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How long does it usually take for a new discworld to show up in mass market paperback?
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Jun 19, 2008 16:37
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shadok posted:Typically about nine months. How long ago did Making Money come out? I don't really plan on buying the hardcover, but I'm up to Night Watch and I'm nearly caught up on discworld.
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Jun 19, 2008 18:43
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In the middle of Night Watch right now, and I think this may actually the funniest discworld novel I've read. Even if it does center around an absurd sci-fi cliche.
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Jul 1, 2008 12:21
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Entropic posted:Bah, the reluctant successor will be King Carrot I and you all know it. King who?
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Jul 12, 2008 23:33
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ibroxmassive posted:Also, when Vimes is made a Duke Carrot is there, and everyone knows, but says nothing as not to upset the status quo Oh, I know who Carrot is. I just didn't know he was the rightful heir to A-M's throne. And neither does anyone else. 
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Jul 14, 2008 13:22
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machine gun wedgie posted:I think you'll find that "everyone" knows in A-M And I think you'll find that no one ever admits it.
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Jul 14, 2008 20:02
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Three Red Lights posted:Honestly between Carrot, Moist and Vimes the only real way I can see AM run after Vetinari is some combination of all three. What do you suppose TP would call an AM triumvirate?
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Jul 20, 2008 23:35
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Nilbop posted:Carrot or Moist though, those'd be much more likely choices I'd say C.M.O.T. Dibbler's a far more likely candidate than Carrot.
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Jul 21, 2008 13:57
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Calenth posted:I think at the end of the novel, Vetinari would come back, as a Vampire, and Vimes would "Go Spare," as Nobby puts it. He'd never last as a vampire, unless he were one of those temperance flakes, and I just can't see that. No, if Vetinari came back, he'd be a zombie. But no one would be able to tell. Hell, he might just be a zombie now.
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Jul 21, 2008 17:08
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ibroxmassive posted:and a relative unknown for Nobbs and Carrot. Angua will invariably be some Hollyoaks actress trying to make her way into Hollywood. I thought the guy they had in Hogfather was perfect for Nobby.
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Aug 9, 2008 07:49
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Well, I'm up to "Going Postal" now, and I'm sad there's only a few more discworld novels.  I was all  when I saw "Making Money" was coming out in Sept in mmp, then I noticed it was Sept *30*.  Figures, I'm gonna have to wait for it after I finish "Wintersmith".
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Aug 19, 2008 14:32
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Bonus posted:Er, I'm not sure if I understand you but your post seems to imply that Making Money isn't out yet. Well it is, I read it and everything. The paperback isn't, and drat if I'm paying $20 for the hardcover.
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Aug 19, 2008 16:48
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Just finished Going Postal, and I can't believe there's only 3 more discworld novels to read. What next? 
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Aug 23, 2008 22:35
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Jusupov posted:Is it with Moist again? It's not even discworld. 
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Sep 7, 2008 19:23
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Wittle Goony Gurl posted:71 Hour Ahmed. What's the source of that? I keep thinking it's a reference to something, but I have no idea what. Slime posted:Everyone knows Carrot is the true king. He just chooses to ignore it. And so do they.
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Sep 9, 2008 13:37
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Sulevis posted:And I'm just being on the safe side here. It doesn't really fit the criteria of a plot spoiler, so don't worry about it.
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Sep 9, 2008 22:03
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Ordered Nation and Making Money today. Only one more discworld and then I have to wait with the rest of you.
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Sep 30, 2008 21:59
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So the UPS dude leaves the package that should contain Making Money and Nation. I grab it and open it with glee to find...The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen, and Mrs. Pargeter's Package by Simon Brett, both audio books.  A quick run to the local B&N solves the problem (although the clerk did give me a little static over the online price being less, but in the end he let me have it), plus I found $5 in the parking lot. I consider this a net win.
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Oct 6, 2008 23:57
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I'm about a third done with Nation, and I'm loving this book. I can totally imagine the religious right frothing at the mouth over the way some issues are being tackled, and I'm willing to bet it ends up on a banned book list soon.
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Oct 15, 2008 20:49
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Dirty Frank posted:Its true its not as gag heavy as some of the Discworld books, but there’s plenty to laugh at, especially if you find his "wry observations of human nature" funny. I thought it was excellent. I never thought the discworld novels were particularly gag-heavy. The first Pratchett I ever read was Good Omens, and I thought it was dripping with funny. When I got into discworld I was a little sad it wasn't quite that stuffed with sillyness, so I decided to read some Gaiman and see if he wasn't the guy who brought the insanity. Sadly not. I need to read it again just to see if I was smoking weed back then. Also I finished Nation and it doesn't fit with all the discworld MMPs on the shelf and looks strange. And the only discworld I have left is Making Money, and that makes me sad. When are we going to get the next book?
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Oct 22, 2008 14:35
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I thought the first few discworlds were more obviously comedic than the rest of the series. I think it was after Mort that he shifted into a more cerebral sort of humor.
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Oct 22, 2008 14:42
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Darknyte posted:Also, reporting in from Moving Pictures, about halfway through. It's okay. I was pretty disappointed with that one. I think all the Flinstone'isms really turned me off. Terry's "what the hell was I thinking" book. Gaspode is always awesome though.
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Nov 8, 2008 19:45
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Darknyte posted:
It's shorter because it was originally illustrated, like The Last Hero. I don't think it was co-written though.
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Nov 8, 2008 23:46
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Entropic posted:For some reason I've never been able to find the illustrated version of I had to order The Last Hero from B&N's website, like so many other things. One of the nice things about them is being able to check if a local store has something in stock. A few times I've been able to run down the next nearest store (which has a bigger selection) and get what I was looking for. Did that for The Amazing Maurice.
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Nov 9, 2008 13:48
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bigscary posted:Rincewind-as-joke-wizard and Rincewind-as-eternal-coward-traveler I liked the former much more than the latter.
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Nov 12, 2008 18:03
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Darknyte posted:I'm always looking back to the publication dates and title list at the book, figuring out where we are in continuity. When I started reading them, I went by the list in the front. I think it was backwards most of the time for some reason. Now I just go the list on the wikipedia article.
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Nov 15, 2008 09:51
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I finished Making Money last night.
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Nov 28, 2008 15:52
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Wittle Goony Gurl posted:Come on...did you not No, before now there's always been more discworld to look forward to!
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Nov 29, 2008 01:53
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DontMockMySmock posted:But I can happily report that if you haven't read Nation, it is very very good; so there is one last bit of Pratchett for you to enjoy, even if it isn't Discworld. Read that last month.
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Nov 29, 2008 09:43
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Capn_Marrrrk posted:I just finally got around to listening to the Tiffany Aching Books and found them to be simply fantastic. I read them last year. They made Twilight seem that much lamer, and they're not helping Harry Potter at all either.
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Dec 31, 2008 18:35
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EvilMoJoJoJo posted:I know I am late on this but I have only just got round to Making Money. Reading it as the banking system - based on smoke and mirrors rather than, you know, actual gold - falls down in tatters around us is pretty amusing. One of the major themes in that book is that money is worth what it is because we all agree on it, and I loved the point about gold only being worth anything because...we all agree.
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Jan 21, 2009 21:53
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I must be the odd one here, because I really liked Equal Rites and Wyrd Sisters, but was left pretty flat by the later Witch books. The Tiffany Aching series is much better.
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Feb 9, 2009 14:43
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Mokinokaro posted:About 1/3rd in Moving Pictures and liking so far, even if a lot of the jokes are cornier than usual for Pratchett Holy Wood? Really? You don't need to spoiler that, and yeah, really.  Most of the book is that way, and it reeks of Flintstones' "tech".
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Feb 26, 2009 19:05
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Moist von Lipwig posted:It's been brought up before, by several people, but Moving Pictures really is a kind of transition novel from the goofy/zaniness of the first few books into the most serious satire of the later ones. It just seemed like a lot of the things should have been magical, not little imps in cameras drawing pictures, which is what the Flintstones did. And some things were just shoved in for the sole purpose of being able to tell stories that depend on certain technical prerequisites, and don't fit discworld at all. I know you could say "well, that's because the source of those things is the source of the same things in our world" but it just doesn't fit. It's hamhanded to a degree that's jarring coming from Pratchett.
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Feb 27, 2009 14:19
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The_Doctor posted:God, I still need to start Nation. It was next on my to read pile, but then the guy I'm dating forced me to read his favourite book, Perdido Street Station You need to dump him and that silly book and start Nation as soon as possible.
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Mar 5, 2009 18:28
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Pope Guilty posted:I liked Lords and Ladies much more than Carpe Jugulum, which is Lords and Ladies with vampires. Lords & Ladies was the one discworld book I really didn't like at all. Weird.
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Mar 14, 2009 22:10
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gfl posted:The best books are anything with Rincewind in them. I liked Rincewind when he was merely incompetent, but once he turned into the world greatest coward, not so much. Cowardice just isn't funny to me I guess.
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Mar 20, 2009 10:38
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You guys are all wrong. Moving Pictures is by far, and without question, the worst discworld book. Edit: Durr, Terry Pratchett never wrote a Dire Straights song. 
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Mar 21, 2009 18:59
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GhostDog posted:Soul Music and Making Movies feel like he had a checklist of cultural references that he worked through and then called it a day. Yeah, there was so much stuff shoehorned in Flintstone style in both books. I wanted to like Soul Music, and I tried really hard but it's definitely toward the bottom in my list of favorites.
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Mar 21, 2009 19:42
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precision posted:I agree about Soul Music, it did feel like an overly-intentional cultural parody that didn't quite have a good plot. Though "music with rocks in" and "We're Certainly Dwarves" are comedic gold. Don't forget "and some coke."
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Mar 21, 2009 20:36
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