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Oestre sparagmos! Member  |
ahah. sorry.
definitely. but then you have to wonder whether the humour could be part of the landscape in the later books without laying the groundwork ealier on. he's got to a stage now where he's done so much work creating the discworld that he can just let things flow. but the work did have to be done. even just the throwaway plot devices like the broken (mended) drum, or mrs cake - there's a reason why they can be throwaway lines now and that's because of the previous development. and i love the books for that. ____________________________________________________ Did you know? When it snows, my eyes become large and the light that you shine can't be seen. wanted: someone to listen and respond to random opinions from a random personality. not TOO serious, please. people who think they're reeeeeeeally funny need not apply, because they so rarely are. ~ Limertilly http://www.flickr.com/photos/fionchadd/ - there are actually some photos here now (shock!) |
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Or, as one of my friends put it, "I have a sneaking suspicion that the entire Discworld saga is one gigantic shaggy dog story and we're just starting to get to punchline."
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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thank you again dweller and mauve , once again everything you two touch seem to bloom with understanding and patience. FIRST CLASS.
dweller, your idea of starting with VIMES is what i will start with first. thank you again |
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ALSO, i am incidentally reading american gods right now!!! hahaha round chapter 8 i have an idea about all the gods in my own past research and i'm still shaping things right now
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Well, there's a whole 'nother forum waiting to be reactivated with new ideas about American Gods. Or new iterations of old ones, considering that there are threads there that haven't been updated since the book came out.
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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Oestre sparagmos! Member |
awesome ____________________________________________________ Did you know? When it snows, my eyes become large and the light that you shine can't be seen. wanted: someone to listen and respond to random opinions from a random personality. not TOO serious, please. people who think they're reeeeeeeally funny need not apply, because they so rarely are. ~ Limertilly http://www.flickr.com/photos/fionchadd/ - there are actually some photos here now (shock!) |
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Lexis Nexus Member  |
*waits for "mauve" to see that...* |
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Has no front teeth Member  |
 ______________________ “Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e.†~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy…ooh ooh ooh…the sky's the limit! |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico Member  |
*snerk* I already did!
I'm currently re-re-re-re-re-reading The Last Continent. I'm also looking forward to his next book, Nation, which is not Discworldy. I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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The Pratchgan
When the alzheimer's story came out, a great many people on Ravelry got the notion to make an afghan for Terry Pratchett. (I wasn't one of them, but I am in awe of all the amazing blocks that were created!) This thing is just brilliant! As I said, I wasn't involved - I just think this whole creation and all the creators need more recognition.  I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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is hogging the Comfy Chair Member  |
Gah! That's lovely! "I aten't dead"!
And it's clear which is the Librarian square. *********************** There once was a bard of Hong Kong Who thought limericks were too long. - Gerard Benson. |
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*steals words from domi*
that is ACES! ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. trolls are like pigeons..keep feeding them and they keep coming back and shitting in your street. |
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Nation
as usual with a new hardback I will get it from the library, and then buy the paperback if i need to re-read it constantly. i'm a bit nervous about this i must admit, a non-discworld book. but...it is getting good reviews. anyone any thoughts? ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. trolls are like pigeons..keep feeding them and they keep coming back and shitting in your street. |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico Member |
er, I'll let you know after September 30th
I'm quite looking forward to it. ETA: I used to order his books from the UK - and I still prefer the UK editions, but seriously, I can't wait that long for it to get mailed to me. I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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dweller, i couldn't place your shaggy dog theory until i picked up men at arms and sure enough here comes a dog that talks.hahahaha
jeeezz i hope your wrong. |
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Pratchett is interviewed on tonights Radio 4 front row about "Nation".
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Oestre sparagmos! Member |
i have reservations about nation. i read the synopsis and it didn't grab me. and with it not being discworld.. i just don't know. i haven't enjoyed his other non-discworld books nearly as much as i have the series (i'm counting the tiffany books and maurice as discworld in that, altho i can't remember where maurice is set).
i will probably get it, but not in hardback (which tends to be what i get the new discworld ones in now. i am impatient!). i really, really hope it's better than it sounds. ____________________________________________________ Did you know? When it snows, my eyes become large and the light that you shine can't be seen. wanted: someone to listen and respond to random opinions from a random personality. not TOO serious, please. people who think they're reeeeeeeally funny need not apply, because they so rarely are. ~ Limertilly http://www.flickr.com/photos/fionchadd/ - there are actually some photos here now (shock!) |
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Well, Mark Lawson has just blown it by describing DiscWorld as a series of books about a Sphere carried on the back of elephants . . .
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Surprise Inspector Member  |
how very mark lawson. good job i forgot to listen to that.
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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I can just picture Lawson sneering down his nose looking for excretia under his fingernails (a mannerism which annoys the hell out of me when watching him interview someone who's work and world view I have an interest in).
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