Any SAs out there who like reading the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett?
If so, any favourite books of the series? (I myself like any books featuring Tiffany Aching, Magrat Garlick, Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax; also Susan Sto Helit or Angua von Uberwald.)
A bit random, I know, but surely there are others out there who enjoy a bit of Pratchett reading in their spare time?
For a long time i was ignorant of Pratchett and Discworld, however being introduced to them by a Lecturer last year i haven’t been able to get enough of them!
Sam Vimes would be a favourite character for me, along with the rest of the Night Watch gang.
As far as an individual book goes, i cannot get past Small Gods, for it’s incredibly clever insight into ‘Organized Religion’. Hogfather is also quite amusing (particularly as we are coming up to the Christmas ‘season’). At the moment i am reading Night Watch.
My son loves this series of books. It all began with Truckers, which we first watched as a TV series on the ABC many years ago. We were delighted to discover that it was a book, which we stumbled across on our routine visit to Vinnies one week. One of the best 50c purchases ever. It was soon followed by Carpet People (also bought at Vinnies) before the Discworld series were discovered. And what a discovery! We almost did a happy dance because there were so many discworld books to read: a veritable pot of literary gold.
He is very partial to Small Gods and the following characters: the Librarian of the Unseen University, Commander Sam Vimes, and Death.
Dear David;
If I can get in before someone else does- the first book is “The Colour of Magic” and you just go on in order from there. The publication order will be spelled out inside the front of any of the recent editions of any of them, I guess. You can probably pick any of them up but I think it is nicer to read them in order (there are about 5 or 6 different groups of characters who feature in different books, but they often interact.)
Our family have been big fans of the series for years. In fact, we have invented a family verb, “to pratchett”, which is “to sit there annoyingly chuckling and laughing while reading the latest Terry Pratchett book but unable to read the bits to the others because they wouldn’t make sense on their own”! The books are both very funny and occasionally very moving. If you haven’t read them before I hope diehard fans will excuse me for saying they are a bit like “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” only fantasy instead of science fiction.
Regards
Neil F
Hooray! There are other people out there!! (Who are Discworld fans, I mean.)
Owen Atkins - 21 November 2007 10:42 PM
and The Sweeper is just too cool.... Lu Tzu
Is it not written, “It won’t get better if you pick at it”?
Tiffany Aching is good but I am yet to be convinced she isn’t just a rehash of Granny Weatherwax.
Not a rehash - but most probably Granny’s successor as the most powerful witch on the Disc, once Granny goes off into the black desert with Susan’s grandfather. (Or possibly Mustrum Ridcully, in a parasite universe!!)
Would love to see Esk Smith and Simon make a comeback. And am interested to see how Tiffany ends up with Roland de C the Baron’s son.
Angela Crittle - 22 November 2007 09:45 AM
He is very partial to Small Gods and the following characters: the Librarian of the Unseen University, Commander Sam Vimes, and Death.
And Carrot… who can forget the rightful King… who just wants to be a good copper and happily takes orders from his very cynical descendant of a regicide?
I can be included on the list of SA fans of Terry Pratchett’s “Discworlld” novels.
Some of my favourite characters?
Rincewind, who finds himself in all sorts of trouble, but manages to survive, with help from the “Luggage”
The Patrician,(Havelok Vetinari), who is dragging Ankh-Morpork into a degree of civilization, especially in the latest novels (""Going Postal"” and “Making Money"). He has developed a brilliant way of governing, by using the natural instincts of people like Moist von Lipwig, to benefit the city.
As well as the City Watch, the Librarian, Mustrum Ridcully and the other wixards, not to mention Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and family, Magrat and Verence, and Susan Sto Helit and her grandfather.
I really liked Going Postal - having worked for the public service it got me chuckling.
I also kind of enjoyed Monstrous Regiment. I read it around the time I did some other reading on Catholicism, so found some humour in it, but it wasn’t as good as Going Postal.
I also enjoyed Night Watch, and the ones that went with it.
Favourite characters.
Moist was great - and the Patrician. I think I just really liked that book.
Death is by far my favourite character though.
Sam Vines is great.
I like the Igor’s too.
Really must look at expanding the collection for christmas.
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