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anansi boys is a kind of sequel - you'll enjoy it more (even though it's awesome) after reading american gods
American Gods was his breakthrough (as a novelist), Anansi is getting a lot of press because it's most recent I guess.
You might wanna read Stardust, i enjoyed that, and at the end of the summer it's going to be released as a movie (with Robert deNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer, no less), so having read the book before is always good.
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haha, alright. What about stardust? Also, I actually got Mirror Mask in the mail today from NetFlix. Isn't that loosely based on one of his novels?
Monks who can pretty much do whatever with time ftw.
Although I would like a tale about the Counter-weight monks, who travel the world placing/removing one kilo blocks of weight to compensate for the loss of the 5th elephant.
I have all these books. I enjoy them a great deal. Even though they're focused around comedy I find his world more immersive and compelling than most traditional fantasy. I think he's just really good at parodying and satirising the real world.
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american gods was terrible. it lacks a real climax, and by the end you have no empathy for the main character. you don't care what happens to him.
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I've always provided a climax
Penis joke.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I'm up for Night Watch as the best Pratchett book. Very grim, very dark, yet still great fun. Actually, anything with Vimes and the Watch is great.
The Lost Continent is my favorite of the wizarsd though... "No worries?"
Secondly. Neverwhere is a must read as far as Gaiman. It's funny that I always find it in the "Youth" section of libraries or book stores. I mean, it has
a guy that cuts someone up into shreds with a pack rusty razors.
Good Omens is a great read as well. It's worth it just for the fifth horseman.
Overall though, Gaimans short stories are way better than most of his novels.
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I was into Terry Pratchett for a while, was reading the books in order. Go up to I think Eric! Then a friend got me a signed copy of Monstrous Regiment for my birthday. Really cool of him, but I totally didn't like the story sadly. Like, it felt alot weaker then his early stuff, but still of the same formula. Kinda turned me off from the whole series to know that even that late in the series it was still the same formula.
It's been a while so I should pick them up again. Personally I perfer Douglas Adams to Pratchett, but it's a personal taste thing and I like sci-fi over fantasy. I think I've read Restaurant at the End of the Universe literally atleast twenty times. I think I read it ten times in one week once, it was a really slow week at school and I just read during class.
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)
Men at Arms and Feet of Clay are probably the best starting points.
Then Guards Guards!, Jingo, and the Fifth Elephant.
Then Night Watch.
You can't read Night Watch first.
This man speaks the truth. You just plain miss so much if you read Night Watch without at least a little background from other books into Vimes and the modern Watch.
I love the Discworld books but honestly found the first two to be pretty boring. They aren't the worst of them (those titles belongs to some of the witch books....Carpe Jugulum was shit) but aren't exactly fun to read.
Then again, you've got the entire Night Watch series, which are nearly all solid gold. The stories themselves aren't always fantastic, but the characters are absolute gold. Vetinari and Vimes especially. This to me is Pratchett's absolutely strength: characters. Even the worst of his books have better characters than a lot of other shit I've ever, and the best of them nearly exceed anything else I've read.
Colour of Magic is a pretty boring book. You can tell it's the first of the series. Don't judge them all that way, pick up Guards! Guards! and try Prachett again from there.
I used to love rincewind, but these days methinks that the guards books are impressive as hell.
Vimes is possibly the one man Vetinari actually trusts.
Also
He has a mini-vimes in his head to make sure he does the right thing - honestly, thats fucking cool
Is that my cow? makes me laugh so hard I got strange looks on the train to work.
2nd to this are, as previously mentioned, Thief of Time. Deaths grand-daughter is pretty cool, having picked up a few tricks, like forgetting walls are there, and TALKING LIKE THIS. Teaching kids to beat the boogey man up, and taking them to actual battles would make an interesting classroom.
And monks who can manipulate time are awesome. Especially a simple floor sweeper who has no rank, a simple broom, and rope for a belt. Who every senior monk is shit-scared of.
Colour of Magic is a pretty boring book. You can tell it's the first of the series. Don't judge them all that way, pick up Guards! Guards! and try Prachett again from there.
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I've been looking at buying a gaiman book. But I dunno which one to get. American Gods looks good, but Anansi Boys seems to get a lot of press.
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american gods is super-dark
i really liked american gods, read that one first
anansi boys is a kind of sequel - you'll enjoy it more (even though it's awesome) after reading american gods
American Gods was his breakthrough (as a novelist), Anansi is getting a lot of press because it's most recent I guess.
You might wanna read Stardust, i enjoyed that, and at the end of the summer it's going to be released as a movie (with Robert deNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer, no less), so having read the book before is always good.
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it's like he thought up this great backstory for a book and then published the backstory instead of the book
i'm excited for the movie though
e: mirror mask was written by him as a screenplay
Monks who can pretty much do whatever with time ftw.
Although I would like a tale about the Counter-weight monks, who travel the world placing/removing one kilo blocks of weight to compensate for the loss of the 5th elephant.
Penis joke.
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Stardust is basically an awesome adult fairy tale. I can't wait for the movie to come out.
The Lost Continent is my favorite of the wizarsd though... "No worries?"
Secondly. Neverwhere is a must read as far as Gaiman. It's funny that I always find it in the "Youth" section of libraries or book stores. I mean, it has
Good Omens is a great read as well. It's worth it just for the fifth horseman.
Overall though, Gaimans short stories are way better than most of his novels.
My joke was the exact opposite.
It's been a while so I should pick them up again. Personally I perfer Douglas Adams to Pratchett, but it's a personal taste thing and I like sci-fi over fantasy. I think I've read Restaurant at the End of the Universe literally atleast twenty times. I think I read it ten times in one week once, it was a really slow week at school and I just read during class.
This needed a juicing.
Also,
This man speaks the truth. You just plain miss so much if you read Night Watch without at least a little background from other books into Vimes and the modern Watch.
I can't help it.
roughly paraphrased.
Also, Mort was my favorite book if Pratchett that I have read so far. But that might be because I am just very fond of Death.
I mean, whats not to love?
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I am going to bed, I expect a list of necessary Discworld Novels by the time I wake up.
The clock is running gentlemen.
Then again, you've got the entire Night Watch series, which are nearly all solid gold. The stories themselves aren't always fantastic, but the characters are absolute gold. Vetinari and Vimes especially. This to me is Pratchett's absolutely strength: characters. Even the worst of his books have better characters than a lot of other shit I've ever, and the best of them nearly exceed anything else I've read.
It felt like he was just trying entirely too hard.
Vimes is possibly the one man Vetinari actually trusts.
Also
2nd to this are, as previously mentioned, Thief of Time. Deaths grand-daughter is pretty cool, having picked up a few tricks, like forgetting walls are there, and TALKING LIKE THIS. Teaching kids to beat the boogey man up, and taking them to actual battles would make an interesting classroom.
And monks who can manipulate time are awesome. Especially a simple floor sweeper who has no rank, a simple broom, and rope for a belt. Who every senior monk is shit-scared of.
Also, is it me or are trolls described differently in every book.
He speaks the truth.