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Moist Von Lipwig
Hat:
Man, I love the Moist Von Lipvig books, I think by Thud, it seemed like Pratchett was leaning maybe a little too heavily on Vimes, and he'd become as Vimes as he could be, and I much preferred him taking on background roles as a highly influential civic leader like he did in Monsterous Regiment, which I loved to death.
With that said, I too would like to see another Susan book, I always like her because she's never quite the main character, but she carries so much weight in the plot that she's still a joy to read about.
Also I didn't even know there was a new Lipvig book. I mean I should have seen it coming, Pratchett seems to like the idea of introducing the concept of the next book into the very ending of the previous one, but I never really thought too much about it. He's definately the best new character to be introduced to the Discworld in a while, just fantastic in every way.
Also am I alone in thinking Jingo is the best Vimes novel? Nightwatch is close, but Jingo gets me on so many levels.
Tom:
Thud! gets to me a lot more than Jingo.
I reckon that it may have something to do with the widening social rifts between Islamic and western cultures left in the wake of 9/11 and current events onward.
axerton:
I think that if Pratchet can continue writing despite his altzhiemers I think he will have to abandon almost all of the long running series. Everyone has basically become too powerful, Susan is, presumably, in a serious relationship with Time incarnate, the watch has gotten so all encompassing that there are very few crimes that can not be solved with ease, add to that two of the long running issues of the series were solved in Thud! (Vimes' own distaste for vampires and the trolls and dwarfs ethnic war)
I really hope I'm wrong as they're my two favorite series.
I think it's a shame that Lady Lajeen (Thief of Time) was killed, she could have continued to be a very interesting character.
Nodaisho:
Oh, I am sure that he can think of more problems to solve. The auditors are still out there, and he can always introduce new locales and objects with the same characters.
Jackie Blue:
I am hoping against hope for some kind of "sequel" to Small Gods; ie another novel that deals with Omnia's relationship with the rest of the Disc.
Because the thing is, while I certainly agree that the books in general just keep getting better, I don't much like the fact that basically every single one is about Ankh-Morpork now. Interesting Times was so, well, interesting because it actually introduced a whole new setting.
And I really think Lancre is just too much fun to leave alone entirely.
Plus, I would really love another book which actually features the Gods of the Disc as characters (Fate, The Lady, Offler, etc) and how they're reacting to all this "technology" which will ultimately kind of phase them out.
I also think that Ephebe (that's the "Greek" one with all the math and a slave system that is more humane than the "free labor" market, right?) was underused and deserves some more screen time.
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