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Lardalish
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Ok, who all out there has read any of the Discworld books? An awesome series, theres no real order but the world does progress from novel to novel. Basically if you read em outta order you wont miss anything big.
My personal favorites are Reaper Man, Soul Music, Feet of Clay and Thud! which I just finished tonight.
So, have you guys read any of these?
(Ill spruce up this OP tomorrow when I can think better)
My personal favorites are Reaper Man, Soul Music, Feet of Clay and Thud! which I just finished tonight.
So, have you guys read any of these?
(Ill spruce up this OP tomorrow when I can think better)
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I have, and they are indeed amazing.
Though I think Death and Vimes are my favorite characters, while Rincewind runs a close third.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
Rincewind was easily one of my favorites, but I haven't read all of them, so I dunno.
Vimes and Death are really good, though, too.
I really liked Monstrous Regiment, The Truth, and whatever one involves Vimes going back in time.
Night EP
Dunno how I feel about them.
I'm a fan of Vimes and Death, and of a few of the newer characters. I loved Moist Von Lipwig.
Really, I think The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic (the first two books written) were weaker than most of the rest of the series (not to say that they aren't good). They just keep getting better as he writes more; I don't know how he does it.
Terry Pratchett is what Douglas Adams would be if he lived up to his hype.
I have to say I agree. I prefer his later stuff, but I still like the early stuff a lot.
I don't revere Douglas Adams to the same extent as a lot of people, but I really enjoyed Last Chance to See. I haven't come across anybody else who has read it though.
Lords and Ladies was the first one I read, when I was still young enough that some of the sex jokes went over my head. Midsummer Night's Dream was always my favorite Shakespeare so I loved it.
Vimes and Granny Weatherwax are the two most awesome characters. I'm not sure if they've ever been in the same book, but if they were, it would be purest win. Rincewind I could generally do without, though.
Small Gods is an actual book, correct? I didn't dream it up?
and then each episode would end by zooming out to show the whole world on the back of some giant space turtle and every time it would blow my mind
see cos gravity couldnt be uniform across the whole disc and would make things difficult
Also, the Dean is amazing and Corp. Carrot is sooo dreamy!
My favorite is definitely Night Watch, though. But to really appreciate it, you have to have read the rest of the City Watch books, so it's a terrible starting point. Tricky.
Although the first few Watchmen books are also awesome. Oh yeah and and Night Watch. Thud too. Shit all of them are... also Sourcery and Interesting Times are classic Rincewind.
Damn this always happens... there's too many good ones.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/1A4GKH199FBMU/ - My wishlist
the monkey island games paled in its glorious point and click shadow
Thud!, Monstrous Regiment, the Tiffany books...didn't really do it for me.
Worst book he's ever written? I'd go for Carpe Jugulum. Fucking appalling.
Though the first couple of books arent as well written, anyone wanting to get into Pratchetts work should read them if only to understand the world the rest of the books are coming from. Physics and science have their own rules as does magic, and it helps if you understand that when you're reading the later books
MY favourites though are the Witches books, the interplay between Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg is amazing, and the characters are written superbly, really really worth reading. Especially the slightly earlier ones, whichever one it is which deals with stories is particularly awesome, but i cant be digging through all my books to find it now.
I too have read all of them, including Carpet People, but I just feel that some his work covers too much of the same ground. Carpe Jugulum was just another tedious rendition of the "Granny Weatherwax meets an enemy she can't defeat and defeats them" formula. This formula worked well in books like Witches Abroad and Lords and Ladies, but I just felt that Carpe Jugulum didn't really have anything else carrying it.