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Terry Pratchet's Discworld appreciation thread...
Paper Beats Rock:
--- Quote from: 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.
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Hah, that's one of my favourites too. I think my absolute favourite is Lords And Ladies, the Midsummer Night's Dream parody. I love that idea of elfs. To quote a different book- "Elfs? Making toys? Ha, give an elf a chisel and he'll carve his name into your forehead." It's good, because now that it's Christmas time I get to use that around my young relatives.
I started reading his books when I was pretty young, eleven or twelve maybe, I think they warped my developing mind! Each one contains some sort of outlandish idea, often a parody of modern science or religion or something like that. It really teaches you to expand your mind so that you can accept strange ideas and really enjoy the storylines.
Catatonik:
I have obsessed over Pratchett for years.
I own the Nanny Oggs Cookbook, the Roleplaying game, the Almanack, the graphic novel of Guards, Guards (though I still need the Last Hero) and all the novels in Paper back (and all the Kids books in hardcover.)
I seriously love this mans writing. His grasp of human nature and ability to make us realize how silly we are is perfect.
Plus Vimes prods much backside.
And Granny Watherwax, the Witches and the Night Watch books are tied for me.
Paper Beats Rock:
Yeah, it's great how well he does outright cunning motherfuckers, isn't it? I just LOVE Granny Weatherwax and The Patrician. They're just unbeatable, definately in my top-ten fictional characters of all time.
Catatonik:
I fully expect to see the Patrician getting fleshed out more and more.
This pleases me, he's grown into one of the cooler characters ove the books, and now is actually genuinely interesting.
I am also enjoying how essentially the Discworld is undergoing an industrial and social revolution..
Pratchetts writing, and world continue to evolve in brilliant ways.
emmie:
I love Pratchett, I think he is an incredible writer and always makes me laugh. I read Thud! not long ago - it was so good :D but I like the older ones better (Mort is my favourite). I have to say I can't get into the newer books as much as I did the older ones. I reckon the best character is Death, he's awesome, but I can't stand the witches.
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