|
I read them all in publishing order and it was brilliant. I actually loved the first two because I'd never encountered anything like it before and remember laughing on my commute to the consternation of people around me who shuffled away slowly and carefully.
|
# ? Jan 29, 2021 19:24 |
|
|
# ? Jun 3, 2024 22:48 |
|
Cardiac posted:The trucker trilogy was the only books I hadn’t read by Pratchett and reading them after Shepherds felt like coming full circle. Oh dang thanks for reminding me that the Bromeliad exists! I only ever read Diggers when I was a kid, I'm genuinely excited to get to read Pratchett I haven't read before.
|
# ? Jan 30, 2021 02:03 |
|
Strange Cares posted:Oh dang thanks for reminding me that the Bromeliad exists! I only ever read Diggers when I was a kid, I'm genuinely excited to get to read Pratchett I haven't read before. They are really short, but a huge amount of fun. Beachcomber posted:Back around the turn of the century, the entire computer infrastructure of our high school was student run, with a faculty "advisor". Things like checking which student account printed 300+ pages on the laserjet over in the dark corner simply didn't happen. Getting strong Librarian vibes of these paragraphs, to be honest.
|
# ? Jan 30, 2021 05:51 |
|
I used to print books at 4 pages to a page back and front in quiet hours at a very old job, before kindles and phones big enough to read on were a thing. I have read books on an ipod.
|
# ? Jan 30, 2021 09:01 |
|
My first Watch book was Fifth Elefant and I was really confused at first, who anybody was and what their relation to each other was, but the quality of the book easily bridges that. And that is probably true for most discworld books. I do remember not really caring for the Colon/ nobby side story, since it distracted from the cool espionage stuff. PS: I also like Eric. e X fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Jan 30, 2021 |
# ? Jan 30, 2021 12:52 |
|
e X posted:My first Watch book was Fifth Elefant and I was really confused at first, who anybody was and what their relation to each other was, but the quality of the book easily bridges that. Somewhere around Fifth elephant I kinda zoomed out on the watch. Mostly because the characters were fixed as archetypes. I always preferred the ones that brought an entire new cast into the world like for example Monstrous regiment. Also Eric is great.
|
# ? Jan 30, 2021 18:04 |
|
My copy of Eric is printed ALL in colour and the alignment is hosed up on a lot of pages. So the text is hosed up because it's black made out of colours like a pronter. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Jan 30, 2021 |
# ? Jan 30, 2021 19:56 |
|
My first discworld book was Equal Rites and I was kinda luke warm on it. A friend told me to give one of the later books a try. So I read Monsterous Regiment and then Going Postal. Those got me hooked. I read the rest in order. When I friend asks where to start in Discworld, I usually give them a run down of "If you are interested in this _____ start here." Or I get them one I think will cover a topic they enjoy. Like a friend of mine really loves Christmas stuff and has been meaning to read Discworld, so I sent him a copy of Hogfather, now he's reading the rest. I think Discworld is great for just picking up which ever sounds good to you.
|
# ? Feb 2, 2021 16:45 |
|
fantasy parodies were a surprisingly popular genre in the 80s and the first discworld books weren't really special in that genre. he found his own thing from mort onwards
|
# ? Feb 2, 2021 17:24 |
|
Was "I Shall Wear Midnight" well received? It'd be nice if Discworld went out with a bang, or at least a fairly good book since the last couple non-YA books showed such a decline. I'm thinking of reading the Tiffany Aching books in the coming months as I've gotten back into this series. I picked up The Fifth Elephant and Jingo on sale, wish I had actually bought more. They're as good as I remember.
|
# ? Feb 3, 2021 19:43 |
|
I liked it fine, but I also liked Snuff and Raising Steam so
|
# ? Feb 3, 2021 19:46 |
|
My Lovely Horse posted:I like Vimes' manic energy, but I also liked Christopher Meloni in Happy! and that was essentially the same performance. Come to think of it as a show it owes a lot to Happy! and maybe Doom Patrol. Doom patrol is paced well, is clever and shows off its wit in subtle ways. Meanwhile this is one of the worst adaptions I’ve ever seen.
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 03:59 |
Ccs posted:Was "I Shall Wear Midnight" well received? It'd be nice if Discworld went out with a bang, or at least a fairly good book since the last couple non-YA books showed such a decline. It's the least of the Tiffany Aching books, but it's way better than Snuff or Raising Steam
|
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 05:08 |
|
Ccs posted:Was "I Shall Wear Midnight" well received? It'd be nice if Discworld went out with a bang, or at least a fairly good book since the last couple non-YA books showed such a decline. Well, I Shall Wear Midnight isn't the last Tiffany Aching book. But yes, it was well received. I actually rate it slightly higher than A Hat Full of Sky, which is my least favourite of the five.
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 09:49 |
|
Jedit posted:Well, I Shall Wear Midnight isn't the last Tiffany Aching book. But yes, it was well received. I actually rate it slightly higher than A Hat Full of Sky, which is my least favourite of the five. Oh i didn't know about The Shepherd's Crown for some reason. But glad to hear.
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 15:11 |
|
ConfusedUs posted:It's the least of the Tiffany Aching books, but it's way better than Snuff or Raising Steam Raising Steam is the only Pratchett book I started and couldn't finish. I bought the hardcover edition but gave it away. It made me sad.
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 17:28 |
|
Ccs posted:Was "I Shall Wear Midnight" well received? It'd be nice if Discworld went out with a bang, or at least a fairly good book since the last couple non-YA books showed such a decline. The Tiffany aching books are great. At the were coming out alongside some of the Watch books and always felt like a fresh breath to the increasing staleness of the Watch series. Sometimes it felt like the watch series came out because people like their series and old characters and it sold books, while there was a different energy outside the watch. Vimes the supercop became kinda boring along the series.
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 19:39 |
|
Giving him superpowers really wasn’t necessary. Nightswatch would have been a great capping stone.
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 23:24 |
|
Thud! was excellent though.
|
# ? Feb 4, 2021 23:27 |
|
SirSamVimes posted:Thud! was excellent though. Indeed. One of my favorites. Brainy Detritus rules. It is not like any of them are close to being bad, just that they became increasingly generic as that series progressed.
|
# ? Feb 5, 2021 05:30 |
|
Cardiac posted:Indeed. One of my favorites. Brainy Detritus rules. I thought smart Detritus was Men at Arms? When he gets trapped in the freezer with Cuddy? Or am I confused
|
# ? Feb 5, 2021 05:38 |
|
Boxturret posted:I thought smart Detritus was Men at Arms? When he gets trapped in the freezer with Cuddy? Or am I confused Later on someone makes him a refrigerated helmet so he can be smart outside of freezers.
|
# ? Feb 5, 2021 05:41 |
|
withak posted:Later on someone makes him a refrigerated helmet so he can be smart outside of freezers. Oh right I forgot about that! I really need to read these books again.
|
# ? Feb 5, 2021 05:43 |
|
Boxturret posted:I thought smart Detritus was Men at Arms? When he gets trapped in the freezer with Cuddy? Or am I confused I might be confused. Although the statement still holds.
|
# ? Feb 5, 2021 05:44 |
|
Thud has a couple of extremely high-quality Detritus moments, even though they aren't his mathematical theory of everything.quote:'Midder Chrysoprase he wanna see you,' he said sulkily. quote:'I thought trolls didn't have kings these days,' said Vimes. 'I thought every clan ruled
|
# ? Feb 5, 2021 15:10 |
|
Trin Tragula posted:Thud has a couple of extremely high-quality Detritus moments, even though they aren't his mathematical theory of everything. Too bad he's dead in the show
|
# ? Feb 5, 2021 17:13 |
Terror Sweat posted:Too bad he's dead in the show Killed by generic crossbow bolts in slo-mo while The Pixies play. The band, not the mythological beings.
|
|
# ? Feb 6, 2021 05:32 |
|
Please tell me it wasn't Where is my Mind? Jesus Christ
|
# ? Feb 6, 2021 06:36 |
Shoehead posted:Please tell me it wasn't Where is my Mind? Deep down in your secret heart, you already know the answer: of course it was.
|
|
# ? Feb 6, 2021 06:42 |
|
Shoehead posted:Please tell me it wasn't Where is my Mind? Lmao
|
# ? Feb 7, 2021 00:34 |
|
Devorum posted:Killed by generic crossbow bolts in slo-mo while The Pixies play. Um the band is just called Pixies
|
# ? Feb 7, 2021 01:59 |
|
I can’t remember a single thing that happened in Raising Steam and thought Vimes was in it due to it having a very similar cover art to the also forgettable Snuff, and it’s made me hesitant to read Shepard’s Crown. I’d rather leave the series on a high. JesustheDarkLord posted:Um the band is just called Pixies I’ve always hated this, the band themselves don’t even keep it consistent and their best of is called Death to the Pixies. You need to work harder than that if you’re going to make it a thing like say, Swans. massive spider fucked around with this message at 12:29 on Feb 8, 2021 |
# ? Feb 8, 2021 12:22 |
|
massive spider posted:I’ve always hated this, the band themselves don’t even keep it consistent and their best of is called Death to the Pixies. You need to work harder than that if you’re going to make it a thing like say, Swans. Frank Black doesn't even keep his own name consistent, let alone that of the band. He wouldn't be the first or last to drop a The, though. I'm reasonably sure that the Breeders did it at least once, and to keep the chain going Throwing Muses dropped their The when they got signed. (Also read The Shepherds Crown because it's good.)
|
# ? Feb 8, 2021 13:07 |
|
massive spider posted:I can’t remember a single thing that happened in Raising Steam and thought Vimes was in it due to it having a very similar cover art to the also forgettable Snuff, and it’s made me hesitant to read Shepard’s Crown. I’d rather leave the series on a high. I wish I'd done this. Perfect stopping point is I Shall Wear Midnight.
|
# ? Feb 9, 2021 12:19 |
|
The first chapters of Shepherd's Crown are amazing, the rest reads weirdly like Discworld fanfic in places.
|
# ? Feb 12, 2021 14:26 |
|
Gravitas Shortfall posted:The first chapters of Shepherd's Crown are amazing, the rest reads weirdly like Discworld fanfic in places. Thank you for putting it into words. This was also my experience.
|
# ? Feb 13, 2021 10:11 |
|
Gravitas Shortfall posted:The first chapters of Shepherd's Crown are amazing, the rest reads weirdly like Discworld fanfic in places. Well, given what was written by Pratchett and what just existed as notes, this is an apt and accurate description.
|
# ? Feb 13, 2021 20:13 |
Just read the Long Earth and I really liked it. It felt like Rendezvous With Rama, a couple of people (plus an AI who may or may not be a reincarnated tibetan) exploring a really weird phenomenon.
|
|
# ? Feb 14, 2021 11:26 |
|
Long earth was good read, but I gave up shortly after starting the third book.
|
# ? Feb 14, 2021 13:13 |
|
|
# ? Jun 3, 2024 22:48 |
|
Yeah, I liked the long earth, but by the time the second one came out I couldn’t keep the characters straight.
|
# ? Feb 14, 2021 18:29 |