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Mister Roboto posted:Fred has always been a bit of a casual racist. This goes all the way back to Jingo where he's unknowingly ignorant about calling people ragheads. It seemed the point of that in Jingo was that Fred was consciously trying to be racist, you know, get into the spirit of the times, and failing because it was against his nature.
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If Pyramids has any faults it's that the best sequence is right at the start, but there are many other highlights.
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Xander77 posted:If you thought that Raising Steam was good, or even ok... I'd really love to know why. Or how. Or what. Or when. I thought the bit with Colon and Nobby checking out the train was hilarious. The rest... bleh.
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Khizan posted:The best Pratchett book is Night Watch. Yeah, that's wise.
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AlphaDog posted:It might also be that I saw the "twist" coming because I knew what the title was referring to. I didn't know about the title's significance at the time, but the front cover gave it away for me.
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Dirty Frank posted:Raising steam you can leave till youve read literally everything else he's written, Moving Pictures is kindof flawed but decent and (I think?) totally stand alone. Honestly, if you just read the part where Nobby and Colon inspect the train and nothing else you'll have the best possible experience.
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The Economist has a nice obituary.
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Hedrigall posted:I thought it was a pretty deep book about the horrors of war. War in all it's potential horror had been covered in Jingo, and much better to boot. Beyond that it all it had was a twist that a glance at the cover made obvious.
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freebooter posted:I know it's wrong but I still pronounce it "AN Gyoo Ah" in my head. That's how the audiobooks do it.
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Jerry Cotton posted:I was buying a present for my nephew for his birthday and I guess everyone in Finland who reads Pratchett reads it in English because there were basically no Finnish translations in the book stores. loving nerds Come to think of it my first Pratchett book was Pyramids, bought in Helsinki. One of the best books to start the series on, as luck would have it.
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FF13 was the first one to animate it as feathers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS6CXgloFUg
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citybeatnik posted:Except for Pyramids. I think that's the only one i've not found the desire to revisit. I'd still call it the best standalone introduction to the series. It's got immediate hilarity (especially if you've ever taken a driving exam), a monstrous villain with surprising depth, recognizable points from history, the camels...
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