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okay, I'm succumbing

Don´t forget roundworld.

The comparisons between magic, storytelling and science is priceless.
 
A friend just loaned me two Pratchett books. I read "Guards! Guards!" first. I thought it was VERY funny. "Men at Arms" is on the coffee table. I'm looking forward to it.

He mentioned Pratchett after I had said a few things about Tom Sharpe, who is another very funny (IMO) British writer. I highly recommend "Wilt" and "The Throwback." (Sharpe is not fantasy.)
 
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Hello. My name is Mark, I'm 38 years old and I've never read anything by Terry Pratchett.
 
BookishBabe -- Do keep in mind that "The Colour of Magick" is, in part, built on satirizing other sf/fanatsy traditions and books--a trend that he discontinued shortly thereafter. Like many others, I agree that the first two are not quite as good as the others, since Sir Terry was finding his stride as a writer.

Alareth -- It's alright. You don't need the meeting. Those of us who have to come to terms with the notion that We'll Never Have Another Discworld Book, do. We're the ones who will go through withdrawal. But, better to have loved and lost, etc.

If you want to get some of the flavor, I suggest "Pyramids", which is more-or-less a stand alone book in the same world as the others--and includes the Disc's Greatest Mathematician, a fabulous character.

You other Pratchet-heads, I highly recommend, "Once More...with footnotes" which you can order from England. Also, the new book "Nation" is simply excellent, one of his best ever. And I personally enjoyed the "Bromeliad" trilogy very much.

Don't let me detain you, Miss Kitt
 
Alareth said:
* Alareth;4518630 steps up to the podium and taps the microphone

Hello. My name is Mark, I'm 38 years old and I've never read anything by Terry Pratchett.
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Lucky for you, human being can easily become 83 years old, so you have a few years still.
 
Alareth said:
* Alareth;4518630 steps up to the podium and taps the microphone

Hello. My name is Mark, I'm 38 years old and I've never read anything by Terry Pratchett.
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I tried reading a Terry Pratchett book once and couldn't get into it.
 
LibraryLady said:
I'm tired not not getting all the Pratchett jokes and references, so I have consulted with our Young Adult librarian who is looking up the title of the first Disc World book and I will borrow it today.

I blame you all if I hate it.
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You probably will. He didn't really hit his stride until his fourth book or so.

If you want a good introduction, I would recommend Guards! Guards! and the followups Men at Arms and Feet of Clay.

If you still don't like it after that, you're just not cut out for Pratchett.
 
LL

Considering your profoession, I highly reccomend that you learn how to tell the difference between a monkey and an ape before entering the disc.

You don't want to learn the hard way after entereing :eek:
 
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When people ask me for a quick description of Terry Pratchett's work, I generally tell them he writes what Douglas Adams would have if Adams wrote fantasy instead of science fiction.
 
Additions to the above list of 'series' - I know the point isn't to be exhaustive, but some of my favourites weren't listed :)

Moist von Lipwig (some nice touches in here)
order to read: Going Postal - Making Money

No series as such
Monstrous Regiment, Small Gods (one of my all-time favourites), Thief of Time


and in passing - doesn't 'Thud' fit into the City Watch series?
 
Worm said:
and in passing - doesn't 'Thud' fit into the City Watch series?
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Yes, in fact it is one of the very best, but also the one I haven't read 5 times over yet as it is relatively new, maybe that is why I forgot it. I usually reread them every 3 years. I still learn new things, for example the last time I learned the meaning of 'Lacrimosa' when I saw it on a Mozart album. Before that I only knew it as the funny sounding name of a certain female vampire, but I should have known better.


As for people who are not into Discworld. I am glad you people exists, we need somebody to run the world.
 
drkitten said:
You probably will. He didn't really hit his stride until his fourth book or so.

If you want a good introduction, I would recommend Guards! Guards! and the followups Men at Arms and Feet of Clay.

If you still don't like it after that, you're just not cut out for Pratchett.
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That would be my recommendation as well. People have various favourites, but if you don't like Guards! Guards! I have a hard time believing you'll like any Pratchett.

Personally I've read nearly everything. (I think there's a book about cats I haven't read, and I haven't read the original illustrated FaustEric.)
 
Guybrush Threepwood said:
Probably because they're not very good. Just blindingly obvious parodies and funny names, which just about carry the first chapter but not the 4378 books he's churned out.
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Well, that sounds like a description of some books I've read, but none of the ones written by Terry Pratchett. Did you have some examples in mind?
 
Guybrush Threepwood said:
Probably because they're not very good. Just blindingly obvious parodies and funny names, which just about carry the first chapter but not the 4378 books he's churned out.
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Ah!
Another one who hasn't read them.
For the rest of us who have, there is a rather large collection of annotations, downloadable here: http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/.
Enjoy!
 
LibraryLady said:
I'm tired not not getting all the Pratchett jokes and references, so I have consulted with our Young Adult librarian who is looking up the title of the first Disc World book and I will borrow it today.

I blame you all if I hate it.

So there.
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I need to do that too. I can has title please?:)
 
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