The Discworld Series (Terry Pratchett)

[Rose Hunter]

I did a search, and there isn't another thread like this one.

:)

Anyone read Terry Pratchett?

I know he has written more than just the Discworld Series, but it's my primary focus.

I have read some of his other works though, so disussion on them is also welcome.

[true_heir_of_slyth]

Another Terry Pratchett fan! :D

I love the Discworld series. Terry Pratchett's my fave author (aside from JKR, of course ;)). My favourite book is Night Watch, and my favourite characters...it's hard to choose, there's so many great ones, but I love Lord Vetinari and Vimes, and the Lirbrarian. Ook. :lol:

[Sabine]

Me too - me too!!!

I love those books. I also do love Truckers, Diggers and Wings.

I've just started "The Truth".

Sabine

[Rose Hunter]

:D

Cool.

I have the entire set of the Discworld series so far. The only ones I haven't read yet are 'Night Watch', and the new one 'The Monsterous Regiment'. My bf bought 'Night Watch' for me, but I hadn't had a chance to read it.

:(

I've also read 'Good Omens'.

:)

Very well done. I liked the ending as well. Although, I must confess, I can't remember most of that one.

It's hard for me to choose a favourite character.

I can't remember his name, but he featured mainly in 'The Truth'. That vampire with an almost suicidal fascination with flash photography.

:rotfl:

He was a hoot!

[true_heir_of_slyth]

I can't remember his name, but he featured mainly in 'The Truth'. That vampire with an almost suicidal fascination with flash photography.

:rotfl:

He was a hoot!

Otto Chriek :lol: I loved him :) Especially when bits of the carpet got trodden into his suit... :rotfl:

[Liselle]

ooh this was long overdue, in fact I'm almost as fanatical about diskworld as I am Potter! For entertainment you can't beat Vetinari and Vimes :) I also love the Busar (more dried frog pills anyone?!)......

I think the 5th elephant is my favourite, whats yours?

[Rose Hunter]

Hmmm.

:D

They're all so good.

How can I choose a favourite of them?

Well. I can't.

But I really enjoyed Thief of Time.

:)

I really should get the updated Discworld Companion.

I only have the older version right now.

But I do have the Streets of Ankh-Morpork.

:D

I had to special order it, but it was worth it.

[Dessie]

I have read every single book that Terry Pratchett has written, and own them all except for the graphic novels. Yes, I have no life. :)

Favourite Discworld book? Really hard to choose, but it's got to be one of Maskerade, Feet of Clay or The Truth. (Outside of the Discworld books, I do love the Nomes trilogy and The Carpet People.)

Favourite character? Either Angua, who is just too cool, or Nanny Ogg. And I love the Luggage.

Does anyone else have a favourite quote? Once again, impossible to choose, but I have to put in a mention for;

Bucket: "Will the orchestra be able to play?"

Salzella: "They never have before, I don't see why they should start now. They're musicians. The only way a dead body would upset them is if it fell in their beer, and even then they'd pay if you paid them dead body money."

As a musician and the daughter of an opera lover, I love Maskerade. :p

Oh, and I've just got to add (from Feet of Clay):

Vimes: "We're just one big family here, Littlebottom, and when you've been to a few domestic disputes, I can assure you you'll see the resemblance."

Heehee... :rotfl:

[Rose Hunter]

:D

I like Granny Esmeralda Weatherwax.

She reminds me of Professor Minerva McGonagall.

Same sterness.

I'm sure they would have disliked each other.

:rotfl:

[Crystal]

AAAH Discworld!
I love it, especially the morris dancing!
There is a side somwhere who really has a luggage (a little box on legs, yes!) and a dance called Mrs Wigerys Lodger.
I love the Librarian so my favourite quote is probably "OOK, OOK EEK!" (Orangutang being a Bhangbhangduc word meaning, "definatly not a monkey")
I like Vimes too.

[Scatha]

Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors! I love the discworld series its so funny.

Who doesn't love a world in the shape of a disc that spins on the back of four elephants that are standing on the back of a giant turtle?

[Rose Hunter]

WARNING: Major showing off!

Turtle's Name: Great A'Tuin.

The Elephants: Berillia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen.

:)

I may have gotten the spelling a bit off.

[Liselle]

oooh who can forget the Luggage :)....what was the one that had Rincewind ending up in xxxx? cna't think of the name of it, I thought the Luggage was fantastic in that.

Course DEATH is pretty cool, I love the way he speaks in CAPS! And Carrot is funny too.....and Leonard of Quirim :tu:


....I love the discworld :)

edit: the last continent to answer my own question!

++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.

-- (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times)
....I think that sums it all up

[Nick]

Look here, I'm trying to expand my reading outside of Harry Potter and Jules Verne. I've heard good things about this Discworld series (as well as Artemis Fowl) and so I wanna know .. without being spoiled too much .. what's this series about?

[dink]

It's about a world shaped like a disc, Nick. :p

[Liselle]

world that parallels our own in some ways and parodies it in others :) the first one I read was Masquarade and I was hooked from there!


A nice new sig in honour of discworld! And there's a new one due out in April I think called Hat full of sky!!!

[Dedalus]

I love the Discworld series and Terry Pratchett books in general. I've been reading the Discworld series since I was 8 or 9, so it's dominated a huge amount of my life. I have all the books, a lot of the extra books and several other things like a map on my wall of Ankh-Morpork, a signed picture of Greebo the cat, a Discworld calendar on my wall and about 15 of the models by Clarecraft. When I can't get a book, I get something else :)

I don't have a single favourite, but I like Witches Abroad, Guards! Guards! (all the Night Watch books that follow are wonderful too, but very different as they start to become like crime novels), Thief of Time, The Truth, Jingo, Interesting Times, Maskerade and probably more than I've forgotten.

I love Nanny Ogg best, I think. But I also love Commander Vimes, Granny Weatherwax, all the wizards, Death, The Librarian, Angua ...


Look here, I'm trying to expand my reading outside of Harry Potter and Jules Verne. I've heard good things about this Discworld series (as well as Artemis Fowl) and so I wanna know .. without being spoiled too much .. what's this series about?
It's sort of fantasy, but in some ways it's more down to Earth way than a lot. The witches, for instance, act like little old ladies should do. And nothing is just made up ... everything is a sort of parody of something in our own world, like he's held up a Hall of Mirrors-esque mirror and written what it looks like. So the books sometimes incorportate a lot of our own myths, other books, plays or operas, history, politics and famous people, just ever so slightly different.

And they're very funny :) .

Has everyone seen this website - The L-space (http://www.lspace.org)? If not, you should. They've annotated all the books so you can find out all the jokes you might have missed or any interesting etymologies. I sit there reading them all just oohing and aahing at all the things I never noticed before.

[Guardian Angel]

My favourite Terry Prachett book would probably be The Moving Pictures, but I also highly enjoyed his other books. The one written with Neil Gaiman Good Omens is one of my favourites as well.

Death is such a cool character. :D I like Gaspod (spelling, spelling) as well. Rincewind used to be one of my fave characters before too. Oh, and Mort is cool. I should add Nanny Ogg somewhere too. :p

All in all, I love the Discworld series and the way Terry writes. :tu:

[Liselle]

Yup I've dabbled in the L-Space (one of the more intersting concepts to be raised, along with the trousers of time!)......so much there :)

[Rose Hunter]

I love how they parallel other worlds.

:D

Like the ichonograph (sp?). A box with a little demon in it that paints pictures.

Or clickies, octo-celulous, and Holy Wood. Banged grains (what they call pop-corn). *Moving Pictures*

My favourite quote to date:

"He's got a box with a demon in it that draws pictures," said Rincewind shortly. "Do as the madman says and he will give you gold." - The Colour Of Magic, pg 53. (in my book)

[Liselle]

heh heh or Cut my own throad Dibbler! He pops up under a few different guises!!! always entertaining!!!

[Rose Hunter]

Cut-me-own-hand-off D'blah. (sp?)

:rotfl:

[true_heir_of_slyth]

My favourite quote ever is the one that goes something like this...

'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Because, well, June 24th was quite nice...'

:rotfl:

I love it- but can anyone remember where it's from? I can't find it and it's really annoying me :banghead: :lol:

This one about the wizards is great, too:

'If the question was, 'what is the best spell for turning a nook of poetry into a frog?', then the one thing they would NOT do was to look in any book with a title like Major Amphibian Spells in a Literary Environment: A Comparison. That would, somehow, be cheating.'

:rotfl::rotfl:

[Liselle]

Cut-me-own-hand-off D'blah. (sp?)

:rotfl:


yup he's everywhere....in ankh-morpork and then in xxxx Rincewind comes across someone suspiciously like him....and in Klatch the same thing happens to Nobby and co....

[Indian Blood]

Iv've only just got into his books. i read monstrous regiment and loved it. I'm reading Gaursd! Gaurds! at the mo, and i'm really likin it. What next book would u guys suggest?

[Liselle]

I'd recommend The fifth elephant, Masquerade....pretty much all of them really, except for Pyramids as I just didn't like that one.....

[dink]

Ah, well, Liselle. :) "Pyramids" is one of my favourites. I love the way Brutha behaves at the end, towards his enemy. One of Terry Pratchett's more beautiful moments, I think.

Slythy - I half think that the "Shall I compare thee" quote came from the book which was based upon Macbeth. "Wyrd Sisters", I think. It sounds like the kind of the thing the jester said when he was courting Magrat. Um, someone was courting someone, anyway, in that book, I think, and that line came up. Possibly. Or, of course, I could be making this all up - it's been a while since I read any Discworld books. :D

[Dedalus]

Slythy - I half think that the "Shall I compare thee" quote came from the book which was based upon Macbeth. "Wyrd Sisters", I think. It sounds like the kind of the thing the jester said when he was courting Magrat. Um, someone was courting someone, anyway, in that book, I think, and that line came up. Possibly. Or, of course, I could be making this all up - it's been a while since I read any Discworld books. :D
No you're not making it all up ... that's right. It was young Verence to Magrat after he'd had a word with Hwel the playwright about how to talk to women :)

Indian Blood - it'd probably good to go from the beginning, except that the first books were just getting their bearings so they're perhaps not as good as the others as part of the Discworld series. Or else just read all the little series (like the Watch books, the Witches books, the Death books ...) in order instead, so now you've read Guards! Guards! then move on to Men At Arms.

One of the things that I love is the way they talk about the gods like a soap opera. That's probably taking the mick out of Greek gods, who were very much like that, only a little bit moreso. It's great, anyway!

[Liselle]

Ah, well, Liselle. :) "Pyramids" is one of my favourites. I love the way Brutha behaves at the end, towards his enemy. One of Terry Pratchett's more beautiful moments, I think.

Slythy - I half think that the "Shall I compare thee" quote came from the book which was based upon Macbeth. "Wyrd Sisters", I think. It sounds like the kind of the thing the jester said when he was courting Magrat. Um, someone was courting someone, anyway, in that book, I think, and that line came up. Possibly. Or, of course, I could be making this all up - it's been a while since I read any Discworld books. :D


ah well we'll just have to agree to disagree!! Its one I keep meaning on going back to but I just never seem to get around to it!


The gods are funny alright, like fate being personified and the game of "chess" that they play. I think my favourite character of all has to be the partrician, he knows whats happening no matter what....did you read the one where he was being poisoned and they couldn't figure out where it was coming from? it was the candle wicks!!! how brilliant was that?!

[Dedalus]

I think my favourite character of all has to be the partrician, he knows whats happening no matter what....did you read the one where he was being poisoned and they couldn't figure out where it was coming from? it was the candle wicks!!! how brilliant was that?!
And how Vetinari found out, but decided not to tell Vimes about it anyway. I liked the candle wick poison, but I have to admit I figured it out early on and couldn't understand why the Watch hadn't! Maybe it's just because I'm not used to seeing candles, so they'd jump out for me on the desk or maybe I just have a sinister mind.

I liked Vetinari in Jingo as well.

[Liselle]

...give me your hat Corprol Betti :) yup he's a scream!! I didn't get the candles straight away but I figured it before Vimes and the rest of the watch did! Vetinari has his reasons for everything....good job he didn't kick it before they figured it out :p

[Dedalus]

Hehheh, Corporal Beti ... that was great. And I like how Nobby has had a fondness for women's clothing since.

Has anybody else read Nanny Ogg's cookbook? They should have really produced The Joy of Snacks, with all them recipes ... or maybe not. But it's funny, anyway. I think it's the funniest of all the bonus books you can buy. And Paul Kidby's illustrations are, as always, fantastic. I'm glad he's been illustrating the book covers since Josh Kirby passed away.

I met Josh Kirby, the illustrator. I went out with a boy who lived down his road, and his dad was a friend of his. He took me to his house and Josh gave me a tour of all his paintings, which plastered every single wall of his tiny little cottage. They're enormous! And they look much better in reality than they do as covers for the books. I saw the cover of The Truth before it was out, and he'd started on the cover for Thief of Time, for which he had only half of the manuscript. And he was complaining about Terry Pratchett rip offs. He was a lovely man, though, and was very happy to show me around all his work and talk me through them. Though I found out that he was a bit of a recluse, and only seemed to leave the house to go to the letter box in the village, which is a shame.

[dink]

Josh Kirby's illustrations certainly gave the Discworld series a very clear identity. But I always had a problem with the way he drew the luggage - having the feet the way he's arranged them would mean that it would be racing everywhere sideways. Daft. :)

[Liselle]

I haven't read Nanny Oggs cook book but I think I want to now!! One thing I'd love to see is the mandala from the thief of time, I have a picture of it in my head but I'm really curious as to what he would make of it!!!!

[Rose Hunter]

I had a chance once to buy Nanny Ogg's Cookbook in Chapters.

:(

But I had a cash flow problem at the time and couldn't afford it.

I did, however, chance to flip through it. And from what I remember, it was a very interesting book.

:evil:

[Liselle]

hmm I must have a look for it, I don't have any of the illustrated books at all :(

[Rowena Ravenclaw]

One of the things that I love is the way they talk about the gods like a soap opera.

Or a football game, if you're reading Pyramids. That bit always cracks me up.

My favorite character has to be Death. How can you not like an anthropomorphic personification who rides a horse named Binky? I got to hear Terry Pratchett speak last October, though, and he says he doesn't like to use Death or Rincewind as much any more because it's "too easy" to get a laugh with them. I don't mind!

[Rose Hunter]

:lol:

Too easy to get a laugh from them?

Is that the reason why I've seen a glaring lack of those two characters?

I can actually see that.

:lol:

[Dedalus]

Well he's been going with a new angle all together with his recent books, hasn't he? When Night Watch was published he said it was because he didn't want to be stuck in a rut, he wanted characters that were not just funny, but could die. But he has been writing a lot of new characters or going at the old ones from new angles. I think he wanted a bit of a change.

I'm not complaining though, I've loved all the recent books (except The Last Hero). Monstrous Regiment was very weird, for him! What with -
those extremely close ladies, losing babies, neglect and pyromaniacs. I think it's such a funny idea though, since there's so many folk songs and even real tales about women going off as men to join the army, to have a regiment compiled entirely of women pretending to be men!

[Liselle]

you know I haven't been such a fan of the last few books at all, I didn't particularly like Monsterous Regiment at all :( dare I say I was a bit dissappointed in it. I think that there were just too many new characters for me. DOn't get me wrong, a change is great and its always wonderful to see what creations he can come up with but I just hope he doesn't neglect the old ones.

It just came to me what my favourite Discworld moment is. Its from the Fifth elephant:
death is running from the warewolves and he ends up having a hilarious tete a tete with death going something like this

'Are you Death?'
IT'S THE SCYTHE, ISN'T IT? PEOPLE ALWAYS NOTICE THE SCYTHE.

‘I’m going to die?’
POSSIBLY.
‘Possibly? You turn up when people are possibly going to die?’
OH, YES. IT'S QUITE THE NEW THING. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.
‘What’s that?’
I'M NOT SURE.

Death was sitting on a higher branch of the tree.
‘Are you following me or what?’
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WORDS 'DEATH WAS HIS CONSTANT COMPANION'?

[Dedalus]

Ahh, it's a shame you haven't liked them. But I don't think he's neglecting the old ones, I just think he wants to keep things fresh. I mean, we had Night Watch which was a Watch book. I think he just wants to have some new characters brought into the bundle, like that we're getting another book about Tiffany Aching (Wee Free Men) and that we've seen William DeWord and the Times a few times since the Truth. And the Sweeper, who I love to bits!

I love that about Pratchett too, that main characters in one books become walk-ons in others. That each book centers around a group of people, so a different type of story is always used while keeping it in the same world, but that we sometimes still see the other characters stumble in, often selling a sausage in a bun or swinging a sythe (though not both at the same time). I mean, each set of books are so different ... the Witches books are so different to the Watch ones, in the set-up of the stories as well as just the characters.

You're not alone in disliking Monstrous Regiment, I have heard people say it has no plot and things like that. But I like it. I think I like it because a lot of my favourite songs are exactly about
Women disguising themselves as men, and mostly to join the army.
And I think it's cool that folk songs keep getting mentioned throughout the book, almost like he's based it on some of these songs I like, or ones similar.

[Catgirl]

Somebody started a Discworld thread without telling me? There are so many ways that that is wrong, I'm not even going to beggin.

In fact I dodn't know where to biggin. Death rocks! Luggage is a homicidal manic. i'd be more scared of it than Voldermort.

My favorite books are Mort and The Truth.

My favorite quote is:
There are thousends of reasons why magic doesn't rule the world. They're called witches and wizards.

I'm certain there is already a Discworld thread, because it was one of the first ones I ever posted in.

[Cat]

Terry Pratchett is a fantastic writer. He's funny, clever and convincingly philosophical. I've read and enjoyed his books since I was nine or ten. I probably didn't get some of the jokes back then but I enjoyed them nonetheless.

My favourite books are Mort, Guards! Guards!, Feet of Clay, Reaper Man and Hogfather.

That's not to say I like the city watch and Death books the best. Each mini-series of the various starring characters is favourable in its own right.

I would say I haven't liked the recent books as much, but I'd be lying. I loved Thief of Time. I haven't read Wee Free Men. I wasn't too fond of Monstrous Regiment - the idea was simple, traditional and ingenious, but it was delivered with very little plot as far as I could determine. More of a string of interesting events with a conclusion at the end... perhaps that counts as a plot for most people...

I wasn't too keen on The Truth (even though it's one of the funniest) or Carpe Jugulum either.

[Liselle]

funny I liked Carpe Jugulum, the title had me in stiches for ages!! When I said I didn't like some of the newer stuff I specifically meant Monsterous Regiment and Night Watch, I think they were lacking a little something but that was just me! I do love the thief of time and sweeper as well as Lobsang/Time. They're very good (even with nougat you can still have a perfect moment!). I think my problem with night watch was that it figured Vimes a little too much, a quibble that I never thought I 'd have. I've come to the conclusion though that Vimes doesn't work half as well without Carrot or the Patrician
(loved the vignette on Havelock ;) in Night watch though)


Still I'm waiting with bated breath for the next discworld due!

[Rose Hunter]

'Carpe Jugulum'.

'Go for the throat'.

Fitting motto for a family of vampires.

;)

[Dedalus]

Well I liked Monstrous Regiment and Night Watch, but I understand why people don't. They are very different.

Some quotes I've found (I wouldn't be able to say my favourite ones because I'd have to flick through all the many many books to find them) -

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." (Jingo)

""Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it?" "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short." (The Wee Free Men)

"- "Remember -- that which does not kill us can only make us stronger."
- "And that which does kill us leaves us dead!" (Carpe Jugulum)

"It's a sad and terrible thing that high-born folk really have thought that the servants would be totally fooled if spirits were put into decanters that were cunningly labelled backwards. And also throughout history the more politically conscious butler has taken it on trust, and with rather more justification, that his employers will not notice if the whisky is topped up with eniru." (Hogfather) :lol: :lol:

"Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck." (Lords and Ladies)

"The leading thief glared at the solid stone that had swallowed Mort, and then threw down his knife. 'Well, ----me,' he said. 'A ----ing wizard. I HATE ----ing wizards!' 'You shouldn't ---- them, then,' muttered one of his henchmen, effortlessly pronouncing a row of dashes" (Mort)

"It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things." (Jingo)

[Liselle]

:rotfl:
there are some great quotes from Jingo alright....funny and with more than a grain of truth in them too :)

[Catgirl]

I'm sorry if this post is a little off topic, but I figured Discworld fans would read this thread. I'm looking for a Discworld fan to set up a v.bulliton site with. I would be paying for it, but I need someone to help with the hard work of setting it up, someone to bounce ideas off and to share the administrating with. If you're interested could you please PM me.

Back on topic: I absolutely love this quote that Dedalus just posted. "The leading thief glared at the solid stone that had swallowed Mort, and then threw down his knife. 'Well, ----me,' he said. 'A ----ing wizard. I HATE ----ing wizards!' 'You shouldn't ---- them, then,' muttered one of his henchmen, effortlessly pronouncing a row of dashes" (Mort) I'd forgottton that one. :rotfl:

[Sabine]

Now what ... I just finished Maskerade (I've read that in german and I once more have to say I dont like the translations!) And wanted to go on with nightwatch...

but having read Dedalus quotes I am not so sure if I rather reread Hogfather (I especially loved the god of hangovers) or carpe jugulum *deepsigh*

Sabine

[Dedalus]

I was bored and it's too late for me to do anything except go on the computer, so I thought I'd find us some more Pratchett quotes :)

***

"This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here."
Lords and Ladies

"The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select."
Lords and Ladies

"Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four"
Interesting Times

"They say the heat and the flies here can drive a man insane. But you don't have to believe that, and nor does that bright mauve elephant that just cycled past."
The Lost Continent

"Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men!"
Thief of Time

"Veni, vermini, vomui, I came, I got ratted, I threw up? Visi, veneri, vamoosi, I visited, I caught an embarassing disease, I ran away?"
Alternatives to "Veni Vidi Vici" -- Jingo

""It's not a ---ing harpsichord, it's a ---ing virginal," growled Mr. Tulip. "One ---ing string to a note instead of two! So called because it was an instrument for ---ing young ladies!"
"My word, was it?" said one of the chairs. "I thought it was just a sort of early piano!""
The Truth

""Let's see what else we've got ... ah, has anybody got an opener for a bottle of beer?"
A man in the corner indicated that he might have such a thing.
"Fine," said Nanny Ogg. "Anyone got something to drink a bottle of beer out of?"
Another man nodded hopefully.
"Good," said Nanny Ogg. "Now, has anyone got a bottle of beer?""
Maskerade

"Bucket: "I don't understand! Is the man mad?"
Salzella: "Well, now. A man who wears evening dress all the time, lurks in the shadows and occassionally kills people. Then he sends little notes, writing maniacal laughter. Five exclamation marks again, I notice. We have to ask ourselves: is this the career of a sane man?""
Maskerade

"He looked evil in an interesting kind of way, like a pirate who really understood the words "Jolly Roger.""
Erm ... Maskerade, again

"Granny Weatherwax: "You haven't got the morals of a cat, Gytha Ogg."
Nanny Ogg: "Now, Esme, you know that's not true."
Granny Weatherwax: "All right. You have got the morals of a cat."
Nanny Ogg: "That's better." "
Lords and Ladies

"Gammer Brevis: "And Gammer Peavey passed on."
Nanny Ogg: "Did she? Old Mabel Peavey? How old was she?"
Gammer Brevis: "One hundred and ninteen. I said to her, 'You don't want to go climbing mountains at your age' but she wouldn't listen. ... I actually heard her very last words."
Granny Weatherwax: "What did she say?"
Gammer Brevis: "As I recall, 'oh bugger.'""
Witches Abroad

[Liselle]

Now what ... I just finished Maskerade (I've read that in german and I once more have to say I dont like the translations!) And wanted to go on with nightwatch...

but having read Dedalus quotes I am not so sure if I rather reread Hogfather (I especially loved the god of hangovers) or carpe jugulum *deepsigh*

Sabine


either or, they're both great! I can't imagine Terry Pratchett in another language :rotfl: , thats half the fun gone!!!

the quotes are hilarious, I still think the one I posted earlier on from The Fifth Elephant is the best though!!!

or any of the messages that HEX comes out with :)

[rebus]

terry prattchet rocks. I have been reading him for about 18 years and he keeps on gdetting better and better (except that monstrous regiment was a bit dissapointing).
Quotes:
You can tak' oour freedom but you canne' tak' oour troousers (Wee Free Men)
In the bathtub of History the truth is harder to find than the soap (can't remember the book (it was one of the early ones). This actually became the unofficial motto of the history department at my university)
Try Nanny Oggs Carrot and Oyster pie. Carrots so you can see in the dark and Oysters so you have something to look at (Maskerade)

[Rose Hunter]

:)

I didn't know Wee Free Men was out.

What's it like?

[Catgirl]

Wee Free men is great. It features a certian familular creature called a grim. As well as lot o other weird fairytale stuff.

I'd forgotton about the Oh God of Hangovers. I loved the way he'd always say "Oh me!"

I love the qoute: 'Death is missing. Presumed... er... gone.'

[rebus]

I love the qoute: 'Death is missing. Presumed... er... gone.'[/QUOTE]

isn't that from one of the games rather than a book?
BTW the 3 games were really cool, although the 1st was really annoying in all the little pointless quests that you had to do.

[Catgirl]

No, it's actually from one of the blurbs. Reaper Man, I believe.

[Rose Hunter]

Wee Free men is great. It features a certian familular creature called a grim. As well as lot o other weird fairytale stuff.

I'd forgotton about the Oh God of Hangovers. I loved the way he'd always say "Oh me!"

I love the qoute: 'Death is missing. Presumed... er... gone.'

:lol:

Very good quotes.

And that grim sounds interesting.

:)

It's big in English Folklore.

[Dedalus]

BTW the 3 games were really cool, although the 1st was really annoying in all the little pointless quests that you had to do.
I really didn't like the games, especially the second one. I hated that they kept on using Monty Python jokes. One or two - okay, you know, as an joke for Eric Idle doing the voice of Rincewind ... but to do it all the time was just irritating. I thought it was just silly to use jokes from a different thing entirely when the Discworld series are funny set of books as they are! Why not use Discworldy jokes? Though I have been told that Discworld Noir doesn't do that, because it was made in a different way or by different people or something.

Yeah, The Wee Free Men is good. I liked the references to Richard Dadd's fairy paintings in it, saying that if the Nac Mac Feegle were in them they'd be making rude gestures to all onlookers.

[Puffskein]

I've only read two Discworlds - Witches Abroad and Wyrd Sisters. I like the witches and Death, and the satire, and Witches Abroad has a good clever plot, but they didn't quite satisfy me. There are times when the story feels too much like a string of jokes. I like the character-based humour though, such as Granny Weatherwax not telling the difference between acting and real life ("Wouldn't kings be too busy ruling and similar?") I've also seen the cartoon version of Wyrd Sisters, in which some of the jokes work better ("When shall we three meet again?" "Well, I can do next Tuesday."). I've also read Good Omens (Terry Pratchett's collaboration with Neil Gaiman) which I found more satisfying than the Discworlds I've read so far.

Felmet: Is this a dagger I see before me?
Fool: No, it's my handkerchief. You can tell because it's got fewer sharp edges.

Nanny: How did you get on the palace guard if you're a dwarf?
Casanunda: I lied about my height.

[rebus]

[/QUOTE]Though I have been told that Discworld Noir doesn't do that, because it was made in a different way or by different people or something.[/QUOTE]

Noir is the best game. It doesn't use Rincewind as the main character but rather the Discworld first PI (hebce the Noir as in film Noir). It was also made by a diffrent company. the best bit was that yoou were (eventually) a werewolf and when you changed you could see the smell trail that others left behide

Hehe just a thought but what about a Angua/Lupin ship :lol:

[Rose Hunter]

BTW the 3 games were really cool, although the 1st was really annoying in all the little pointless quests that you had to do.

3 games?

I only know of 2.

What's the third one called?

And what's it like?

[rebus]

Actually to be totally honest there are 4 games. If I remember the first was released in 1986 for the Amega (in the UK) and was about par for games of that time, and was loosly based on The Light Fantastic.
The second, called imaginitivly Discworld) was released Xmas 1995, I remember 'cos it was the first game I bought for my new PC. This was a Very compicated game that took about 90 hours to complete without help and about 60 with some (I had help). It was loosely based on Guards!Guards! and featured Rincewind as the player character.
The second came out about 1997 and was called Discworld 2. This was much easier and agian used Rincewind as the Player character. Thisa was an amalgum of various stories with much artistic licence taken to make if a fun experiance.
The last game was Discworld Noir, and was released in about 1999. This was not based on any of the stories but was more a film Noir interpritation of Terry's world. It used many of the AMCW characters in 'walk on roles'. This last was my favourite as it gave a diffrent perspective to the Discworld (and I always thought that it would make a good book).

[Catgirl]

Hehe just a thought but what about a Angua/Lupin ship :lol:
That's a brillient idea! Lets start an Angua/Lupin shipper's club.

That reminds me. I loved Lupine the wearman. He's a wolf most of the time and a wearwolf during the full moon. He ended up with Mrs Cake's daughter who's a human werewolf.

[Dedalus]

Noir is the best game. It doesn't use Rincewind as the main character but rather the Discworld first PI (hebce the Noir as in film Noir). It was also made by a diffrent company. the best bit was that yoou were (eventually) a werewolf and when you changed you could see the smell trail that others left behide
That sounds pretty cool actually. You've tempted me to go and buy it, or more likely to pinch my brother's copy of the game.

Angua is already taken by the lovely Captain Carrot! But I'd love to let Nanny Ogg loose into the wizarding world ...

[Liselle]

That's a brillient idea! Lets start an Angua/Lupin shipper's club.

That reminds me. I loved Lupine the wearman. He's a wolf most of the time and a wearwolf during the full moon. He ended up with Mrs Cake's daughter who's a human werewolf.



brilliant....if only I could pick myself up off the floor I'm laughing so much!!!

[Rose Hunter]

If I remember the first was released in 1986 for the Amega (in the UK)

I'm not really interested in games releaced by Amega. But it's interesting trivia anyway.

:)

Thanks.

The last game was Discworld Noir, and was released in about 1999. This was not based on any of the stories but was more a film Noir interpritation of Terry's world. It used many of the AMCW characters in 'walk on roles'. This last was my favourite as it gave a diffrent perspective to the Discworld (and I always thought that it would make a good book).

Now that sounds awesome.

:D

I'll have to look that one up.

[Catgirl]

Angua is already taken by the lovely Captain Carrot! But I'd love to let Nanny Ogg loose into the wizarding world ...Oh God! Hogwarts won't know what's hit it!

Cassunda has speculated that Nanny Ogg may have a little dwarf in her. Though, that may just be wishful thinking on his part.

For some reason I feel like a sing-song:

A wizard's staff has a knob on the end.......

[Rose Hunter]

:lol:

Somehow I don't think the peeps in the Discworld would appreciate Hogwarts' opposite view on magic.

To the wizards of the Disc, magic is something to be guarded and contained, not actually used unless it's them using it, and if the need is life and death.

[Liselle]

exactly!!! I'm re-reading the last continent and the wizards are stuck on the desert island, Ridicully asks has anyone suitable spells and the retort is "what for a beach and at 4 am in the morning? Certainly not!"

*wipes tear of laughter away*

love them!

[Rowena Ravenclaw]

For some reason I feel like a sing-song:

A wizard's staff has a knob on the end.......

Ack, now it's going to be stuck in my head! (My boyfriend has a recording of it and "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All.")

While we're arranging Hogwarts meet-ups, I've always thought it'd be funny to have Madam Pince and the Librarian interact. And I can definitely see Nanny Ogg wreaking havoc with the male professors.

[Rose Hunter]

:lol:

I'm pretty sure that Mustrum Ridcully and Dumbledore might get along okay.

Even though Ridcully is still just a young fella for a wizard.

He's only in his late 70's early 80's from what I recall.

;)

[Catgirl]

I wish I could remember the full quote, but I can't. I loved it in The Lost Continent when they'd been talking about if it was possible to change the future and Ponder wanted to change things so that short skinny wizards with glasses are respected instead of long bearded wizards. That made me think of Harry.

[Bagshot]

I really enjoy reading the Discworld books, I haven't read that many of them though. Rincewind has to be my favourite character so far, and the first two in the series are my favourite. I liked Hogfather, but i'm really enjoying Wyrd Sisters too!

[Rowena Ravenclaw]

I loved it in The Lost Continent when they'd been talking about if it was possible to change the future and Ponder wanted to change things so that short skinny wizards with glasses are respected instead of long bearded wizards. That made me think of Harry.

The illustrations of Ponder in The Last Hero look scarily like an older, more stocky version of Harry. I've taken to calling him Harry Ponder.

[Rose Hunter]

:lol:

I never thought of Ponder Stibbons like that before.

[Dedalus]

Ack, now it's going to be stuck in my head! (My boyfriend has a recording of it and "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All.")
I have heard a soundclip of someone's rendition of The Hedgehog Song, but I've never heard anyone's A Wizard Staff Has a Knob on the End. I want to! Maybe I should try and find the albums some where.

I was reading through the Harry Potter Lexicon and I couldn't help laughing when I saw that they'd quoted Nanny Ogg's Cookbook under their entry for "Spotted Dick" in their British dictionary. They just explained what it was and then quoted "When you've said that, you've said it all. I mean, if people are going to laugh about something like this, we'd never get through a mealtime. - from Nanny Ogg's Cookbook by Terry Pratchett". True enough.

http://www.astro.le.ac.uk/~owm/images/pond2.jpg
Heh

[Liselle]

:lol:
brilliant!!! I really want to read Nanny Oggs cookbook....add it to my "to buy list"

[Dedalus]

My dad has this - http://www.artificer.co.uk/unreal/uu/index.htm . It's an enormous model of the Unseen University, and it cost him up to £300 or something, and he keeps in a box. In a box! I keep telling him to display it, but he says there's nowhere for it to be displayed. I think he should just make somewhere, don't you? I have nothing that grand, but I do have a lot of Discworldy stuff besides the books, including a lot of the Clarecraft models that I've been getting for about 10 years.

[Rose Hunter]

:D

Very cool.

I wish I could buy some of the items in that page linking to that one.

There's all sorts of pieces from the Discworld.

[Liselle]

I've seen the models online, are they that good in actuality?

I can't wait for the next discworld fix! should be over the next month or two (fingers crossed!)

[Mundungus Fletc]

A treat for Terry Pratchett fans. Go to the link below, scroll down to "Book Club," click "listen" and you get half an hour of him talking about his books. Mort in particular.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/atoz/

It will be there for around a month. Thereafter click on go to website and you should be able to find it

[Liselle]

Cool....I must go listen to that. Recently I read "wee free men" and "hatful of sky"...excellent reads. According to the l-space there's two more books due out before the end of the year, one is a book of short stories and I'm hoping the second will be a discworld novel

[Liselle]

:lol: I love the partrician, vimes and Lenord or Quirm (and I'm sure my spelling of all the names is way out!)

I'm re-reading CArpe Jugulum. I don't read them in order either, I think there's two or three I haven't read and I'm fairly sure that the light fantastic is one of them....

[BornIn1142]

I have a strange affection for the witch series, witch I find strange, as it's kinda the worst of the mini-series. So my favorite book would be Lords and Ladies, though I haven't read Carpe Jugulum...

I'm one of the few people whose favorite character is... *drumroll* Magrat Garlick.

[Liselle]

Ah Magrat, she's funny alright in a kind of clueless hippy way :D I think the series is wonderful, full of wit and humour and there's a lesson underneath all of them

[HarryPotter]

I'll resume what I think about these series in two words... RINCEWIND RULES! :D

[roz]

I am a Susan fan. I also like Tiffany Aching. I love the idea of her and Granny Weatherwax facing off at the Witch Trials. I have just read A Hat Full of Sky so it is really clear in my mind at the moment.

Has any one else heard the ISIS audio book versions of any of the Discworld books. I love the unabridged recordings. Mort is my favourite.

Roz.

Roz.

[Liselle]

:lol: Rincewind! I love the university, The Bursar is brilliant (no matter what the others say!)

Roz I can't say I've heard about the audio books, on the other hand I've not been looking out for them either, I can't imagine that someone would be able to get across Death speaking in CAPITALS or the Klatchians and their funny font either...I love the detail like that (although I know Death's was a mistake in the first place)

[BornIn1142]

Ah Magrat, she's funny alright in a kind of clueless hippy way :D I think the series is wonderful, full of wit and humour and there's a lesson underneath all of them

Oh, she isn't my favorite character because she can be funny. I don't choose my favorite characters based on humour.

[Liselle]

Ah I think I do....wit and sarcasam :D Out of curiousity what makes Magrat your favourite?

[BornIn1142]

Out of curiousity what makes Magrat your favourite?

I like her because she is who she is... Translation: I do not known why she is my favorite character. :angel:

Well, she's just the most sympathetic character. Wyrd Sisters was the first book I read from the Discworld series, and I definitely preferred her to the totally self-righteous, hypocritic superwitch Granny Weatherwax. Nanny was just kinda boring.
It just kinda evolved from that point on as I read more books.

[Liselle]

As good a reason for any...the first discworld book I read was Masquarade and I was hooked then, while I like the witches well enough none of them would rank near my favourite characters....I prefer them to be a bit more cynical and dry like Vetinari who I think is just fantastic

[BornIn1142]

He's okay. I just don't like characters that are too powerful. While he's borderline on that, he simply isn't my style.

Death is the exception to the rule. I like him.

[Liselle]

Ah Death is wonderful, in many ways he is just so simple...and the final flourish of him speaking in CAPS is great :)

[BornIn1142]

Plus, he likes cats.

[Liselle]

:lol: I don't like Cats myself but the way in which Death likes Cats is funny....and the way he has decorated his house

[roz]

I just got my copy of Going Postal, a week before it is due to be available. Don't you just love amazon...

Guess what I am going to be doing tonight...

Roz.

[Pilum]

Read them all from CoM, and waiting to spend my money on Going Postal.

Edit: Roz; I hate you. ;)

No-one's mentioned my favourite yet, it's not a series one, and much as I like Vimes and Granny, Small Gods just set off so many fireworks in my head.... Totally backs up Terry's assertion that "you can discuss life, death, love, religion and what it means to be human. But put in one bl**dy dragon and you're [condemned as] a fantasy writer."

Speaking of Witch Trials, anyone else read their first appearance in The Sea and Little Fishes? 'Twas a short story in a comic fantasy compilation, and showed some of Granny's real power. I think a lot of the themes ended up being re-used in the scenes of Wee Free Men (or A Hat Full Of Sky, whichever one it was, I'm having real trouble keeping the two of them apart!)

[roz]

Speaking of Witch Trials, anyone else read their first appearance in The Sea and Little Fishes? 'Twas a short story in a comic fantasy compilation, and showed some of Granny's real power. I think a lot of the themes ended up being re-used in the scenes of Wee Free Men (or A Hat Full Of Sky, whichever one it was, I'm having real trouble keeping the two of them apart!)

It was in the Legends compilation edited by Robert Silverberg.

I am a huge Tiffany Aching fan so I love Hat Full of Sky which is the one with the Trials in. I like the idea that the more powerful a witch is the less she needs to work to get the respect a witch deserves. After all no one is going to want to get on the wrong side of Esme Weatherwax.

Roz.

[BornIn1142]

Hmh, after reading Moving Pictures and Soul Music, my opinion has changed.
Ridcully.
I like Ridcully.
I just like him...

[LeXoR]

The ones about the city watch are fantastic!!! Espcially Night Watch. The Truth was pretty good too. Vimes is one of the most entertaining characters I've ever read. So... anyone here who has read Going Postal care to give a quick review? :cool:

[Rose Hunter]

Iv've only just got into his books. i read monstrous regiment and loved it. I'm reading Gaursd! Gaurds! at the mo, and i'm really likin it. What next book would u guys suggest?

Well... I always suggest starting from the beginning of the series (The Colour of Magic).

I started with Interesting Times myself, but that's only because I started reading the series while it was just getting popular and didn't have much of an option.

I loved Monstrous Regiment. :D Half the army was made up of women. :rotfl: That's rich!

Night Watch was pretty good too. :) I don't really have any faves though.

[wildflower44]

I'm pretty new to discworld, but I love them so far! I've actually never finished any of the books yet (Oops) but I have mybe eight or nine checked out from the library, and I own three. I'm in the middle of two at the moment, a little into 'The colour of magic' and mostly through 'the truth'. Usually I like to read things in order, but we were leaving to go someplace, I forget where, where I wouldn't have anything to do. So naturally, I brought a book. I couldn't find 'The colour of magic', and we were late already, so I just grabbed the closest thing- 'the truth'. I'm really glad I started to read these books, they're great!

[Liselle]

:lol: I like to read things in order too but I haven't read any of the discworld books in order, apart from the newest ones :)

Has anyone read "Going Postal" yet? I really liked it although the name "Moist Van Lipwig" did curl my toes a little! As always Vetinari was fantastic, he's my favourite charater I think

[Emi]

I am a newcomer to Discworld, but already a great fan.
I also like the Bromliad Trilogy. _mipmip__mipmip_

I have only read about three of the Discworld books so far (there is only one in my local library, can you believe that), but I recently finished 'The Truth', which is absolutely Fantastic!

A disc supported by four elephants riding on the back of a giant turtle... you can't get more original than that!

[Liselle]

Great to see another fan!! The Truth is a great book alright, I think te way the headlines area created is hilarious, the way that stories grow organically....I'm reminded of Rita's quick quote quill

:tu:

Let me recommend the newest Discworld novel "Going Postal" too, excellent read.

[true_heir_of_slyth]

Let me recommend the newest Discworld novel "Going Postal" too, excellent read.I just finished reading that one the other day- it really is brilliant. I think it's possibly the best one he's written for a while, although Night Watch remains my favourite :) Vetinari was extremely cool- I loved his theories on 'angels' :D

[Liselle]

Vetinari is my favourite character, I still think that "Bloody stupid Johnson's" haha is hilarious.

What I liked about Going Postal is the old style chapter layouts Pratchett uses, considering none of the earlier discworld novels have chapters, I like the way he's now using them with some of the newer books.

His new website is funny www.terrypratchettbooks.com

[Carding]

Pratchett's the best! I've read all his Discworld's at least twice each, but his Good Omens is also very good. My favourite Discworld by him though is Sourcery... And it's got a main character who has my surname!!

[true_heir_of_slyth]

Vetinari is my favourite character, I still think that "Bloody stupid Johnson's" haha is hilarious.Especially when Dr. Cruces falls in it and he sends Drumknott off to fetch a ladder :lol: I feel quite sorry for the trout in the inch-wide trout pool, though ;)

And thanks for the link, Liselle! :D *goes back to happily clicking*

Slythy xx

[Liselle]

No worries :) Always happy to share the discworld love !

Looking forward to getting my going postal back.....its currently in India!

"It contained the hoho, which was like a haha only deeper."

[The_Grey_Lady]

Have just finished reading a couple of Terry Pratchett's newest Discword books: The Wee Free Men, and A Hat Full of Sky. And I was DELIGHTED to find *numerous* references to the Harry Potter series. Off the top of my head, I know there were a set of brothers named Neville and Trevor. There was also a book referenced, called "Fairies and How to Avoid Them" (an obvious refernce to "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them") But my all time favourite would have to be from A Hat Full of Sky:

"[...] hivers are a type of demon [...}, and Cuvee gives them a section under "wandering spirits" in Liber Immanis Monstrum.*

*(Monster Book of Monsters)"

Idid a little happy dance when I ran across that last one. I've loved Terry for so long, and its neat to see that the writers you like, like each other.

As for my favourites...no one has mentioned "Small Gods" yet. That book had a good moral message, to me. Not preachy of course, but... I guess you could say I like the moral fibre of the characters. There were admirable people and sentiments in it. Just like Feet of Clay, which is another of my favourites. But of course wrapped in an absolutely devilish sense of humor.

My all time favourite characters are Granny Weatherwax (but she has to be part of the Ogg/Weatherwax duo to be REALLY effective) and Samuel Vimes. He's so cynical. I liked Night Watch a lot, but it WAS darker than some of his books... so I can see why some people might not have liked it.

For the Terry Pratchett Beginner, I reccomend Guards! Guards!, Feet of Clay, Wyrd Sisters, Small Gods, or Good Omens. Or Mort. (The DEATH arc isn't one of my favourites, but I know that alot of people ADORE it, so it might be a good place to start. If you don't like it, though, keep going...)

EDIT: haha! just realized that I'm posting in a thread where EVERYONE will catch my "location" thingie... :p

[true_heir_of_slyth]

With a bit of a Phantom of the Opera revival going on, I thought I'd bring up Maskerade :) It seems to be one of the Discworld books that not many people have read- any fans in here? It's another of my favourites- it's one of the Witches series, but it's set in Ankh-Morpork and centres on the Opera House, where the performers are being haunted by a strange musical genius who lives hidden somewhere in the building... (sound familiar? :lol: )
EDIT: haha! just realized that I'm posting in a thread where EVERYONE will catch my "location" thingie... :lol:

[Liselle]

I was thinking of this the other day as I re-read masquerade, a hilarious book :) The witches up to their usual bickering and poor Agnes, I just feel sorry for her.....certainly it shows another side of Christine :D.....only kidding!

I'm not a fan of Small Gods at all, it just didn't click with me, feet of clay is a good one to start with (my first was Masquerade and I was hooked!). THe references to Potterverse in Discworld cracks me up. I was hoping that I wasn't the only one seeing them, good to know that I wasn't!

[true_heir_of_slyth]

Carpe Jugulum was the one that got me hooked... I'd read others before then, but I never fully appreciated just how funny they were until I finished Carpe Jugulum. Feet of Clay's definately a good one to start with, mainly because its plot is a little easier to follow than some of the others. Although I generally don't try to understand them: I just go along for the ride, so to speak ;)

[Carding]

Hey, I started with Feet of Clay!

[Liselle]

Carpe Jugulum was the one that got me hooked... I'd read others before then, but I never fully appreciated just how funny they were until I finished Carpe Jugulum. Feet of Clay's definately a good one to start with, mainly because its plot is a little easier to follow than some of the others. Although I generally don't try to understand them: I just go along for the ride, so to speak ;)

:lol: I agree with you, although "Men at Arms" isnt' a bad one to start with either. As I said before I started with Masquerade and I've been hooked since! Reading and re-reading as often as I can.

I recently bought the Nanny Ogg's cook book, hilarious I have to say, the "etiquette" and manners at the back of it had me in knots!

Edit: Slythy it seems we have the same taste in books!

[Flawkes]

Finally found a thread for the author genuis!! I adore Terry Pratchett and have done for many years! My first book was "The Colour of Magic" and I have over 25 books! I also have "Wryd Sisters" on video, "Soul Music" on DVD, "Discworld: The Game, Missing Persumed", and the "Art of Discworld."

I had the chance to meet Terry Pratchett at my local Waterstones, but I wasnt allowed out of college to see him :upset: Im still trying though!! My favourite characters are Rincewind, Death, Blinky and Susan. They should make the film version of "Mort" cause its one of my favs as is "Sorcery"!

[Liselle]

:lol: More fans always welcome!

Mort would actually be a good movie now that you say it, I'm trying to figure out though who they would get to play Death though and Mort himself *ponders*.

Still Vetinari, Carrot and Vimes are my favourites :tu:

[Carding]

Christopher Lee for the voice of Death, deathitely (ahahahahaha)