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Terry Pratchet's Discworld appreciation thread...

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Rizzo:
There are something like 35 now, plus some semirelated ones like what you've read.
I recommend starting at the beginning.
I'm reading Thud right now. Enjoying it muchly.

AdamIsConceited:
Great books!

Who's played the MUD? http://discworld.atuin.net/external/java/newtelnet/java_client.shtml

That absorbed my life for hours on end during highschool.

Digs:
I like Sam Vimes a lot, but I disagree with some of his core wossnames sometimes.

mizaktik:
"Dojo! What is Rule One!"
"Do not act incautiously when confronting a little bald wrinkly smiling man."

That has to be my favorite book.

Hat:
Lu Tze is a dude. After reading Thief of Time I kept thinking "Holy shit I wish he would write a Lu Tze/Vimes crossover book"

Then Nightwatch came out, and I think my sounds of joy were audible from next week.

I quite liked Monsterous Regiment. One thing I love about Pratchett is that he doesn't seem to be losing any momentum. To me, every book he writes is better than the last, because its all heaping more and more awesome onto the pile, and it was nice to get an entirely new set of characters to read about.

For instance, I thought Thud was great the way it took an existing concept that has been mentioned in passing as an important event in Discworld history, and fleshed it out into an entire book.

There's a scene in Thud that is quite possibly my favorite part of any discworld book ever. I won't mention what happens specifically in it, but I just have to quote part of it

The thing glared at them and asked: 'Where's.... my... cow?'
They backed away.
'Is that my cow?' the creature demanded, stepping forward unsteadily. It shook its head sadly.
"It goes, "baaaa!"' it wept. 'It is... a sheep...'
Then it fell to its knees, clenched its teeth and turned its face upwards, like a man tortured beyond his wits, and beseeching the gods of fortume and the tempest, screamed:
That! Is!! Not!!! My!!!! Cow!!!!!"


Holy crap that bit sent shivers down my spine.

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