Help! I can't stop!

[XCashier]

Another Discworld fan here. First book I read was Equal Rites which I picked up cheap in a used bookstore. I'd heard about the Discworld series but never got around to reading them until that day. I enjoyed that book and looked for more.

Now I've read probably the first 1/3 of the series. Wyrd Sisters is definitely my number one favorite, though I also really liked Witches Abroad. The only book I didn't much care for was Small Gods; for some reason, it just didn't gel for me. Am currently in the middle of Soul Music now, and I think Susan is a very interesting character.

CAKE!

Ooh, that is amazing! Sounds like it took forever, and it's almost too beautiful to eat!

[Tama]

Equal Rites didn't do it for me. Towards the end it got very, very unfocused for me. I had a hard time figuring out the villain of the whole thing with the wizard.

Of course, I didn't enjoy Hitchhiker's last two books for the same reason. I had no idea what the hell was going on most of the time, and not in a good way.... So...same issue.

[AccountingDrone]

I cannot stand Rincewind. He's the only Pratchett character I despise. If I knew someone like Rincewind I would drop kick him into the lake in 3 seconds flat. With an anchor tied around his neck.
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Unfortunately he would tend to survive ...

Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit I'm going to diiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee

[Parrothead]

To be fair, though, Sir PTerry doesn't like Rincewind, either. Why do you think he started focusing on the Faculty?

[Tama]

Oh now we are all vindicated.

Rincewind seemed to whine a lot. At least the Headstrong Female characters usually have a reason to whine. And then they don't whine long and actually do something about it before it becomes vital that they do.

Rincewind does seem to like flying by the seat of his pants.

[dalesys]

I cannot stand Rincewind.

DEATH doesn't like him either. HE keeps getting stood up for HIS dates with Rincey.

[XCashier]

Lady Luck loves him, though. She finds him very amusing.

I...kind of sympathize with Rincewind. He's the Dartboard of the Universe, one darned thing after another constantly happening to him. He's got just enough talent to get into trouble but not nearly enough to get out.

Though I do prefer Granny Weatherwax as a main character; extraordinarily smart and talented, refuses to put up with other people's nonsense...and that troublesome broom! And I'm probably most like Lady Sybil Ramkin the dragon breeder.

[Pixilated]

I recently picked up Snuff in paperback ... although once I'd got it I had the nasty feeling I already own it ... however, I've started reading it and nothing is really ringing a bell so either I'm mistaken or I do own it and have read it but it didn't make much of an impact.

Which is odd because Pratchett is such an amazing writer and I've got pretty much all of his books.

I started with The Fifth Elephant and The Truth, bought at the same time. Had an awful time getting through The Fifth Elephant because it seemed to presuppose a knowledge of many characters which I did not have. Nearly gave up but slogged on through, and then turned to The Truth. As someone who spent a decade on a small weekly paper, all I could say was ... "OMG! I KNOW THESE PEOPLE! ALL OF THEM!!" Especially the annoying guy who is always coming around to get the paper to take photos of his oddly-shaped vegetables ... And you've got to love a photographer who crumbles into a small pile of dust everytime he uses a flash.

Anyway after that I started buying them in order. Many books will be disposed of when I go to my storage unit ... but the Pratchett books will most definitely not be among them.

[Marmalady]

I love love love Terry Pratchett! 'Unseen Academicals' is one of my favourites, aling with 'Reaper Man' and 'Hogfather'

I did meet him at a book signing once - he signed a copy of 'Only You Can Save Mankind' for me. Lovely man.

[Tama]

I hear that he is very kind to his fans, staying past the hours to autograph books for example.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I love me some Discworld.

The City Watch books are my favorite, because I love Vimes for all his curmudgeon-iness but straightforward "there should be justice" approach to things... and of course all the other odd characters in the Watch. (Constable Visit-The-Infidel-With-Explanatory-Pamphlets, Dorfl, Buggy Swires, Wee Mad Arthur, Sgt. Detritus, and of course the inimitable Colon & Nobbs)

I include "The Truth" in the City Watch book series, because even if the POV characters were William, Saccarissa, and the rest of the Times crew, it was basically a Watch book that had them in the background, rather than in front.

After them, the Moist von Lipwig books and "Unseen Academicals" are my favorites. I like "UA" because of how it shows the progression of things as Ankh-Morpork gets more clockpunk modern. (Plus, the rise of Ponder Stibbons.)

My favorite book has to be "Night Watch," though. I wanna see someone (BBC or Sky One or whomever) do an adaptation of that book.

[sms001]

My favorite book has to be "Night Watch," though. I wanna see someone (BBC or Sky One or whomever) do an adaptation of that book.

Rhianna Pratchett has Tweeted about an upcoming TV series The Watch.

I imagine GoT keeps him pretty busy, but I absolutely LOVED Charles Dance as Vetinari in Going Postal. Pretty rare that I enjoy the casting in a movie more than my own mental image. (Legolas was another.)

And I, too, have Night Watch high on my list of favorites. I have to admit, I often tear up at "All the little angels rise up, rise up..."

[Pixilated]

*snip*

After them, the Moist von Lipwig books .....

*snip*

Going Postal was just awesome. Didn't care quite as much for the other von Lipwig books but I think that was only because it was hard to top von Lipwig's shenanigans in that first book.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Rhianna Pratchett has Tweeted about an upcoming TV series The Watch.

I imagine GoT keeps him pretty busy, but I absolutely LOVED Charles Dance as Vetinari in Going Postal. Pretty rare that I enjoy the casting in a movie more than my own mental image. (Legolas was another.)

And I, too, have Night Watch high on my list of favorites. I have to admit, I often tear up at "All the little angels rise up, rise up..."

I keep hearing about The Watch, and have great hopes for it if they ever get it made. And I agree, that Tywin Lannister was a great Vetinari. Maybe after his GoT commitment finishes they could bring him over to The Watch.

[Aethian]

Going Postal was just awesome. Didn't care quite as much for the other von Lipwig books but I think that was only because it was hard to top von Lipwig's shenanigans in that first book.

The movie was brilliant.