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Terry Pratchett

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Slith, Aug 10, 2003.

  1. Slith

    Slith Look at me! I have Blue Hands! Veteran

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    Has anyone here read any of the Terry Pratchett Discworld books? If so, which ones are your favorites, and why?
     
    Slith, Aug 10, 2003
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  2. Taluntain

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    [​IMG] I've read all of them but the last 3. If you make a search in this forum you'll see similar topics about Pratchett have been made in the past. As I said back then, Pyramids stuck in my memory as one of the best. Possibly because it was one of the first I read, but I enjoyed it a lot. The final scenes in Sourcery also had me laughing so hard I thought I'd cough my throat out... BONSAI!!!

    (You'll get it once you read the book.)

    Anyway, it's impossible to pick a favourite Discworld book for me. There are so many really good ones.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 10, 2003
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  3. Daie d'Malkin

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    They;re all good, especially the death ones, and the Sweeper ones. And Rincewind's ones. I like the Wizzard stuff.
     
    Daie d'Malkin, Aug 10, 2003
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    Death and the Librarian are by far the best characters. Anyway, I loved Small Gods and the new one, Theif of Time. Crackers.

    Mort and Reaperman were good as well.
     
    Baezlebub, Aug 11, 2003
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    I read Small Gods several years ago and thought it was hilarious. Unfortunately, I was reading it during jury duty. The people with me in the waiting room must have thought I was nuts, laughing out loud like that. :D
     
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  7. Arabwel

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    I love Pratchett :D

    My favourite characters are Vetinari and Sam Vimes, though. (And for a reason....) but I just love Death and the Librarian as well.

    Is there anyone in existence who doesn't like them?
     
    Arabwel, Aug 23, 2003
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    I've adored Pratchett since I was about 12. My favorite is Wyrd Sisters -- it's an enrichment book for students studying "Macbeth".
    As for your question, Arabwel, it was hard for me to understand much of "The Color of Magic" when I was young because I didn't have the grounding / reading experience necessary to understand the allusions. So, people without such grounding in Fantasy and literature as a whole tend to think Pratchett is just weird instead of the comic genius he really is.
     
    LKD, Aug 24, 2003
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  9. Arabwel

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    I was actually refering to the Librarian and Death spesifically, but I know what you mean. Heck, my old English teacher didn't like them and he moast definitely knew the gags. And he himself was weird as hell. *gets a nostalgic moment of a lost crush*
     
    Arabwel, Aug 24, 2003
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    I have now only read the Light Fantastic and the Colour of Magic, but I will get the rest as well
     
    Morgoth, Aug 24, 2003
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