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Post by moosethemoose on Jun 9, 2011 2:56:03 GMT -5
I love it.
Carrot was my favourite character.
Interesting Times was probably my favourite book.
My favourite series was probably the guards, though, and I particularly liked 'Making Money' and 'Going Postal'.
The best bit about it was the cool and [fairly] consistant religions and gods and so on that he created. What a fantastic world.
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Post by Annie Ozone on Jun 12, 2011 23:11:06 GMT -5
AUGH, we are obsessed with like the opposite people! My very favorite character is Susan, and The Hogfather is my favorite book, though Granny Weatherwax and Witches Abroad are close seconds.
It is a fantastic world, though I don't think I'd like to live in it. Have you read the Tiffany Aching books?
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Post by moosethemoose on Jun 16, 2011 1:35:39 GMT -5
That's 'A Hat Full of Sky' etc.? I love the Wee Free Men. It's been a while since I've read any other than 'Thief of Time' which I found in my new house.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 16, 2011 12:20:58 GMT -5
The only book of Pratchett's that I have read was Soul Music. I absolutely loved it. Tried to read another one, but it didn't appeal as much. Would any of yoiu recommend a book similar to the style of that one?
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Post by Annie Ozone on Jun 16, 2011 20:25:19 GMT -5
I am actually, literally clapping like a seal. PTERRY!
If you like the Wee Free Men, I definitely suggest Wintersmith, which is, IIRC, the third Tiffany Aching book.
Also, Dodger--the Discworld books tend to follow characters more than anything else. If you want to see more Susan, there's Hogfather (my favorite! READ IT) and Thief of Time, and her parents are in Mort. As for Death, he's in all the books but particularly in the Susan books above as well as Reaper Man and Mort.
And, since most people who like the Susan/Death books tend to also like the Granny Weatherwax books: my favorite of them is Witches Abroad and Maskerade, but there's also Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Lords and Ladies, and Carpe Jugulum. She crops up in the Tiffany Aching books as well, which are Discworld but shelved in the YA section instead of the sci-fi/fantasy (The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight).
Question: has anyone read I Shall Wear Midnight? It's been checked out of my library so far, and the locals don't have the recall notices that the university has spoiled me with, woe. I'm excited about Esk, but I'd like y'all's impressions.
OMG ALSO: Good Omens. That is my default recommendation to anyone, and if you don't know, it's not Discworld, but it's about the end of the world and angels and demons and ansaphones and houseplants. Co-written by PTerry and Neil Gaiman.
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 16, 2011 20:29:36 GMT -5
I tried reading I Shall Wear Midnight recently but I couldn't get into it. Probably because I don't really know that much about Tiffany Aching.
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Post by Annie Ozone on Jun 17, 2011 0:07:48 GMT -5
I started off with Wintersmith, then worked backwards; however, it could just be PTerry. He can be pretty dense--I had the hardest time with The Color of Magic, and I've been a quarter of the way through The Fifth Elephant for like...six months now. I should probably give up the ghost, but I get very determined about finishing books.
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