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It took an extremely long time for me to realize Sweeper is the one who saved the toddlers at Harry King's compound and not actually Moist. I'm still not sure whether I like the twist or not.
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Oct 22, 2017 18:10
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The Evil Thing posted:"Abandoning courtesy"... what a delightfully empty and innocuous description of what's been happening over the past two years. People are free to be rude; I object to them throwing things and beating each other up. Well, too bad. The last few years have seen a resurgence of fascism, ethnocentrism, racial superiority, and others who extol and practice violence as a part of their core ideology. The targets of their hate practice violence in return, but they do it because they understand that these groups present an existential threat. You shouldn't like the violence, but accept that one side is the primary instigator and that sometimes the only way to fight fire is with fire. The Evil Thing posted:I don't dispute that there's a difference between civility and justice, but the former tends to lead to the latter. Hahahahahahahahah. ahhhh... Haaaahahahahahahah. Okay, Ha! Okay. I think I'm done. Both laughing and arguing with you. Peace. Skippy McPants fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Oct 22, 2017 |
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Oct 22, 2017 19:16
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:How would you rank the death books Reaper Man Hogfather Mort Thief of Time Soul Music Even the "worst" one on that list is still amazing, though. I mean, it's like asking what kind of chocolate cake is best.
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Oct 23, 2017 01:08
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I come into the Pratchett thread to read about Pratchett and instead get a bunch of goons being goons. Quality content.
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Oct 25, 2017 07:21
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The Evil Thing posted:
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Oct 25, 2017 08:24
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Yeah mea culpa, I should have just ignored it but was in an argumentative mood and broke my own rules.
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Oct 25, 2017 12:13
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Soul Music isn't a top tier discworld novel, but it gains a full letter grade for the BORN TO RUNE joke alone
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Oct 28, 2017 01:46
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Born to eat big dinners make me grin too.
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Oct 28, 2017 02:03
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"We're on a mission from Glod."
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Oct 28, 2017 06:19
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Eric the Mauve posted:Soul Music isn't a top tier discworld novel ? 
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Oct 28, 2017 08:17
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Eric the Mauve posted:Soul Music isn't a top tier discworld novel, but it gains a full letter grade for the BORN TO RUNE joke alone For the Dean's jacket in general. There's also the bit where he's punching the stud holes and keeps picking up the jacket back to front so he winds up with LIVE FATS DIE YO GNU. And of course, the whole thing is a reference to James Dean.
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Oct 28, 2017 08:21
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All around, Pratchett's pun game was on point in Soul Music.
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Oct 28, 2017 11:53
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Skippy McPants posted:All around, Pratchett's pun game was on point in Soul Music. So many puns. It was pun dense even by Pratchett standards.
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Oct 28, 2017 12:33
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Jedit posted:For the Dean's jacket in general. There's also the bit where he's punching the stud holes and keeps picking up the jacket back to front so he winds up with LIVE FATS DIE YO GNU. And of course, the whole thing is a reference to James Dean. The Wizards tend to get a lot of smack when they are holding the bag with some of the B plots, but they shine brightly in bits like this.
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Oct 28, 2017 14:06
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Eric the Mauve posted:Soul Music isn't a top tier discworld novel, but it gains a full letter grade for the BORN TO RUNE joke alone I love Soul Music and all the standalones, really. Also I love all the series based ones. I guess what I'm saying is I really love all the Discworld books. Even the ones at the end that weren't as well written. Fight me.
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Oct 28, 2017 14:32
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Is Moving Pictures supposed to be good? It’s not grabbing me. I’m half way through.
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Oct 28, 2017 14:47
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All right thread: what is the WORST discworld book? You can't say the ones that weren't written because he died, either 
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Oct 28, 2017 14:48
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Probably Eric, IMO.
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Oct 28, 2017 15:21
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The best part of Soul Music is that Death shows up for the climax in "a coat he borrowed from Eric was originally an illustrated novel like The Last Hero, so it's not surprising that it looks a bit dull when you read it without the illustrations.
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Oct 28, 2017 15:52
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:All right thread: what is the WORST discworld book? It's a tie between Unseen Academicals and the Last Continent, it's the only two Discworld books I will never read again (I will probably never read the Shepard's Crown again neither but that isn't because it's bad).
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Oct 28, 2017 16:12
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:All right thread: what is the WORST discworld book? The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents was really, really forgettable. Pratchett's YA books usually work because he writes them the same way he would for adults -- sometimes they're even darker than his "mature" novels -- but TAMaHER just didn't click. It's not bad -- Pratchett can't do bad -- but it wasn't that good. I also have to say The Color of Magic if we compare it to the others since it's obvious he was still finding his voice. It wasn't a coherent narrative and most of the characters are cookiecutter even for parody, and forgettable on top of it.
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Oct 28, 2017 16:55
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I hate to say it, because I love Vimes, but for me it's probably Snuff. I don't think I'm going back to that one. It just felt like it started dragging partway through and never really stopped until the end.
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Oct 28, 2017 18:28
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It's Raising Steam by a country mile, I could not even finish that mess. Pre-alzheimers, probably Monstrous Regiment is my least favorite. Maurice is very good and I think only a disreputable ratcatcher would think otherwise. The Tiffany Aching books are definitely the better YA series though.
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Oct 28, 2017 18:52
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Screaming Idiot posted:The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents was really, really forgettable. It's a kids' book and good as such.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:48
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gently caress that, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents is loving great.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:54
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Bum the Sad posted:Is Moving Pictures supposed to be good? It’s not grabbing me. I’m half way through. No, not really, not by Discworld standards. Probably my least favorite of the "good" Discworld series (after Sourcery and before loving goddamned Alzheimer's). It's still good, just not as amazingly good as just about everything else.
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Oct 29, 2017 04:06
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Eric the Mauve posted:No, not really, not by Discworld standards. Probably my least favorite of the "good" Discworld series (after Sourcery and before loving goddamned Alzheimer's). It's still good, just not as amazingly good as just about everything else. Ok. I’m reading them in order of release. And I enjoyed Pyramids and Guards Guards, heck Eric wasn’t bad. But this book I’m struggling to finish. To be clear I’m going to. I just wanted to make sure I didn’t have hosed up taste. Bum the Sad fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Oct 29, 2017 |
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Oct 29, 2017 04:13
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Bum the Sad posted:I’m reading them in order of release. why would you do that i'm pretty sure no one would recommend that
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Oct 29, 2017 05:01
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:why would you do that I would.
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Oct 29, 2017 05:08
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:why would you do that Don't see why you wouldn't. That's the way they should be read, since you know that's how they came out. Anything else is some weird nerds strangely justified preference,
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Oct 29, 2017 05:42
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Hats Wouldnt Fly posted:I would. Yep. You don’t get burned out on any particular set of characters, and you get to watch the Disc develop.
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Oct 29, 2017 05:54
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That's how i originally read them and it's pretty much the way i would recommend them still. Like maybe skip to Wyrd Sisters or Guards! Guards! if you're advising a friend to get to the good poo poo quick, but after that just read forward til you hit Thud imo
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Oct 29, 2017 06:06
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Bum the Sad posted:Don't see why you wouldn't. That's the way they should be read, since you know that's how they came out. Anything else is some weird nerds strangely justified preference, if i read the colour of magic and the light fantastic first i'd not have continued
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Oct 29, 2017 07:25
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:if i read the colour of magic and the light fantastic first i'd not have continued they’re bad as a “sell me on this series” book but if you’re already committed to reading the entire series there’s no real reason not to start with them
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Oct 29, 2017 07:47
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Order of release minus the first two.
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Oct 29, 2017 08:25
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Cicadalek posted:It's Raising Steam by a country mile, I could not even finish that mess. Finished it, but yeah, I wouldn't read it again. Second would probably be Snuff; I know part of the book's theme is to basically acknowledge that Vimes will have to change as he gets older and settles into his position, but god it's so poorly done it feels like fanfiction at times.
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Oct 29, 2017 08:36
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Alhazred posted:It's a tie between Unseen Academicals and the Last Continent, it's the only two Discworld books I will never read again (I will probably never read the Shepard's Crown again neither but that isn't because it's bad). Last Continent is pretty high on my re-read list, just because I find the wizards B-plot amusing. Might just be me being a biology person though. 
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Oct 29, 2017 12:54
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Rand Brittain posted:The best part of Soul Music is that Death shows up for the climax in "a coat he borrowed from It's dull when you read it with the illustrations. And for the love of Christ can people not start the "you can tell when the Alzheimers started to set in" poo poo again. Nation is post-Alzheimers.
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