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ZeusJupitar posted:Has there ever been any explanation as to why the other witches give Mrs Earwig the time of day, given that she doesn't seem to be a witch in any meaningful sense? I presume they're just afraid of her, which is sufficient qualification even if you aren't actually doing any work.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Uhg, I inflicted some of his Star Wars books on myself years back, and I've just run out of Herbert-written Dune books. Don't do it. The KJA Dune books are punishment that should not be inflicted on anyone. If you are tempted, look up the cover pictures of Dune 7, part 2 and ask yourself if that is really how Herbert would have ended things.
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so went on few dates with girl, she has read Pterry, but only the guards books, not interested in reading more sever y/n ?
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ZeusJupitar posted:Finished The Sheperd's Crown yesterday. It definitely felt like it needed another few revisions - lots of repetition, too many plot threads to develop in this wordcount. Because a witch is still a witch. She hasn't gone to the bad, so there's no reason to take her down, and she's one of Granny's rivals. The very last thing Granny Weatherwax will ever do is stomp someone for just being contrary, because it's exactly what her sister would do, and she can't be having with any of that.
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I can't quite bring myself to make a start on the shepherd's crown. I don't want there not to be another discworld book to read
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I just don't want to read another Raising Steam
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mossyfisk posted:I just don't want to read another Raising Steam It's better than Raising Steam, and it should be read.
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Hedrigall posted:I just finished Going Postal. My god, what a marvellous book Thud is actually one of my favourites, though iirc that's not a universal opinion.
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fluppet posted:I can't quite bring myself to make a start on the shepherd's crown. I don't want there not to be another discworld book to read It's really very good. You're uh, going to cry reading it. Just a heads up.
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SystemLogoff posted:It's really very good. I cried on the bus! I read the afterward and it really hit me that I was never going to read another Discworld novel for the first time ever again.
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fluppet posted:I can't quite bring myself to make a start on the shepherd's crown. I don't want there not to be another discworld book to read I can't make myself read Shepherd's Crown because I accepted the Discworld as a finished thing when I decided that I wasn't going to read Raising Steam.
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I'm just about done Raising Steam right now, and I don't see the problem with it. It's still a good Moist story, and I love how much of a kid in a candy store Drumknott is on the train. The battle between the grags and everyone else is pretty neat too.
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sebmojo posted:Thud is actually one of my favourites, though iirc that's not a universal opinion. Thud is my second-favorite Watch book, behind Night Watch. Which probably puts it in my top 5 and absolutely in the top 10. Roots Radical posted:I'm just about done Raising Steam right now, and I don't see the problem with it. It's still a good Moist story, and I love how much of a kid in a candy store Drumknott is on the train. It has some good parts, but that serves only to contrast the bad things. There are hints of what could have been another great novel. Instead, we get something very much near the bottom of the Discworld barrel.
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I feel like the first 3/4 of Shepherd's Crown was a fine farewell to the Discworld, but the writing became very simple after that point - lots of telling rather than showing, not much clever wordplay. You could tell he was rushing to finish at the end. I still liked it much better than Raising Steam, and it's still worth reading. Bring a box of tissues.
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I hated Raising Steam. Actually, the last Discworld book I enjoyed was Making Money, though I haven't read any of the Tiffany Aching books. I think I probably would have liked Unseen Academicals if I were familiar with European soccer culture.
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Not really, if you are aware of David and Victoria Beckham you're all set.
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Can anyone explain the joke with the rules and the tin can? It's supposed to be an 'ohhhh' moment, and it has some build up, but it falls completely flat for me. It looked to me as if Pratchett was parodying something but I have no idea what.
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Unseen Academicals was the first time I noticed something really off about his prose. I cringed every time Dr Hix went "Skull ring! Skull ring!"
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sebmojo posted:Thud is actually one of my favourites, though iirc that's not a universal opinion.
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Just finished the Going Postal miniseries last night. I thought it was p. good but my wife hated it. She says they stripped out all the jokes and ruined the ones they left in. I prefer to think they adapted the jokes for the visual medium. Also it was nice to see cameos from other characters not directly mentioned in the book but who inhabit Ankh Morpork.
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sebmojo posted:Thud is actually one of my favourites, though iirc that's not a universal opinion. I liked how Detritus is basically Ice T's character in New Jack City.
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I don't understand why Adora Belle, a woman characterized by a deep bitterness and depression, spends most of her scenes with the same smirk on her face.
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Fat Samurai posted:Can anyone explain the joke with the rules and the tin can? It's supposed to be an 'ohhhh' moment, and it has some build up, but it falls completely flat for me. It looked to me as if Pratchett was parodying something but I have no idea what. If there's a deeper reference than 'Trevor's supposed to win' I'm not sure what it is. LSpace doesn't list anything.
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FactsAreUseless posted:I don't understand why Adora Belle, a woman characterized by a deep bitterness and depression, spends most of her scenes with the same smirk on her face. Also I pictured her as older in the book.
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Applewhite posted:Also I pictured her as older in the book. I believe both Moist and Adora Belle are in their mid twenties in the book so I thought Moist's actor was a bit on the old side.
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Also I don't understand why they made certain changes from the book miniseries. Like why are the letters trying to guilt-trip Moist now? And why did they change the old couple who get married because Moist delivers an old letter to a young couple? Doesn't really make much sense.
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Xander77 posted:The adaptations are all terrible. Every single goddamn one. The early ones don't even try try, the later ones fail regardless. Their worst crime was never casting Brian Blessed as Ridcully. 
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Sep 3, 2015 23:55
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Brian Blessed wouldn't be nearly pompous enough. Ridicully's still a wizard. Richard Griffiths could have done it. So could John Rhys-Davies or Stephen Fry. I'd settle for Colin Baker. (The real crime is not letting Nicholas Parsons have a cameo turn in something as Hughnon.)
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None of them could deliver the perfect delivery of "BURSAAAR!"
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tooterfish posted:Eh, I can live without any more novels. All things end, that was one of PTerry's very first lessons for us, so it's fitting it's also one of his last. "What can the harvest hope for…" I liked Shepherd's Crown. I'll re-read it
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Bow the head to the person can do the last of the Pratchett. I still have like four books.
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rejutka posted:Bow the head to the person can do the last of the Pratchett. I still have like four books. Mind how you go.
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Here's the new & official reading order graphic for Discworld: Is it just me, or is that too convoluted for the uninitiated? Also, "The Fifth Element".
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rejutka posted:True. I really think Charles Dance is a good fit, he just has that presence. And it helps he looks almost exactly like many depictions of the character. With that said, I think Mark Heap could do Vetinari. For Ridcully, maybe Alexander Armstrong?
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As long as Brian Blessed is alive there is no other Ridcully. Can we loving well have Brian Blessed as Mustrum Ridcully, Jesus this is not hard, thank you.
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Hedrigall posted:
The only thing you need to know is that there are some sub-series in Discworld like Watch books, Witches books and so on, so if you pick one and don't like it for its protagonists, you know which ones not to go second chance on right away. Or if you need a reading order, try "publishing order, if you don't like one, skip ahead." ALSO what is this bullshit about having Moving Pictures in with the Industrial Revolution thread? That one definitely starts at The Truth. Moving Pictures is much more in line with Men At Arms, Soul Music or even Reaper Man with its weird ending. Their common theme is that recognizable modern technology and associated social changes intrude on the Discworld's fantasy setting and need to be gotten rid of again because they're making everything worse. They're much more connected through association with a certain period of Pratchett's writing than any easily identifiable common characters. If anything you should have all four of them identified as a sort of opposite-themed precursor to the Industrial Revolution thing. (Maybe three, Reaper Man's connection is a little weird.) plus it looks like a spirograph
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