Discworld

[Fetzenfisch]

I read literally every single Discworld novel till now at least 2 times. i love them

 

[sylraiana]

VIMES!!! *Love Love Love* Really, the whole of the guard is amazing, though I also loved Teppec and Moist. And then, well, yeah, because I'm a girl. Polly.

Monsterous Regiment was my first Pratchett ever, so I love that one. Though the Guard books are by far the best in the series

I've got a special shelve above my desk for my Discworld collection. (I've got every one of them in pocket version, 'cept for the very last, which isn't in pocket until June or something)

 

[TheGreatGonzo26]

Carpe Jugular was mine. And Maskerade because it poked fun at the Phantom of the Opera. Honestly, I think I'm going to start from the beginning and read them all.

 

[Plumpdragon]

Read just about all Discworld novels, "Going postal" and "Making money" being my fave ones.

Another book to recommend to Pratchett fans is "Strata" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strata_%28novel%29 a very funny parody he wrote of larry Niven's "Ringworld".

Though it is completely separate from the Discworld series it does mostly take place on a disc shaped planet.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Only the saddest of the sad haven't read Discworld. People who have easy access to it have no excuse, and suck.

 

[Kevvers]

Want my advice? Skip Vimes and go right into Rincewind. Rincewind is one of the most awesome characters I've ever read, at least as good as death and in some ways better. In combination (as they often are during Color of Magic) they create a comic/comic foil pair of such high caliber I've yet to see it matched in any other work of literature.

Rincewind is basically my hero.

Rincewind is awesome. I wasn't satisfied with his casting in the film. David Jason was too old and didn't capture the character well.

Agreed, I always thought of him as a younger eric idle after playing the Discworld game.
Del boy as Rincewind? "That doesn't work".

 

[Apathetic Flamingo]

Huge fan of Terry Pratchett I love Thief of Time... it's my favorite.

 

[Doug]

True, I'd forgotten about that one. Even the Igorina was better written than the typical member of her male counterparts .

And yeah, he avoids the typical stereotyped female, but he ends up creating his own stereotype of female if you see what I mean, heh.

True, but in Monstrous Regiment I felt that he was trying to move away from that. He does tend to write forceful female leads, but there are some exceptions that make for great characters, Angura for instance. She is always being indecisive about something, and that makes her a better character overall.

True, on all counts.

 

[lazy_bum]

I did a poll on DeviantArt and most people hadn't heard of Discworld. Oh, what a world we live in. Any fans out there?

As a child I watched Soul Music and the Wyrd Sisters cartoon, and I recently watched the films for The Colour of Magic and Hogfather. I'm now listening to the audio books...because I am lazy and don't trust myself to finish reading anything. Nigel Planer does a wonderful job with accents! I didn't recognise the actor till I checked google images and recognised him from an ep of Blackadder the Third. So far I've listened to:

The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Mort
Soul Music
Wyrd Sisters
Witches Abroad
Lords and Ladies
Carpe Jagulum

I'll get to the rest. Some I will leave for the end, like the Tiffany Aching series. Once I'm done with Susan, I'll get to work on Sam Vimes.

The audio tapes dont cut it for me, they cut and abridge the storys too much for my liking. so far i've read every single discworld novel except for a few of the extra things like nanny oggs cookbook.

 

[Jdopus]

Another huge Discworld fan, although I have to say that my favourite characters are in fact the Wizards, I enjoy all the bickering between the characters as well as the constant science references.

 

[yossarian787]

I'm a fan of Going Postal and Making Money, but they're all pretty good. Also, anything with Vimes or Rincewind in it.

My only complaint is that, when I start reading a discworld novel, I don't sleep that night, and then I don't have anything to read any more.

 

[Zagzag]

Read Gaurds, Gaurds, its my favourite.

Strange, I didn't actually like that one. My favourite is Making Money but I've not finished Unseen Academicals yet so I can't judge!

I really love the whole series though, my absolute favourite books!

 

[ben---neb]

He and Iain (M.) Banks are my two favourite writers. His older books weren't that good, but the newer books are just awesome. "Thief of Time" is probably my favourite at the time. Gotta read "The Truth" soon.

Thief of Time, ah, brilliant, excellent, wonderful, love it, it wins best Discworld novel hands down. Although I do quite like Mort, The Last Continent, Jingo, most of the witches ones, the first two, Interesting Times...ok, I like them all.

 

[AplChild]

Reaper man was my favourite.
Fith elephant stands out too. Discworld does rock =D

 

[Thijsterhaar]

Loved & finished both PC games and read about the first 20 books.

 

[Clashero]

I did a poll on DeviantArt and most people hadn't heard of Discworld. Oh, what a world we live in. Any fans out there?

As a child I watched Soul Music and the Wyrd Sisters cartoon, and I recently watched the films for The Colour of Magic and Hogfather. I'm now listening to the audio books...because I am lazy and don't trust myself to finish reading anything. Nigel Planer does a wonderful job with accents! I didn't recognise the actor till I checked google images and recognised him from an ep of Blackadder the Third. So far I've listened to:

The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Mort
Soul Music
Wyrd Sisters
Witches Abroad
Lords and Ladies
Carpe Jagulum

I'll get to the rest. Some I will leave for the end, like the Tiffany Aching series. Once I'm done with Susan, I'll get to work on Sam Vimes.

No no no! Nononono! Do NOT leave Sam Vimes for the end! READ THE GUARD SERIES NOW!

On topic, my favourites are probably Maskerade (lovely parody of Phantom of the Opera, and opera in general), The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch and Mort.

 

[historybuff]

Pratchett is epic. I love the books about DEATH and the Night Watch

 

[SnipErlite]

How can people not know Discworld - it's only possibly the best book series ever......

Loved Mort, am currently about half way through the series

=]

 

[C-Wizzle]

I couldn't agree more, I mean Rincewind is light and spry and David Jason, while a great comedy actor, isn't. They should have got someone younger like Russle Brand maybe...

 

[Reaperman64]

Good choice OP and awesome avatar also

Ive read all but two of terry prattchets books and there all wonderfull, even his worst books ( Monstrous regiment, unseen academicals ) are really good.

Sam vimes is my favorite charecter although theif of time is my favourite book

Enjoy!