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Randy Marsh posted:Can you give me a chronological list of the Vimes books? I've read a few Discworld books, but I only enjoyed Night Watch, so I'd love to read that arc in full. http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-1-5.pdf
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Krinkle posted:Just finished rereading men at arms. What did vetinari mean about "politician"? I'm looking it up on dictionary.com but it keeps linking to other words. Does it mean "guy who personifies the city" or "city boss" or something? Word origins should be easier to find than this. http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1035 The 'polis' root is the some in both I would think.
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Something about the first thief stealing fire from the gods, but being unable to fence it because it was too hot. Then there is a nested footnote saying that he got burned on that deal.
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Sep 12, 2007 23:59
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I just picked up a signed one tonight as well.  My boss is out of the office tomorrow so I know what I'll be doing all day at work. 
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Mukaikubo posted:There is an extremely funny set of scenes in the book. They involve clockwork toys. "Toys", as in, "Toys" you may possibly find in a shop of ill-repute. I am desperately attempting to describe this circumspectly. "A clockwork device of an intimate nature." The best part is when it is vibrating Mr. Fussypants forwards and backwards across the floor during the trial.I also like how the patrician always specifies that here is no rush when requesting a meeting. It made me want to go back and re-read Going Postal.
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Sep 19, 2007 21:09
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My signed one was even 30% off.
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Sep 20, 2007 23:33
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Krinkle posted:I want an all assassins book The one with the tooth fairy is the most assassin-y probably, but it's pretty DEATH-y too.
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Sep 29, 2007 01:32
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Clearly he wants you to have as many wives as the market will bear.
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Oct 1, 2007 19:49
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Isn't there some proverb about how if you manage to get a donkey up a minaret then you still have to get him back down? Something to do with how being able to complete only one difficult task is often not enough.
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Oct 24, 2007 00:00
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As good an introduction as any. Be forewarned though, all of Pratchett's books will be absolutely nothing at all like Jordan's.
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Moist von Lipwig posted:Speaking of Nation, does anyone have any info on what it's about? Just by the name I'm guessing it's going to have a lot of stealth-philosophy in it. http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/meeting-mr-pratchett/2007/02/15/1171405371862.html?page=fullpage posted:"You'll be the first to know," he says. "The next book was going to be that one; but there's a book I've been wanting to write for about four years.
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Nov 15, 2007 07:14
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Dec 13, 2007 02:50
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I think Lancre is just generic British-Isle hillbilly with no particular cultural cultural origin.
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May 4, 2008 20:06
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Finns aren't allowed to call anyone else's language bizarre.
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May 24, 2008 18:21
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 Holy poo poo.
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Mokinokaro posted:Well, finished Thud! and now I'm kind of sad that I won't be reading new Vimes adventures, at least for a long while. Absolutely not, don't waste your time.
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Feb 9, 2009 07:17
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Sherlock Holmes came back from that.
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Aug 14, 2009 14:44
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I thought it was funny that another character was confirming that the guy was actually saying --ing out loud.
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Doug posted:So what's the scoop on Small Gods? After reading back a few pages it seems to come highly recommended. I tried searching on Amazon and it said a new copy was $85(!!!). Then I looked at the library, and they have the audiobook but not the novel. Am I looking for this the wrong way or is it out of print or what's the deal? It is printed using paper and inks of the finest quality.
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Sep 24, 2009 17:59
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It's crazy but it just might work.
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Sep 25, 2009 16:19
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Amazon.com says the kindle version will be more expensive than the hardback version.  Though there is something to be said for shipping it all the way from Jolley Olde Englande for the cooler cover.
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bitterandtwisted posted:Does the US version have the same cover? It probably has some cartoons. :-/
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Oct 16, 2009 15:29
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Just noticed that Unseen Academicals is $9.99 on the kindle store now.
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Nov 1, 2009 00:39
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*crickets chirping*
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Dec 13, 2009 21:42
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How come that works in Firefox on my laptop but not in Safari on my iPod Touch connected to the same wifi network? The Safari version is UK-only apparently?
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Bluemillion posted:Nac mac Feegle! They steal ships.
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May 25, 2010 16:37
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Tiffany + Harry fanfic
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Jun 4, 2010 05:30
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Yeah read stuff in the order it was written.
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Jun 24, 2010 04:32
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Garage sale or yard sale if it is one household, rummage sale if it is several, or flea market if it is lots of people selling stolen poo poo in one place.
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Jun 25, 2010 20:55
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Scan it and post it on the internet.
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Aug 4, 2010 05:04
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I will gladly keep mediocre book covers in exchange for not having to kiss the queen's rear end.
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Aug 6, 2010 05:46
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Fascists (or similar) in general make pretty good bad guys.
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Jan 18, 2011 22:17
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European people are pushovers for that kind of authority.
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Jan 18, 2011 22:27
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Probably it is safe to ignore the opinions of anyone who didn't like Small Gods.
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Apr 2, 2011 20:06
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What a goon.
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Apr 11, 2011 22:14
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He stayed inside the lines too!
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Jun 5, 2011 16:43
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He was about 1000x chattier than he was in any of the previous books.
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Again from Facebook, to be released this fall sometime:
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