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I agree, anything with the guards in is fantastic, they are even better than the witches as main characters, and Sam Vimes is a legend.

Then again I also love the Tiffany Aching books, you have to love the Nac Mac Feegle, and they show the witches from a slightly different viewpoint.
 
We've got the entire set of Discworld novels, and got his others like Wings, Carpet People etc...etc... Thief of Time and Hogfather are probably my two favourites...

Haven't read Good Omens (despite the fact we do have it), the misses didn't enjoy it so I haven't bothered.

Her favourite ones are probably Thief of Time, Nightwatch and Carpe Jugulum.


Her absolute favourite is probably Wintersmith... but thats only because it's signed :p
 
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Takhisis said:
*Thinks of her rats names - Rincewind (RIP), Greebo, Dibbler and Cmot (well and Merlin but he was a rescue with an established name :p )*

I love the wizard books esp the Rincewind ones :)
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You mean you neglected to name any of them "DEATH" :)

I've read Colour of Magic and really enjoyed it. Got a couple of others sitting on the shelf waiting for me to get round to them...
 
For anyone starting Pratchett or trying to get into them for the first time I would suggest Guards Guards or Going Postal, as both are fairly good standalone books which you can read without having to know the other books, and don't try to introduce too much at once (the reason i'm not so fond of light fantastic and com).

I love the diskworld stories, but haven't got all the books yet.
I keep meaning to pick up the other ones with Tiffany Aching, and Maurice and his amazing rats as i foolishly thought they wouldn't be much good, until i read wintersmith on a whim (it was cheap in Tesco's).


They are some of the books that tend not to be considered for clearing out when I tidy my shelves, which is unusual for me (I tend to clear out books i don't read every now and then, some of the diskworld series have been on my shelves for 15 years, and i may have multiple copies of).
 
alangelluk said:
im an avid fantasy fan and keep looking at this guys books (am reading ian irvine- well of echoes currently then have the belgariad series ready on my shelf). i know its stupid but i get put off by the covers on his books lol, any1 mind giving a general basis on what the storyline is about??? i really like the old zero to hero type storylines, dunno why heh!
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Well if you are going to read the Belgariad then you'll also need to read the Malloreon so thats ten books to go then :)
 
i have them all, and a few a few times in different editions, love them all and love the guy, he's a legend!

C.O.M. is probably the worst book to get into them! i'm looking forward to "making money" this year, and then the next wizards book, something about a university football team, after that, but really think he should do another lu tze book.
here's my collection - or part of it as i've lent my brother a few of the hardbacks...
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http://www.endresz.co.uk/discworldb.jpg
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I am aware that i have a problem... :(
 
I'm a huge Pratchett fan, love the Discworld novels. Was introduced to them with The Colour of Magic 20 years ago and have all the books.

I used to code on the Discworld MUD too :p
 
wyrdo said:
I have those two framed, seen the Lancre one but never got it.
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must be damn big frames! oh yeah, nearly everything there is signed, as is my main PC case, but i CBA to go downstairs and take a pic at the moment... spend_day and i have been to a few of the camping events now
 
Rincewind said:
must be damn big frames! oh yeah, nearly everything there is signed, as is my main PC case, but i CBA to go downstairs and take a pic at the moment... spend_day and i have been to a few of the camping events now
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Yeah, they were framed as a Christmas present for me quite a few years back, cost about £50 each to get them done.

Camping events? Explain!

I used to frequent alt.fan.pratchett but that was bloody years ago, no idea if that still gets much traffic.
 
Absolutely love Terry! In fact I ordered Going Postal and Thud! last night.

My absolute favourite one is The Last Continent. He takes the urine out of the Ozzies, but not in an insulting way - if that's possible! :p

City Watch and Wizards books are generally my favourite closely followed by Death/Susan, but I do love his "one-offs" such as Small Gods and The Truth.

All his books are very good and I have re-read most of them dozens of times. The funniest ones have to be the Wee Free Men trilogy.

The main thing about TPs books is the dialogue. I find with a lot of books the dialogue would sound daft if said out loud, but with the Discworld characters it's like Terry has heard them and written them down.
 
i'm suprised no one has mentioned thief of time yet, one of my favorites i'd say

but it's been so long since i have read any of them i've forgotten how good they all (mostly) are, perhaps when the new harry potter comes out i'll be inclined to re read a few, early city watch series will come first i think


on another note has anyone played the thud board game? i have a version of it under my desk and only played it a couple of times, not a bad game but it is seemingly quite simple
 
The Guards series of books in one of my favorites, closely followed by anything with Death in it :).

Have to say that Going Postal and Moist von Lipwig are looking set to become some of my favorite series of books.
 
I've been reading them ever since Colour of Magic came out. I've read up to Thud! As a starter I'd definitely recommend Guards! Guards! or Nightwatch.
I think as the series has gone on the books have got more serious in tone whilst remaining just as funny (does that make any sense?).
About time we had another wizards book.
The thing about Pratchett is his characters are so well rounded and three dimensional (even Death), you care about what happens to them, the situations they find themselves in may be fantastical but there reactions are so everyday.
Just buy em all!
 
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