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a cow posted:he's got alzheimer's dude Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's? 
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aziraphale60 posted:Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's? This came out in 2010, and sadly it is start to chip away at his writing skills. His editors just haven't got the heart to pick through the stuff too. It is just bloody sad for us all.
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Apr 18, 2012 15:10
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I had a "this loving series" moment in the Dungeons and Douchebags thread. Ankh-Morporkh has grassy gnolls.
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Apr 20, 2012 15:55
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SeanBeansShako posted:This came out in 2010, and sadly it is start to chip away at his writing skills. His editors just haven't got the heart to pick through the stuff too. He announced that in 2007, man. I hate saying this but from all the stories and interviews you read of him over time it's hard not to see how the thing has taken it's toll those past 5 years.
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Apr 20, 2012 16:45
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Beerdeer posted:I had a "this loving series" moment in the Dungeons and Douchebags thread. Holy crap 
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Apr 20, 2012 18:27
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Beerdeer posted:I had a "this loving series" moment in the Dungeons and Douchebags thread. :facepalm: Another one I missed.
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Apr 20, 2012 19:28
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Beerdeer posted:I had a "this loving series" moment in the Dungeons and Douchebags thread. Welp, show's over folks, time to pack up and go home.
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Apr 20, 2012 19:30
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That one went under my radar too.
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Apr 20, 2012 19:53
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Beerdeer posted:I had a "this loving series" moment in the Dungeons and Douchebags thread.
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Apr 20, 2012 20:21
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I think we're gonna keep finding these for a long time.
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Apr 20, 2012 20:33
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Arbite posted:I think we're gonna keep finding these for a long time. The quality of a great mans writing. Years of entertainment still to come. I guess SKY has stopped doing those screen adaptions. Shame they couldn have nailed it with one more.
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Apr 20, 2012 21:34
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Beerdeer posted:I had a "this loving series" moment in the Dungeons and Douchebags thread. God damnit.
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Apr 20, 2012 22:01
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I can't wait until people spot the pun in Sto Lat.
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Apr 20, 2012 22:04
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SeanBeansShako posted:The quality of a great mans writing. Years of entertainment still to come. Pretty sure they're doing Unseen Academicals actually. Or at least they announced they were awhile ago.
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Apr 20, 2012 22:34
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Beerdeer posted:I had a "this loving series" moment in the Dungeons and Douchebags thread. And one such grassy gnoll gives information in Jingo, which is about investigating an assassination attempt where the target was shot from the Library... (I didn't figure that one out myself, of course. The Annotated Pratchett File is really quite good, it's a shame it hardly ever updates.)
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Apr 20, 2012 22:54
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quote:+ [p. 289] "The Death of Rats had scurried up the side of the clock [...]"  The hole is deeper than I thought.
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Apr 20, 2012 23:08
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Flipswitch posted:
Okay, now it's not even being fair. There's little references I should know but only my subconscious recognizes. What an artist.
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Apr 20, 2012 23:13
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quote:- [p. 169/146] After Rincewind and Twoflower escape from the Wyrmberg they are flying a dragon one moment and a modern jetliner the next. Oh my god
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Apr 21, 2012 09:08
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I'd make fun of you all for being a bunch of goddamn nerds, but I had a similar reaction when I found out that the Selachii and Venturii families are the Sharks and Jets. Also, does anybody else find the Angua/Sally/Cheery go clubbing subplot in Thud! really painful to read? It just fucks up the pacing while being out-of-character and just really poorly done.
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Apr 21, 2012 15:41
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Yeah that bit always bugged me. I mean it's something I could see Cheery doing, but definitely not Angua. I understand Angua and Sally needed some character bonding but that bit just didn't work for me. That being said, I'd love another Watch-focused book involving all of those characters.
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Apr 21, 2012 15:56
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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah that bit always bugged me. I mean it's something I could see Cheery doing, but definitely not Angua. Even if I disliked that scene (which I don't), it'd get a pass for setting up one of the bluest jokes I can recall in any of the books (Fred Colon's 'minge drinking' malapropism).
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Apr 21, 2012 15:59
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AXE COP posted:Oh my god gently caress you Alzheimers just gently caress you  .This is simply amazing.
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Apr 21, 2012 16:00
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FactsAreUseless posted:I'd make fun of you all for being a bunch of goddamn nerds, but I had a similar reaction when I found out that the Selachii and Venturii families are the Sharks and Jets. Oh goddammit. Some day I'm going to go through the earlier books again and see what else I missed.
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Apr 21, 2012 16:46
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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah that bit always bugged me. I mean it's something I could see Cheery doing, but definitely not Angua. Angua has always struck me as one of the weakest, most tedious characters in the Watch books, which are normally tight as a drum. Her every subplot consists of her whining about her lycanthropy, and there's rarely much variety in the flavor of angst she presents. It was understandable in Men at Arms and The Fifth Elephant couldn't have done without her due to the Uberwald thing, but she's usually much better as an ancillary character who can just act as a plot device or gag fodder.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:05
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I could do without the whole "Angua is Carrot's dog" thing.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:13
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I thought Angua was pretty strong in Fifth Elephant, since we get more of her relationship with her family. Pratchett occasionally lets characters' big traits (werewolf, etc.) overtake their small ones, which are often more important for character development: what do they do for fun, etc. Agnes and Susan have similar issues. It's hard to imagine them doing much outside of the plot.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:14
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I can see Agnes blogging about being a witch. Pterry once made the comment that Agnes was either inspired by or was told by many American women that she reminded them of themselves, moreso than the more easily identifiable characters in the books. You can really see it, too.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:18
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Nilbop posted:I can see Agnes blogging about being a witch. Pterry once made the comment that Agnes was either inspired by or was told by many American women that she reminded them of themselves, moreso than the more easily identifiable characters in the books. You can really see it, too. I like Agnes, I just wanted Pratchett to do more with her.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:22
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Magrat got an advanced version of the Detritus-promotion, which continued making her both interesting and an in-world success, which was sweet. You just get the impression that Agnes sits there expecting the plot to form around her, and then being frustrated with herself when it doesn't.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:37
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Nilbop posted:Magrat got an advanced version of the Detritus-promotion, which continued making her both interesting and an in-world success, which was sweet. You just get the impression that Agnes sits there expecting the plot to form around her, and then being frustrated with herself when it doesn't. I have totally been that person at times in my life, and I'm not the only one.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:42
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Pope Guilty posted:I have totally been that person at times in my life, and I'm not the only one. I think everyone's a little bit like that, it just takes on another dimension of hilarity in a universe that literally runs on plot.
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Apr 21, 2012 21:46
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Nilbop posted:I think everyone's a little bit like that, it just takes on another dimension of hilarity in a universe that literally runs on plot.
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Apr 21, 2012 22:05
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FactsAreUseless posted:The Agnes/Perdita split is an interesting idea, but it seemed to overtake writing Agnes as a person. What was her personality aside from "passive observer" and "split personalities?" Despite being the protagonist (roughly), she's stuck in the role of sidekick. So is Bruce Banner, in a lot of Hulk stories. Both Banner and Agnes are literally their own sidekicks. Agnes' personality is built round two things: her disgruntlement with being dismissed as capable, sensible and good wife material when she wants to be interesting, flamboyant and romantic, and her annoyance with herself when she actually does try to be those things. She's also a bit like Rorschach in Watchment, in that she starts out as Agnes pretending to be Perdita but later - after Agnes realises how silly the pretense is - Perdita becomes a very real and distinct personality. I've sometimes wondered if Agnes has somehow managed to Borrow herself.
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Apr 23, 2012 22:33
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Jedit posted:I've sometimes wondered if Agnes has somehow managed to Borrow herself. I think Granny Weatherwax says this as a theory at some point doesn't she?
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Apr 23, 2012 22:38
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Jedit posted:So is Bruce Banner, in a lot of Hulk stories. Both Banner and Agnes are literally their own sidekicks.
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Apr 24, 2012 03:01
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A few days late to the 'subtle language puns' party, but: in Making Money, there's a scene where Drumknott comments on how great Vetinari is at Discworld's version of SuDoku, which is called 'Jikan no Muda'. Which is Japanese for 'a waste of time'.
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Apr 24, 2012 04:08
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I never would have figured out the Vetinari / Medici reference if he hadn't basically spelled it out in Night Watch.
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Apr 24, 2012 04:49
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Apraxin posted:A few days late to the 'subtle language puns' party, but: in Making Money, there's a scene where Drumknott comments on how great Vetinari is at Discworld's version of SuDoku, which is called 'Jikan no Muda'. Which is Japanese for 'a waste of time'. Which is almost an unnecessary joke, as "sudoku" is itself an abbreviation of a Japanese phrase meaning "mathematical puzzles for children".
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Apr 24, 2012 08:33
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I was watching Game Of Thrones the other night, and was struck by how similar Stannis (Stephen Dillane) looks to the way I've always pictured Vimes. Balding, stonefaced, hardasssed, and outwardly convinced he's completely right about everything (I know Stannis is also inwardly convinced of that, but the actor's really got the stoneface thing happening beautifully) .
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Apr 26, 2012 03:21
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Vimes will always be Pete Postlethwaite to me. Can someone resurrect him please?
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Apr 26, 2012 03:31
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