seventeenth book in Pratchett's Discworld series is aptly titled Feet of Clay in that an important character in the story is a golem named Dorfl. Golems are not exactly alive, but malleable individuals made of clay-malleable, that is, untilthey revolt and become a problem. It is not surprising to find golems in Ankh-Morpork, a city with all kinds of unusual citizens, including dwarfs, some of them mustachioed females, werewolves, and trolls. This latest book finds Commander Vimes facing a serious problem. Someone is trying to kill Lord Vetinari, the Patrician, and Vimes must get to the bottom of it. In the process, Vimes and his men have a series of adventures and misadventures.Although fans of this series will enjoy this latest title, the reader does have to concentrate to follow the plot and enjoy the humor in what is really a complicated novel, and one slightly more difficult to get into than the previous title in theseries, Men at Arms (VOYA, October 1996).-Sue Krumbein. Copyright 1997 Voya Reviews
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