Guest velocipede2288 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I love Terry Pratchett, he is a laugh a minute.Very Humourous. I have eight of his Disk World books and have read several more from the library. They are books I can go back to when I need a chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm really enjoying them at the minute. As soon as I've finished one I'm straight onto the next one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Kate, have you read the Tiffany Aching books? They are wonderful - and the witches appear! I thoroughly recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 No I haven't. I will look for them now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Kate, have you read the Tiffany Aching books? They are wonderful - and the witches appear! I thoroughly recommend them. As with the Discworld books, I have read all of the Tiffany Aching books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 No I haven't. I will look for them now In order they are, 'Wee Free Men', 'A Hat Full Of Sky', 'Wintersmith', and apparently there's a fourth due out next year with the working title of 'I Shall Wear Midnight'. Kate, I think you will love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 In order they are, 'Wee Free Men', 'A Hat Full Of Sky', 'Wintersmith', and apparently there's a fourth due out next year with the working title of 'I Shall Wear Midnight'. *Groan* Whilst the Tiffany Aching books are good, he's not written a Witches novel since he started this series and I'd far rather have a Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat book than another one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Are these still Discworld novels? Or a stand alone series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Yes, they're Discworld. They're a series within the series. They feature Granny Weatherwax, but star Tiffany Aching. They can be read alone, but if you have an inderstanding of the way the Witches of the Disc think, you'll enjoy them even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyn Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I too love Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. I think I've read most of them several times over and keep going back to them. Unseen Academicals is great and I'm looking forward to the next Tiffany Aching book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustoMerckx Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I've got Mort here somewhere, just cant seem to find it. Read it when I was about 13 so cant remember a great deal about it. Just started reading Truckers which, as I cant remember anything about Mort, must count as my first Terry Pratchett book, although not a discworld one. The humour is very clever, things like 'all' being burning water that lorries drink. Its also very clever that it is written for just about every age group, not easy to pull off. I remember there being a really good point and click discworld game on the playstation 1 which I've been on the lookout for for a while. I've been told its worth some money now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWords Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I remember there being a really good point and click discworld game on the playstation 1 which I've been on the lookout for for a while. I've been told its worth some money now though I'm not 100% sure, but I think there was a PC port as well. I do know that a lot of old games (H2G2 and Sam & Max for example) are available to freely download around the net, but I'll have to check for the Discworld game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 There were at least two Discworld games on the PC, I played the demos for both of them - back in the day - but I can't say either really grabbed me. From memory, I think Eric Idle did the voice of Rincewind in both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWords Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 They really couldn't have made much of an impression on me either, especially since I've blanked both from my memory. The TV adaptations didn't especially grab me either. It depends on the book, but most of Pratchett's work doesn't seem as if they were ever really intended to be transposed to other media. I like the books as they are - books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustoMerckx Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Finished Truckers, loved the humour. Bits like wind being created by the trees all waving about. Want to get into some Discworld stuff now, is there any particular order that makes sense? Where is a good place to begin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 The site Fantastic Fiction has them listed in order, and although I have read the first two,'The Colour Of Magic' and 'The Light Fantastic' and enjoyed them well enough, I don't consider them TP's best of the bunch. Therefore I would suggest starting with either 'Equal Rites' or a firm favourite of mine, 'Mort'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I'm not a fan of the wizard books myself (especially the 1st two and Eric) but the rest of the books are all brilliant (and most of the wizard books are pretty good too, it's just those three I don't enjoy so much). However, you CAN actually start at other points in the series if you know where to jump in. THere's a handy guide HERE. It only goes up to October 2006, though, so it doesn't include Making Money (Industrial Revolution) or Unseen Academicals (Wizards), but they can be tagged onto the end of their respective threads. My favourites are the Watch novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Thanks for that Kell, I would not have been able to remember which went where without some serious study! It means I can re dip without having to strain my brain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Synopsis from www.terrypratchett.co.uk: SAM VIMES IS A MAN ON THE RUN. YESTERDAY HE WAS A DUKE, A CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE AMBASSADOR TO THE MYSERIOUS, FAT-RICH COUNTRY OF UBERWALD. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves - and they're catching up. The Fifth Elephant is Terry Pratchett's latest instalment in the Discworld cycle, this time starring dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue and big lumps of fat. This is number 24 in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. This book features The Watch, vampires, were wolves and dwarfs. Again, Sam Vimes finds himself leaving Ankh Morpork to go to foreign parts. There is a dwarf coronation set to take place, but things are not right. There are murders, stolen scones, and Vimes gets himself arrested. This was another enjoyable Discworld novel. Again, not one of my favourites but still a good read. There were times I found myself laughing out loud - especially in regards to the dwarf who made contraception, but there were times when I was losing concentration. One thing I love about Pratchett however is he always pulls me back in to the story. I found myself enjoying the fight scenes, laughing at the vampires and being annoyed at the were wolves. I loved Vimes' wife Sybil. I think I laughed every time spoke - but I particularly liked her at the end when she got angry. I was sat cheering her on. I loved Captain Carrot too, and was really sad when he got hurt. And to have Colon in charge of the Watch was genius writing; but I did think Pratchett could have added in more Colon parts in the story. I recommend all the Discworld books, and although this is not the best in my opinion I still enjoyed it and would recommend it. This is just an awesome series of books. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Kell, that link is awesome! I've only started Discworld and I've been curious to see exactly how the novels fit together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Saw Mr. Pratchett last night, and on fine form he was too! There will be a podcast of it available from the Guardian Book Club web site shortly, though judging by the length of the others Terry must have gone on a good hour longer than everyone else, and was quite prepared to do more (he really seemed to like the wine!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Saw Mr. Pratchett last night, and on fine form he was too! There will be a podcast of it available from the Guardian Book Club web site shortly, though judging by the length of the others Terry must have gone on a good hour longer than everyone else, and was quite prepared to do more (he really seemed to like the wine!).Looking forward to that link - I had a ticket but couldn't go in the end, I'm sad I missed it but oh well... guess it means I'll just have to save up for the Discworld Convention 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 (edited) I did look out for you there BJ, but, alas . . . Anyway, still no podcast, but a good summary of the evening, none the less. (what it fails to mention is that John Mullan had the sh*te ripped out of him repeatedly for not knowing what he was talking about!). Edited December 20, 2009 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 It sounds like a fun evening was had by all, I'm ever so slightly jealous but as you say - alas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 And there's also a Video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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