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Osmosisch posted:Things I strongly dislike about it: I noticed this a fair bit in the later books, where the narrative would grind to a halt so a character could give a long monologue about how they were right and everyone else was going to shut up and listen to them because they’re at the end of their patience. I remember Snuff being especially bad about it — you could maybe get away with that from someone like Vimes or Granny who has, in some sense, earned our trust, but not from a pissant like Feeney who’s appearing on the page for the first time and hadn’t exactly given the best account of themselves when they were here.
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freelop posted:I read them in publication order and enjoyed the progression of the world as Pratchett developed it in his mind. I envy you. I fell for those reading order list scams and read them by setting. All the watch ones. Then the wizard ones etc.
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# ? Apr 14, 2024 23:55 |
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Reading spending character sets is better for rereads imo
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# ? Apr 15, 2024 06:51 |
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What are some of the most egregious examples of a non watch book set in Anhk Moorpork that eventually became a Watch Book? Heard that’s the reason why Pratchett created Moist Von Lippig.
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 01:08 |
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The Truth butted up pretty hard with the Watch I saw new covers for Discworld books at my job yesterday and I can’t say I care for them
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 01:44 |
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The Truth feels anti-Watch in the same way the Moist books are, because the Watch are pretty much antagonists in them. While it's not set in Ankh Morpork, I think Monstrous Regiment most strongly ends up being a Watch book, given how many of them show up in the end as Good Guys/secret saviors throughout the entire story.
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 02:21 |
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Those covers are very generic.
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 06:52 |
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thetoughestbean posted:The Truth butted up pretty hard with the Watch Those look like they're books 3 and 4 in the Blood and Thorns Saga or something, where's the character?
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 09:20 |
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I mean it's those covers or the originals but weirdly zoomed in and blurry, unfortunately. Also some "collectors edition" hardcovers or something that are also generic but hand drawn?
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 09:43 |
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Who the hell is in charge of these things now?
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 10:11 |
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thetoughestbean posted:The Truth butted up pretty hard with the Watch Yeah, I don’t like them, either. I quite like the hardcover woodcut ones though.
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The_Doctor posted:Yeah, I don’t like them, either. I quite like the hardcover woodcut ones though.
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 12:31 |
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The_Doctor posted:Yeah, I don’t like them, either. I quite like the hardcover woodcut ones though. These are great
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 17:17 |
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Any day now they should be releasing the matching edition of Dodger.
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# ? Apr 20, 2024 18:01 |
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Xarn posted:Who the hell is in charge of these things now? The publisher, i imagine
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 22:04 |
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I suspect it all goes before Rob these days.
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 23:17 |
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I had a dream last night where I encountered a Discworld book that I had never read before. I know that people talking about their dreams is usually tedious so I'll try to be brief. It was a Guards book set between Men at Arms and Feet of Clay, and it was called "Thought Police" (I know this because it appeared in the list of books in the inside cover). The plot was that Ridcully and Vetinari had made a junior wizard named Pindler join the Watch. He was a junior wizard that flunked out of UU, who would break into mansions to steal artwork to later fence. But he didn't actually use magic to do this, he was just good at it (until he got caught and was forced to join the watch as punishment). His real ability was precognition, which is why he was able to burgle so effectively because he knew what his victims were going to do in advance. Anyway, Vimes was very much against the idea of having any magic in the watch. Carrot wanted to use Pindler for a new division of the watch called the "reporting crime before it happens squad" and Angua made a joke about how a very small minority of people would be reported in this way. Then I woke up.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 01:03 |
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That's a solid plot ngl
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 01:10 |
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That's probably an actual Discworld book from a universe just slightly off from ours, yeah
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 06:50 |
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I'd enjoy that plot. Also you can read in a dream? Whenever I try the words don't sit right and I get very frustrated
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 09:39 |
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Quote-Unquote posted:Anyway, Vimes was very much against the idea of having any magic in the watch. Carrot wanted to use Pindler for a new division of the watch called the "reporting crime before it happens squad" and Angua made a joke about how a very small minority of people would be reported in this way. Never once thought that dreams are capable of making pop culture references before this moment.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 10:45 |
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Sometimes your brain just cooks.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 11:27 |
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I never dream about books I've read - sometimes I have dreams about what I imagine a novel I've never read might be like.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 11:29 |
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freelop posted:I'd enjoy that plot. I can usually read but can't write/type, the words always come out wrong. Clocks are always unreadable though. Anyway, glad you all enjoyed my dreamed-up plot idea. First time I've ever dreamt of a book.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 11:47 |
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freelop posted:I'd enjoy that plot. If I'm thinking of a word that I'm supposed to be reading, my brain will generate it but if it's just random text, it's unintelligible. I have to be concentrating on a specific word.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 13:15 |
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I definitely remember reading an Elden Ring wiki in my dreams last night and discovering a talisman that boosted casting speed, and was compatible with the casting speed boosts from three related armor sets, Mittelmach, Mittelmore, and Mittelmain, which is unusually creative naming from my dreaming brain.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 13:22 |
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does this thread consider the series YA?
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# ? May 4, 2024 01:53 |
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Not really, though there's a specific group of Discworld novels that explicitly are
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# ? May 4, 2024 02:06 |
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cumpantry posted:does this thread consider the series YA? You’d only find the Tiffany Aching books and the Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents in the YA section at a bookstore so I wouldn’t classify the rest of the series as YA. Honestly, the books predate YA as a codified genre
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# ? May 4, 2024 02:19 |
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thetoughestbean posted:You’d only find the Tiffany Aching books and the Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents in the YA section at a bookstore so I wouldn’t classify the rest of the series as YA. And both of those go to some very dark places, deal with heavy, life and death, choose right or choose wrong kind of things. Therre are also a good number of uplifting or character-forming bits. Exactly the stuff young minds need to read. They're also some of his best work and best ideas. Anyone who has avoided them because of the YA thing? You don't want to miss these. mllaneza fucked around with this message at 02:32 on May 4, 2024 |
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Yeah, the Tiffany Aching series may have a younger protagonist than most others Discworld books, but especially by the end the series is dealing with really heavy stuff in a far more direct way than most other Discworld books
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# ? May 4, 2024 02:39 |
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Quote-Unquote posted:Pindler That's a pretty good Discworld name, it's also a fabric company so I imagine you'd get good mileage out of it for jokes.
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Gnome de plume posted:That's a pretty good Discworld name, it's also a fabric company so I imagine you'd get good mileage out of it for jokes. Oh yeah, that's the one where the guy made a list or something
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# ? May 4, 2024 03:36 |
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Osmosisch posted:Oh yeah, that's the one where the guy made a list or something Oh, I thought he made lifts?
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Gnome de plume posted:...so I imagine you'd get good yardage out of it for jokes.
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# ? May 4, 2024 03:59 |
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mllaneza posted:They're also some of his best work and best ideas. Anyone who has avoided them because of the YA thing? You don't want to miss these. The "I choose this" mantra from Wintersmith was game-changing for me.
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# ? May 4, 2024 05:39 |
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tribbledirigible posted:Oh, I thought he made lifts? There actually is a Schindler company that makes lifts. When I was last unemployed the job centre not only had a Schindler lift but it was the only way for clients to get in or out. That was a bit on the nose.
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# ? May 4, 2024 10:49 |
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thetoughestbean posted:You’d only find the Tiffany Aching books and the Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents in the YA section at a bookstore so I wouldn’t classify the rest of the series as YA. Literally the only difference is they have chapters, which actually makes for a better read and i wish all his books did.
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# ? May 4, 2024 22:31 |
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mllaneza posted:They're also some of his best work and best ideas. Anyone who has avoided them because of the YA thing? You don't want to miss these. I nearly did but was warned not to skip them. The Rough Music and the intro within the start of "I Shall Wear Midnight" is very dark and is incredibly impactful. Don't skip anything.
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I actually kinda disagree, the lack of chapters makes a lot of the best Discworld novels extremely engrossing. I would sometimes read an entire book in a single sitting just because there was no good place to stop and I was that enraptured by the story.
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