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02-05-2000, 08:21 PM | #1 |
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Discworld
Anyone else read any Terry Pratchett? Hilarious stuff - parody of modern civ and the fantasy genre. A lot of puns, sarcastic characters, tongue in cheek descriptions..
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02-05-2000, 09:09 PM | #2 |
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Re: Discworld
I love his books, but so far I have only read a few of them. I really like the humour. I consider "Guards! Guards!" and "Mort" to be my favorites. Death just got be my favorite character .
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02-06-2000, 09:07 PM | #3 |
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Death Rocks. Have you read "Soul Music"? I highly recommend it.
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02-07-2000, 09:03 AM | #4 |
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I don´t know, I read them in Swedish. But if I haven´t I´ll take a look at it.
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02-09-2000, 11:18 PM | #5 |
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I love Discworld! Soul Music is definitely one of my favorites, along with Men at Arms, Carpe Jugulum, and Interesting Times. I haven't read them all, but I've only got a few left to go... Anybody read Good Omens? It's not a Discworld book, but it's by Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (a great author) and is very funny. I highly recommend it.
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02-10-2000, 06:37 AM | #6 |
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I have! It's a parody on a movie (I think the movie is titled "Bad Omens" about a diplomat's kid who is the Antichrist.)
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02-10-2000, 10:03 PM | #7 |
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That's interesting.... because I just found out "Good Omens" is being made into a movie itself! It's going to be directed by Terry Gilliam (formerly of Monty Python, director of Time Bandits, Brazil, etc.). No cast yet but it should be great.
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02-10-2000, 10:10 PM | #8 |
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There was a movie calle "The Omen", with Gregory Peck and Lee Remick; Peck was the us ambassador to britan, his and Remicks son was the Antichrist. There were two sequels (the last one being "The Final Conflict", with Sam Neil as the Antichrist).
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02-11-2000, 01:49 PM | #9 |
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Is Discworld that movie I saw one time with John Travolta? He was in a white suit or something. Had really cool music.
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02-11-2000, 10:44 PM | #10 |
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Er, no, that would be Saturday Night Fever, and it's disco, not Discworld. (If your post was humor, forgive me but there was no little smiley or anything to indicate it) Discworld is not a movie, it's a series of books that hilariously parodies the fantasy genre. Since you clearly know your fantasy stuff, and are a highly intelligent reader, you'd probably enjoy them a lot. They're by Terry Pratchett.
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03-30-2000, 12:14 AM | #11 |
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Pratchett Rocks!! I am reading Carpe Jugulum right now and am about to get The Fifth Elephant. It always amazes me when I read Discworld books how one minute I'll be laughing histerically and the next I'll be sitting back having to think, sometimes hard! He has some very deep subjects in his books.
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04-04-2000, 05:25 PM | #12 |
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I enjoyed the earlier stuff
But not the later stuff. Perhaps I grew in the wrong direction, but I just didn't find his later stuff funny at all, whereas the earlier books, Colour of Magic and the like were incredibly funny. Again, perhaps it was just me. Obviously he has a strong following.
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04-05-2000, 01:09 AM | #13 |
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Re: I enjoyed the earlier stuff
Could someone please list the books in the Disc World series.....in order? I got a gift certificate for my bookstore and thought of getting some of these.......
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04-05-2000, 05:39 PM | #14 |
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Re: I enjoyed the earlier stuff
Here's the list from inside The Last Continent:
The Colour of Magic The Light Fantastic Equal Rites Mort Sourcery Wyrd Sisters Pyramids Guard! Guards! Eric (with Josh Kirby) Moving Pictures Reaper Man Witches Abroad Small Gods Lords and Ladies Men at Arms Soul Music Feet of Clay Interesting Times Maskerade Hogfather Jingo The Last Continent The Fifth Elephant and: Mort: A Discworld Big Comic The Streetof Of Ankh-Morpork The Discworld Companion The Discowrld Mapp The Pratchett Portfolio |
04-06-2000, 01:34 AM | #15 |
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Re: I enjoyed the earlier stuff
Thanks Jaro!
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04-12-2000, 02:18 AM | #16 |
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Re: I enjoyed the earlier stuff
OK, he does have a tendancy to reuse the same joke over and over, but there is some comfort in knowing when a certain punchline is coming up! Just the same, when a new Discworld book comes out I run to the bookstore! TRH
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04-20-2000, 02:29 PM | #17 |
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Re: I enjoyed the earlier stuff
Jaro:
Your list missed out 'Strata' which must be considered as a discworld book, but from the point of view of outsiders (i.e. extra-discestrials) Its v. funny as usual, but quite different. It's an early one. |
04-21-2000, 09:09 AM | #18 |
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oooh, thanks! It wasn't listed on the inner cover, but I do remember hearing about it.
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05-01-2000, 05:43 PM | #19 |
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Re: I enjoyed the earlier stuff
i love terry pratchett
hey has anyone here read the carpet people? i wish i could get hold of some more discworld books, ive only read about half of them. (and yes, Death is my fav character) andustar |
07-09-2000, 06:11 PM | #20 |
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Re: I enjoyed the earlier stuff
Pratchett doesn't parody fantasy, it's just the way he writes it. He makes fun of people and life in general more than he does any specific genre. He parodys life in a fantasy format.
I read Carpe Jugulum. It was funny, not as funny as some, but definitely a good one. I liked seeing Agatha again and more of Perdita after Maskerade. I haven't got my hands on The Fifth Elephant yet but I'm looking forward to it. I love Soul Music too, but I haven't read Mort yet which I might like better. DEATH is definitely my favorite character but I love the little police chief too. Guards! Guards! was my first Pratchett book and I'd like to read more than the Discworld ones as well as ALL of the Discworld but I'm limited to what they've got at my library. |
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