Terry Pratchett

[mister_noel_y2k]

Any Discworld fans here? What's your favorite Discworld book? Mine's probably "Night Watch" :banana:

[Taliesin]

*jumps up and down on the chair*
"Yes! Yes! We love it. And favourite book - *a very long silence* Maybe it's "Carpe Jugulum" or "Night Watch""

[Monica]

Small Gods :) It was fantastic. T.P. is pretty exceptional.

[Ia Nabu]

Love it, don't have nearly enough time for it! Favortite is probably the first novel I read by him, The Reaper Man. Followed closely by Thief of Time, Mort and Equal Rites.

[SleepyWitch]

I love Terry Pratchett :) right now i'm (re-)reading all the books i haven't read (or have only read in German). i s'pose my favourites are Night Watch and Thief of Time as for sophistication and thoughtfulness and Witches Abroad or the one where Rincewind goes to Australia.. eh Fourecks for being funny.. but i gotta read so many others before i can really judge...
- right now i'm reading Guards! Guards!.. why do i always picture Vimes as a fat man, although it clearly says he's skinny?
has anyone read Going Postal yet? i soooo want to read it but i can't afford the hard cover edition... gotta wait for the paperback...

[mister_noel_y2k]

:banana: yeah i read going postal last november when it came out and i couldnt afford it either (im a penniless university student) so i borrowed it from the library. its a good book sort of like the truth in the way that a chap starts a new business on the disc like a newspaper only its a post service. now i think about it, its not so really original but its still a good read, lots of the usual discworld gags and of course death puts in an appearance. so nothing really new, the more i read vetinari the more i like him, but still a good book to check out, so go visit your local library!

[SleepyWitch]

hehe :) alright I'll give it a try :) although i'm quite sure my local library (Earlsdon in Cov.) won't have it :) but i think i can order it for 50 p

[Nightshade]

I was just wondering how many of you has read books by him and what are your favoirate books and characters?

[Mark F.]

I've read the first seven or eight discworld novels and think they're hilarious, Hitchhiker's guide meets Tolkien. Favorite books; they're all good but I really liked the first two (Color of Magic & Light Fantastic) as well as Mort (in which DEATH is tired of his job). Favorite characters; Rincewind and DEATH who is probably the funniest character ever.

[Nightshade]

Yupp DEATH is my favouratie too but I also like Granny cant remember her last name!

[Mark F.]

in Equal Rites? Granny Fairfax I think. She's a crazy old lady for sure.

[mister_noel_y2k]

weatherwax, granny weatherwax.

[Nightshade]

Thats the one I knew it was a W
:D

and shes in quite a few books actually

[Rachy]

I'm thinking of reading some Terry Pratchett books but I really have no idea what they are about!

[Nightshade]

They are just Randomness absalotly great.
Discworld is a world that is flat (like a disc) and sales through space and time to its destination ( the magicians cant decide what it will be) On the back Of a Great Turtule (that may be a he or a she) balance on 4 giant elephants ( they know this because they dangled people off the edge of the world to have alook!!

They just make you lagh for HOURS!
:lol:

[mister_noel_y2k]

if you dont want to get into the series books with the recurring characters but still want to read a discworld book you could read the one-off books where the main character appears only in that book. books like pyramids, small gods, the truth, thief of time, monstrous regiment, going postal, are all one-offs that dont include the main characters like rincewind, the witches, the city watch, or death (actually death appears in every book but unless its about him hes usually relegated to a cameo appearance)


:banana:

[Mark F.]

On the other hand if ou're interested in reading the series The Color of Magic is a great place to start.

[LightShade]

I realize this thread is a bit old, but I could not help expressing my opinion :D since he's my favourite writer and all....

I don't think Colour of Magic is the best start to the series. The first two books (COM and TLF) are not as good as the subsequent ones.

I started with Reaper Man and absolutely LOVED it. Any of the later books are good, actually. A friend of mine wanted to start reading Pratchett so I gave her Equal Rites. It seemed the best choice. She can read COM and LTF later, the idea was to get her hooked :p

My favourite character was Death, no question there. Until I read Night Watch and the Patrician grew on me as well.
The two elderly witches are also on my "favourite" list - Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg.

And I don't really like Rincewind. :rolleyes:

[el01ks]

After Nightwatch, my favourite character is Vimes. Gotta love his attitude to authority, and his ability to get the donkey up the minaret (see jingo). Quite looking forward to Thud when it comes out in paperback, and to Where's My Cow, even if it is a kid's one.

[Remarkable]

I always thought Terry Pratchett's books were a bit commercial,as most highly acclaimed books are lately and I never read one,but just a few days ago,I watched this film,"Hogfather",which was based in one of his novels.It was unexpectedly good,it had a message,an idea,a whole philosophy in it...

So,what do you all think of him?Is he worth a read?If you ever read anything,that is...

[Bakiryu]

I love Pratchett, when i first read his (and gaiman's) work Good Omens, I was impressed. I sought most of his book in my local library and they were great, he's a genius! the movies don't even do credit to the books!

[Remarkable]

Oh,so he must be very good then,because I kind of loved the film...And that doesn't happen too often to me:p...

[Silas Thorne]

I love all the ones with Rincewind in them.

[papayahed]

I've tried but I haven't been able to get into them.

[Tallon]

I think Pratchett is great. It was his books that first got me into reading.

As of the new year he is now Sir Terry Pratchett.

[Thespian1975]

Terry Pratchett is great. His books take inspiration from all kinds of genres. He started of as a fantasy writer or parodies of fantasy. Then took shakespeare and film noir genres as well.

Best thing about his books is that you can reread them and pick up on so many jokes/puns that you missed first time. He is a master at the obvious and the subtle.

Favoutite quote. "Teppic pushed his food around the plate. Some of it pushed back" from Pyramids.

Best book to start on would be "Wyrd Sisters" or maybe "Guards, Guards" the do need to be read in series order as there are many running jokes through them.

Congratulations on his Knighthood but it's sad news that he has been diagnosed with early onset alziemers. :bawling:

[prendrelemick]

Truckers
Diggers
Wings

Are a trilogy he wrote, about Gnomes of all things, that were supposed to be for the younger reader, But they are absolutely brilliant, I've read and reread them several times and will probably keep doing so. The man's a genius.

[Niamh]

Pratchett os one of those authors i keep meaning to read but everytime i go to buy one of his books something else catched my eye. He is supposed to be brilliant, and i've seen the animated version of wyrd sisters which had me in stitches. He has one hell of an imagination!
Neil Gaiman is another great.

[1n50mn14]

Brilliant.
The end.

[Niamh]

Brilliant.
The end.

hahaha! that pretty much sums it up!

[kasie]

I've just read Wyrd Sisters - it will bear re-reading because I was laughing so much I'm sure I missed the next few dry jokes.

btw - don't read them in public - you get some really funny looks from the people at the next table who can't imagine what you find so funny about having to wait half-an-hour for service in a crummy roadside cafe...

[Niamh]

I've just read Wyrd Sisters - it will bear re-reading because I was laughing so much I'm sure I missed the next few dry jokes.

btw - don't read them in public - you get some really funny looks from the people at the next table who can't imagine what you find so funny about having to wait half-an-hour for service in a crummy roadside cafe...

Thats happened to me many times! its worse when you are on a train full of people (as i usually am).

you should try get the animation of Wyrd Sisters. I havent seen it in about three years but the thought of it still makes me laugh!

[Hank Stamper]

never read anything of his but watched a programme on telly last night called star men and discovered he is a fellow amateur astronomer.. which has obviously been a big influence on his work..

he had a pretty smart custom-built observatory in his back garden

some pointless trivia for you

[Bakiryu]

Truckers
Diggers
Wings

Are a trilogy he wrote, about Gnomes of all things, that were supposed to be for the younger reader, But they are absolutely brilliant, I've read and reread them several times and will probably keep doing so. The man's a genius.

oh i love those books, they're some of my favorite by him!