You're missing that seriously, none of those villains except Sinestro are in Superman's league, and you're dealing with a complete rookie Supes in MoS.

Thank you. I remembered it began with an "S" and it had a vaguely suggestive name, but I knew "Smut" wasn't right.

I kind of wish Night Watch was the last Vimes-centric book and Angua or Carrot had become the focus (even though both of their original arcs were mostly completed.)

I'm pretty sure it IS, which is also why the last two watch books (Thud! and ... I can't remember the one after it, it was really bad) were kind of downhill in quality. Vimes just being Vimes without restrictions or counterbalance is kind of eh. He needs Captain Carrot; younger self served very well as a stand-in…

The Ig Nobles aren't about shaming unimportant science, they're about laughing at (and hopefully with) weird science and accomplishments that also have significant implications, but are likely to be ignored by the majority of people otherwise.