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Gnome de plume posted:feels a bit like something geared towards somewhat younger readers Yeah gpt currently writes competent but unexceptional prose like you'd expect from an intelligent 12 yo.
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The_Doctor posted:I want to get a copy of Rob's book at some point, but I know it will just wreck me. You absolutely should, because it's genuinely excellent and rob writes it perfectly, and yes it absolutely will. Can confirm because it just did, holy poo poo. Seriously it's so good though. Loving and fascinating and warm and unflinching and funny in the exactly right proportions.
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Mar 3, 2023 22:57
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On to the shepherds crown! I'm sure that will be much less emotional.
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sebmojo posted:On to the shepherds crown! I'm sure that will be much less emotional. Uhhhh. I’m holding off on that because I know it’ll wreck me and I’ll need some recovery time.
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dino. posted:Uhhhh. Yeah, you want to take that dose carefully. It's a fitting conclusion to both Tiffany's story, and Discworld as a whole, but I this pretty hard on the way through.
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I really found The Shepherd's Crown to be a much more pleasant and enjoyable read than Raising Steam.
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The Pratchett biography is extremely blunt about how bad that one was.
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I don't know if Terry had help, it had good external editing, or if Terry managed to rally together for the ending, but the difference in quality between Raising Steam and Shepherd's Crown is stark. A very good ending to Discworld as a whole, both thematically and in plot events. The Tiffany Aching books are the best Discworld series, even if they are supposed to be YA.
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I'll check the biography, but I think raising steam was more of a last minute fix job.
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Mar 8, 2023 23:29
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I really need to find a copy of the bio myself, I've been aching to read it. Everything about sound completely devastating but it would really unlock the context for his last few books.
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Mar 8, 2023 23:48
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I just by that mean that The Shepherd's Crown is pleasurable and reading it should be something to look forward to and not to dread.
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CommonShore posted:I just by that mean that The Shepherd's Crown is pleasurable and reading it should be something to look forward to and not to dread. But once I read the Shepher's Crown, it's over. And I'm still not emotionally ready.
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IshmaelZarkov posted:But once I read the Shepher's Crown, it's over. And I'm still not emotionally ready. You can read it lots of times!
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Mar 9, 2023 00:04
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I still haven’t read the Shepherds Crown
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thetoughestbean posted:I still haven’t read the Shepherds Crown Don't want to put your username to the test?
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sebmojo posted:Don't want to put your username to the test? It’s tough as in tough to chew. Emotionally I’m much softer
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The biography is 99p on Amazon UK today https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett-Footnotes-Official-Biography-ebook/dp/B09R2B8J17/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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It is cheap on US kindle also.
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Reading it now. Hooked me from the word go. This Wilkins fellow can write too.
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divabot posted:Reading it now. Hooked me from the word go. This Wilkins fellow can write too. Rob was in the room when half the Discworld books were written and he did the manuscript checking for the last few. You can't do that and not pick up a few things. That said, remember that the first half of the biog is based directly on Pterry's drafts so there's a lot of the OFiaH in there.
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withak posted:It is cheap on US kindle also. It’s $18, mate. What are you on about.
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Mar 10, 2023 13:23
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It was $1.something at the time of posting. Try to keep up old man.
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withak posted:It was $1.something at the time of posting. Try to keep up old man. 
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https://www.amazon.com/Terry-Pratchett-Footnotes-Official-Biography-ebook/dp/B09R2B8J17 $1.17 bro
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 What the HELL is the truth here
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idk maybe amazon likes me better than you
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Just popping in to this convo about Amazon's horrible pricing practices to say I've just finished The Color of Magic and am starting in on The Light Fantastic, reading through this series for the first time. Only other Pratchett work I've read is Good Omens. It feels like between that and loving Douglas Adams as a kid this is a series I should have read but just didn't for some reason. And I'm two books into NK Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy and needed...a palate cleanser of goofiness before I go to the third. So far enjoying it, especially as I understand the writing only gets stronger as the series goes on.
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Terry ‘gets it’ from Mort onwards, which is a pretty cold take. So if you’re reading in order, you don’t have to wait long.
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I wouldn't recommend a new reader start at Colour of Magic. I'd say pick a series that sounds fun to you (Watch, Witches, Death, etc) and read that through, then switch to another one. My first Discworld book was Going Postal and that had me instantly hooked, I'd recommend it too as a good start for any new reader since it's mostly self contained and doesn't require much context to understand the worldbuilding
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Give me publication order or give me death.
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Eh, I've already finished Colour of Magic and am hooked enough. I'm good going through them in order. I'm not a non-fantasy-reading person who has to be hooked. At one point all new readers had to start with book one.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Give me publication order or give me death. THAT CAN BE ARRANGED
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Start with whatever book you're holding. If you're deciding what book to get, then there are recommendations.
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You can probably skip Equal Rites though, it's still getting the pieces in order. Or read it later before it comes up again.
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The place where someone who wants to get into Pratchett should start depends on what else they're into. For me, Jingo was the ideal place and like most people, once I was in, I was up for anything. If you like fantasy, The Colour of Magic will do you fine. Are you more into detective/cop stories? Try Men at Arms. Rock and roll lover? Soul Music. Film buff? Moving Pictures. Caper stories? Going Postal. Shakespeare? Wyrd Sisters. YA? Johnny Maxwell or The Amazing Maurice.
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Riven posted:I'm good going through them in order.  don't listen to these other losers. no skipping, publication order, Final Destination.
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Yeah I read a few misc ones and then read in pub order. Pub order is fine.
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First two really are fine they're just a bit more slapdash and episodic. Still plenty of funny jokes.
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my first contact with pratchett was buying the last continent and night watch at a mall bookstore when i was sixteen or something. sat down at a bench and went through most of the last continent right there lot of passersby that day probably wondering why this kid appeared to be having a nervous breakdown in public. there were points i was quiet-laughing so hard my body bent like a stapler
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