Terry Pratchett

[Spindles]

There was a bit of a side discussion elsewhere recently and someone commented that the great man deserved his own thread. They were right, he does.

Today I purchased "Dodger" the new Terry Pratchett book, released yesterday and it is not a discworld novel, but set in London. For me this is quite an exciting prospect and after a bite to eat I am going to curl up, get comfy and dive in.

I love the discworld books, but more than that I enjoy the writing of Terry Pratchett. Good Omens is my favourite comic novel and I've really enjoyed the Truckers/Diggers/Wings series (which I gave as gifts to each and every niece and nephew I have as a less then subtle attempt to ingrain a love of Pratchett from an early age) so it is good to see that he is still prepared to step outside of his comfort zone and give us something different.

Anyhow, that's my bit, if you have an interest in his books, just want to talk about your favourite book, character or just say "ook" please feel free

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I have shown it here before and when I find it I will show it again. I have a 5ft poster from Guards Guards on my chimney breast. Totally framed and glassed after I went to see the play. The Discworld for me is an obsession. Seriously.

Edited September 14, 2012 by Rufus Gwertigan

[BlackHole2006]

Equal Rites is really confusing me at the moment, and I think I might give up on it. So far I've got up to the bit where Esk is trying to stop herself from thinking she's an eagle or something. I don't know though, I think it's because I brought it up to my flat with the intention of finishing it but I was so busy with other stuff that I had to just casually dip in and out of it and it seems like the sort of book where you can't read do that. My flatmate is a massive Terry Pratchett fan, and pretty much a fan of all fantasy novels says that Granny turns out to be a Bad Ass, right now though I'm thinking she may live in Bad Ass but she isn't acting like one so far. I'm not sure if I'm going to carry on reading Equal Rites, I might just skip to Mort, or failing that, are there any other books about Rincewind and Twoflower?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Edited September 14, 2012 by Rufus Gwertigan

[Spindles]

Paul Darrow! If I was a lady I'd be using words like "moist".

mr hole, I'd say put it down and go for Sourcery, which follows on, in a manner of speaking, from the light fantastic. This was the order I read in (I read the witches books a little later) and it worked out just great for me.

I'd say that the witches books took more getting into for me, but all my female friends state they are their favourites, so perhaps it is a gender thing? I can't say, but I read sourcery, then pyramids, then mort, then back to the witches and after that I read in published order.

The witches ARE great characters (Nanny ogg is my favourite, she reminds me of my mother in law) but like I say, they weren't as instant as the rather brilliant Rincewind, who from the very moment I met him I loved

This post, from start to finish, makes me sound a little gay. I'm 6'2" and kiss girls. That is all.

[BlackHole2006]

Paul Darrow! If I was a lady I'd be using words like "moist".

mr hole, I'd say put it down and go for Sourcery, which follows on, in a manner of speaking, from the light fantastic. This was the order I read in (I read the witches books a little later) and it worked out just great for me.

I'd say that the witches books took more getting into for me, but all my female friends state they are their favourites, so perhaps it is a gender thing? I can't say, but I read sourcery, then pyramids, then mort, then back to the witches and after that I read in published order.

The witches ARE great characters (Nanny ogg is my favourite, she reminds me of my mother in law) but like I say, they weren't as instant as the rather brilliant Rincewind, who from the very moment I met him I loved

This post, from start to finish, makes me sound a little gay. I'm 6'2" and kiss girls. That is all.

[thegremlin_1999]

Love discworld, especially the city watch stories.

But the witches are equally fantastic.

Favourite of the earlier novels would probably be pyramids but I love moving pictures too.

Dodger is on my wish list, I do love his non-DW books too especially good omens and the carpet people.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Cheers, yeah I might see if Sourcery is in my local Water Stones.

I just found Equal Rites really confusing to read, I know Terry Pratchett talks a lot of shit in his books but when he did in Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic is still sort of made sense, cause there was a story line and I got the gist of what was happening and why things were said at a certain place, but with Equal Rites it sort of feels like there isn't any Storyline and that it's just one big introduction to Granny Weatherwax

[BlackHole2006]

Go and look in your nearest market to see if there is a book stall. I dont make a habit of lending books but I an happy to lend some

[feral chile]

Paul Darrow! If I was a lady I'd be using words like "moist".

mr hole, I'd say put it down and go for Sourcery, which follows on, in a manner of speaking, from the light fantastic. This was the order I read in (I read the witches books a little later) and it worked out just great for me.

I'd say that the witches books took more getting into for me, but all my female friends state they are their favourites, so perhaps it is a gender thing? I can't say, but I read sourcery, then pyramids, then mort, then back to the witches and after that I read in published order.

The witches ARE great characters (Nanny ogg is my favourite, she reminds me of my mother in law) but like I say, they weren't as instant as the rather brilliant Rincewind, who from the very moment I met him I loved

This post, from start to finish, makes me sound a little gay. I'm 6'2" and kiss girls. That is all.

Edited September 14, 2012 by feral chile

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Right I do need to sleep but my favourite book is Reaper Man and character is either Vimes, Cohen or Igor.

[kaosmark2]

I adore Good Omens, but then, when I bought it Pratchett was my favourite author, and now Gaiman is. It'd be very impossible for me not to. The gnomes trilogy is brilliant though, it was my introduction to Pratchett and I'm quick to buy or loan it to any friends unfamiliar.

Paul Darrow! If I was a lady I'd be using words like "moist".

mr hole, I'd say put it down and go for Sourcery, which follows on, in a manner of speaking, from the light fantastic. This was the order I read in (I read the witches books a little later) and it worked out just great for me.

I'd say that the witches books took more getting into for me, but all my female friends state they are their favourites, so perhaps it is a gender thing? I can't say, but I read sourcery, then pyramids, then mort, then back to the witches and after that I read in published order.

The witches ARE great characters (Nanny ogg is my favourite, she reminds me of my mother in law) but like I say, they weren't as instant as the rather brilliant Rincewind, who from the very moment I met him I loved

This post, from start to finish, makes me sound a little gay. I'm 6'2" and kiss girls. That is all.

[Spindles]

I've spent enough on Pratchett's books to not feel at all guilty about saying that typing his name, followed by ebooks followed by torrent into google would solve the issue if you are comfortable with reading .pdf's (a desktop pc is useless for reading books, but a tablet or, I suppose a laptop should be fine). Consider it the same as going to your local library.

When I started reading Terry Pratchett I was a young parent without a pot to piss in and my local library provided all the books I read (and I read alot back then, it was free entertainment). When I was a bit better off I started buying the first editions on ebay, built up the entire collection and have been buying them in hardback on release ever since.

My ex-wife took my collection, I have a few dog eared paperbacks left and every release since divorce. What matters to me is that I love the books, am happy to pay full whack for them today but couldn't always do that.

[kaosmark2]

I've spent enough on Pratchett's books to not feel at all guilty about saying that typing his name, followed by ebooks followed by torrent into google would solve the issue if you are comfortable with reading .pdf's (a desktop pc is useless for reading books, but a tablet or, I suppose a laptop should be fine). Consider it the same as going to your local library.

When I started reading Terry Pratchett I was a young parent without a pot to piss in and my local library provided all the books I read (and I read alot back then, it was free entertainment). When I was a bit better off I started buying the first editions on ebay, built up the entire collection and have been buying them in hardback on release ever since.

My ex-wife took my collection, I have a few dog eared paperbacks left and every release since divorce. What matters to me is that I love the books, am happy to pay full whack for them today but couldn't always do that.

[Spindles]

Heh, I just want to reply to all of that, but I have had me tea and am going to go get comfy with Dodger. I look forward to reading what people have to say on the subject of the great man in the morning.

[Spindles]

She took your collection of 1stEd Pratchett hardbacks! Bitch!

I only bother with paperbacks because I'm a cheapskate (although not so much that I don't buy them), but if I got stuff like that taken my reaction would probably land me in prison.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

it probably is a gender thing - the whole point being that the witches are matter of fact rather than theoretical, like wizards. Do more midwives than consultants. it's a mirror of history (I studied the history of witchcraft, whereby natural healers (women) were considered a threat by religion and science alike (male dominated areas) and were therefore persecuted. The wizards are accepted authorut, the witches are a bit subversive.

the Witches just use psychology (headology)

Coming from a man, this is pure genius.

[feral chile]

I think Death's the best character. And I'm in awe of Terry Pratchett's genius and perception of the human condition.

[kaosmark2]

ah sod it, one quick reply. It's no hassle, it was the collecting of them that was the joy of it, the arrival of each one, unwrapping and placing on a shelf. I had that enjoyment, the fact that I no longer have them in my possession doesn't really matter after that. They would just be things, after all, just sort of sat there.

[BlackHole2006]

I think Death's the best character. And I'm in awe of Terry Pratchett's genius and perception of the human condition.

[kaosmark2]

In light of this conversation, I'm going to go reread Going Postal and Making Money, as I haven't touched them since I first got them.

[Spindles]

Death is an absolutely genius character. I think I just love the fact Death is a character rather than a thing that happens.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Damn tootin' and no better way to word it

[nightcrawler13]

Death is my favourite character, I have an awesome picture I ripped out of an awesome calender I had with different character from Discworld drawn in a realistic style. Death riding his motorbike, love it

Eric is probably my favourite book, with Sourcery right behind it, I always use 8 in my lottery numbers

Apparently Terry Pratchett is the number one shoplifted author

[MrZigster]

Another huge Pratchett fan here. Too right he deserves his own thread. I have been collecting first editions from Sourcery onwards. I am a proud owner of Once More (with footnotes) which I paid the princely sum of £20 for (now worth ten times that).

My favourite is probably Feet Of Clay. That book just works on so many different levels for me. I also think Nation is an epic work, a truly wonderful story.

I must have read Good Omens a dozen times by now.