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The Terry Pratchett Thread

ejk said:
I really enjoyed the book. Not one of the absolute best all-time discworld books, but very enjoyable. Those who are thinking of not reading it because it's about football, don't let that put you off. It's really not much about sports per se. There's a lot of other things going on. It's sort of like not reading Going Postal because you aren't interested in the mail. If you're a Pratchett fan, don't skip this one.
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Just finished reading this one, and I agree completely. There were some laugh-out-loud bits and I found it quite heartwarming.
 
Okay, first of all, why did I never see this thread before? I mean, my avatar is Terry Pratchett. O_o

Giraffe107 said:
Just finished reading this one, and I agree completely. There were some laugh-out-loud bits and I found it quite heartwarming.
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Yeah, I liked it too. Very enjoyable.

Though I do wish he would write another Watch book...
 
I've tried my best with Terry Prachett,but I've never managed to finish one of his books.I don't see the attraction.
 
dafydd said:
I've tried my best with Terry Prachett,but I've never managed to finish one of his books.I don't see the attraction.
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Seconded. I just finished a TP book "The Light Fantastic" and I realized that I had read some of his books before but they didn't stick in my mind.

Other than a few good turns of phrase I saw nothing remarkable about it.
 
tsig said:
Seconded. I just finished a TP book "The Light Fantastic" and I realized that I had read some of his books before but they didn't stick in my mind.

Other than a few good turns of phrase I saw nothing remarkable about it.
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Oh, that would explain it.

The early books were mainly gag stories. He really didn't get into the serious storytelling until sometime around Reaper Man. Until then, he had his bright moments, but was for the most part just a fantasy-writer version of Douglas Adams.
 
tsig said:
Seconded. I just finished a TP book "The Light Fantastic" and I realized that I had read some of his books before but they didn't stick in my mind.

Other than a few good turns of phrase I saw nothing remarkable about it.
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Concur also, with you and dafydd. Have posted to this effect earlier in this thread -- Pratchett just does not "do it" for me; and I've tried him. Feel the same about Pratchett, and Monty Python -- many people whose taste and discernment I respect, are devotees of one or the other or (often) both; but I fail to "get" either, or to find them entertaining. Feel that most likely, it's me that's at fault; but what the heck -- so far nobody has (seriously) threatened me either with termination-with-extreme-prejudice in this life, or eternal torment in the next, for not liking them.
 
fleabeetle said:
Concur also, with you and dafydd. Have posted to this effect earlier in this thread -- Pratchett just does not "do it" for me; and I've tried him. Feel the same about Pratchett, and Monty Python -- many people whose taste and discernment I respect, are devotees of one or the other or (often) both; but I fail to "get" either, or to find them entertaining. Feel that most likely, it's me that's at fault; but what the heck -- so far nobody has (seriously) threatened me either with termination-with-extreme-prejudice in this life, or eternal torment in the next, for not liking them.
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Consider yourself threatened.
 
dafydd said:
I've tried my best with Terry Prachett,but I've never managed to finish one of his books.I don't see the attraction.
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May I suggest:
Read 'Truckers' straight through, as recommended by a child, so suspend all criticism! I think you would find yourself laughing later in the book, even though you have started by thinking that the whole thing is completely daft.

Read several books in the Disc World straight through, one after the other, such as the ones containing the Disc World's version of wheel clamps and the other with the Disc World's version of mobile phones!!:) (I can't remember their particular titles.)
 
Just saw the trailer for Going Postal on Sky 1. Looks really good.

There's a version of it on Youtube although I'm fairly sure the Sky 1 version was longer than this:

 
Pure_Argent said:
Anyone else notice this one? :D

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If this is a fan-project, then fine. I will simply just have to avoid it.

If someone has actually wasted the rights to Guards Guards! on this, so that it will be ages before someone else makes a _real_ Guards Guards! then I am sad beyond words.

Please tell me this is by fans, for fans (other than me).
 
whatthebutlersaw said:
If this is a fan-project, then fine. I will simply just have to avoid it.

If someone has actually wasted the rights to Guards Guards! on this, so that it will be ages before someone else makes a _real_ Guards Guards! then I am sad beyond words.

Please tell me this is by fans, for fans (other than me).
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It certainly looks like it. But hey, it's always been one of my favorite Disc books, and I'm not complaining if someone wants to make it into a movie for me to watch. :D
 
Gaspode said:
Just saw the trailer for Going Postal on Sky 1. Looks really good.

There's a version of it on Youtube although I'm fairly sure the Sky 1 version was longer than this:
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Is this an actual movie, or just something done for TV distribution? Asking as we on the west side of the Pond see little of Sky productions.

From the clip, the guy playing Moist is nothing like my mental image, even without the gold suit.

V.
 
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