He has written massive quantities of insanely funny novels, most notably the Discworld series, in which he combines tired fantasy cliches and parodies thereof into a new style of comic fantasy writing that manages to be genuinely immersive AND laugh-out-loud funny at the same time. Nearly 40 volumes so far, most of which can be read independantly of each other.Zap Rowsdower said:I've never heard of Prachett, except for this and a small mention in a ZP.
Awesome as Sir Terry's sword is, I do not want to go up against the Luggage. That thing scares me shitless.IckleMissMayhem said:He's blatantly stored it in 'The Luggage.'TheGuy(wantstobe) said:Pratchett has stored the sword, which he completed last year, in a secret location, apparently concerned about the authorities taking an interest in it.
Can I be part of this epic sword-seeking quest?
where do i sign? I want in on this.TheGuy(wantstobe) said:When you find a fifth i'll be the sixth ranger who comes in near the end and gets all the attentionJedamethis said:And undoubtably the first to be stabbed in the back when we find it?theflyingpeanut said:Oh. Can I come? I could be the big guy [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigGuy]. I'll even bring a (smaller) Piecemaker. [http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Piecemaker]Jedamethis said:Of course! But remember, last man standing gets to keep the sword.Simalacrum said:May this humble juggler join you on thine quest?Jedamethis said:Okay, if he dies, an epic quest to find the legendary sword of Sir Terry Pratchett begins!
Fine with me!Just in case...MimsySnark said:"If" he dies? He may be an awesome knight who made his own legendary sword, but I doubt he's yet discovered the secret of immortality!Jedamethis said::O
I need to make me a sword!
Okay, if he dies, an epic quest to find the legendary sword of Sir Terry Pratchett begins!
I'm just playing--I will join this quest!
Hurrah!
That makes four!![]()
I'm fairly musical, and my chances of survival are half decent if I come along as your bard. May I? I promise to keep out of the way and not play my instrument when people are trying to sleep.theflyingpeanut said:We'll need to find a bard. One who can make a song charting the epic trek, your inevitible betrayal, the final battle, all that stuff. People are going to remember us.Jedamethis said:Sounds good!theflyingpeanut said:All this talk of stabbing. You'd almost think you were a villain. In which case, I couldn't be stabbed, as I would have to be alive to mourn the broken body of a fallen comrade who was always kind to me, in spite of my simple nature, and who you mercilessly betrayed. Then, after finding you holding the magic sword, the true hero of the tale would undoubtedly defeat you in an epic battle, while the rest of us hold of your hordes of evil minions.Jedamethis said:And undoubtably the first to be stabbed in the back when we find it?theflyingpeanut said:Oh. Can I come? I could be the big guy [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigGuy]. I'll even bring a (smaller) Piecemaker. [http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Piecemaker]Jedamethis said:Of course! But remember, last man standing gets to keep the sword.Simalacrum said:May this humble juggler join you on thine quest?Jedamethis said:Okay, if he dies, an epic quest to find the legendary sword of Sir Terry Pratchett begins!
Fine with me!
We'd better make sure somebody writes this all down..
So long as you're not a gnome. Gnome bards have a tendency to fall down onto sharp pointy things around me I have no idea why... >.> <.< what?Death-of-Penguins said:I'm fairly musical, and my chances of survival are half decent if I come along as your bard. May I? I promise to keep out of the way and not play my instrument when people are trying to sleep.theflyingpeanut said:We'll need to find a bard. One who can make a song charting the epic trek, your inevitible betrayal, the final battle, all that stuff. People are going to remember us.Jedamethis said:Sounds good!theflyingpeanut said:All this talk of stabbing. You'd almost think you were a villain. In which case, I couldn't be stabbed, as I would have to be alive to mourn the broken body of a fallen comrade who was always kind to me, in spite of my simple nature, and who you mercilessly betrayed. Then, after finding you holding the magic sword, the true hero of the tale would undoubtedly defeat you in an epic battle, while the rest of us hold of your hordes of evil minions.Jedamethis said:And undoubtably the first to be stabbed in the back when we find it?theflyingpeanut said:Oh. Can I come? I could be the big guy [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigGuy]. I'll even bring a (smaller) Piecemaker. [http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Piecemaker]Jedamethis said:Of course! But remember, last man standing gets to keep the sword.Simalacrum said:May this humble juggler join you on thine quest?Jedamethis said:Okay, if he dies, an epic quest to find the legendary sword of Sir Terry Pratchett begins!
Fine with me!
We'd better make sure somebody writes this all down..