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Administrator Member  |
okay, lets start, I'll suggest a couple of books, once we have some more suggestions, we'll have a vote - I'll not put number or time limit on unless we need to...we'll keep it informal at first, if it's getting sticky we'll add a bit more formality yes?
okay, how about... nightwatch lords and ladies good omens This message has been edited. Last edited by: Smaug, ~ 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. when's spring due?. |
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Yahr! Member  |
I'd rather go with either nightwatch or good omens.
Seeing as nightwatch is the book that introduces Vimes, Carrot and the rest (not to mention Vetinari), while Lords and ladies involves the witches when they're already fully realised. (Plus I personally like the watch books best.) ~ Gal-El You don't have to be a basketball player, you can be the president of the United States. ~ LeBron James. |
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I'd like to join as well if it's not too late. I just finished Kage Baker's Anvil of the World and it is very Prachett-like. Any one is fine with me. I read a whole slew of them in a row a few years ago, but nothing recently. I'd love to read them again.
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yahr! Member  |
I would love to join in as well. I never get enough of reading them.
As for voting I'll go with nightwatch. -- Luz |
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knows there is no spoon Member  |
Id go for Nightwatch too. It's my personal favorite Discworld book, and one of the meatiest, but even for non readers it's fairly easy to follow and keep up with.
Also, I just find the whole process of watching a street rebellion and the riots, gathering, getting started, and going through to its completion fascinating. I may have to write something similar myself one day. But yeah, I'd say Nightwatch for our first. James Wandering, but not lost. "You are a Knight Errant. All of the fun of rescuing damsels, and none of the paperwork." |
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Psittacula servus Member  |
Nightwatch is a good choice.
Any of the guard books would be great, in anticipation for Thud, coming out this fall. Guards! Guards! Men at Arms Feet of Clay Jingo The Fifth Elephant Nightwatch --------- She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. ~ Mark Twain Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you eaten enough ice cream? |
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Istanbul was never Constantinople. They lied. Member  |
might you be confusing night watch with men at arms? night watch is pretty recent, and is way into the story as far as vimes is concerned...  He began to think of people in a new light; how everyone's just little more than that frightened, fragile brain stem, surrounded by meat and physics, too terrified to recognize the sum of their parts, insulated in the shells of their skulls and lower-middle-class houses, afraid of change, afraid of decisions, afraid of pain, stuck in traffic, listening to terrible music. |
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Istanbul was never Constantinople. They lied. Member |
i personally like the watch best as well, but i think my vote would be for good omens, as it seems like a good jumping off point from gaiman to pratchett for anyone who isn't already into pratchett...plus i haven't read that one nearly as recently as the other two.
This message has been edited. Last edited by: Inagreyplace v. 2.0, He began to think of people in a new light; how everyone's just little more than that frightened, fragile brain stem, surrounded by meat and physics, too terrified to recognize the sum of their parts, insulated in the shells of their skulls and lower-middle-class houses, afraid of change, afraid of decisions, afraid of pain, stuck in traffic, listening to terrible music. |
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Freebird YAHR! Member  |
Either Nightwatch or Good Omens is good...Im looking forward to it.
Some are born for endless flight, some are born for endless night |
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Girded for battle Member  |
ooh, me loves pratchett!
i don't know if i would be participating in a book club, but i agree wiv the grey-placed one.. good omens would seem a suitable start for a neil gaiman board. that said, they're all bloody good. i'm just re-reading men at arms, for the millionth time. i find his books quite comforting- in an ever-changing world, his puns will always remain ridiculously amusing.. 
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knows there is no spoon Member |
First off, welcome to the board Botchla!
Second, there's actually a pretty huge Pratchett following here... there's another thread dedicated to him in this forum that had over 200 posts the last time I checked, far and away the largest here in Other Writers. This message has been edited. Last edited by: The Wanderer, James Wandering, but not lost. "You are a Knight Errant. All of the fun of rescuing damsels, and none of the paperwork." |
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Girded for battle Member |
ahh, well i woulda expected a neil gaiman forum to have some damn fine tastes in literature (and rampant piss-takes of life, the universe and everything such as the discworld
 ). and cheers, ronin!
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Yahr! Member |
Yeah, I guess I am. Which would mean that I'm actually suggesting Men at arms as a first book instead. ~ Gal-El You don't have to be a basketball player, you can be the president of the United States. ~ LeBron James. |
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Psittacula servus Member |
Guards! Guards! is the first of the watch books where we meet Vimes and Carrot.
Is that the one you mean? Other good "starter" books for the Discworld are Mort, Pyramids, Moving Pictures and Equal Rites. --------- She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. ~ Mark Twain Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you eaten enough ice cream? |
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Yahr! Member |
Oh right, men at arms is the one that introduces Angua. Heh, been a while. Anyway, Pyramids and moving pictures are good, but they're stand alone books. I kinda like the idea of exploring Pratchett's character development. And I didn't really like Equal Rites, myself. ~ Gal-El You don't have to be a basketball player, you can be the president of the United States. ~ LeBron James. |
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Yahr, fear the power of the elf-man! Member  |
I'd go with any of the three originally mentioned.
I think my favorite book might be "Reaper Man" It is hard to pick favorite characters. As much as I like the Watch there is a special place in my heart for the witches especially Granny Weatherwax. ------------------------------ my cup runs over but I am so blind I just complain as it spills around me |
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mutant hedgehog worm Member  |
well as i actually own night watch and good omens either one is good, though i have read both of them repeatedly in the last 6 months, i really don't own many books
 , and both of them are now so set in my head i can do the flip open and read a section thing.And the first books, which i don't recomend starting with for new readers, have come back into print recently and have black covers.  |
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Istanbul was never Constantinople. They lied. Member |
oy. yes. i meant guards guards.
i actually tried starting with equal rites, and couldn't get into it...then found hogfather and small gods (still my favorites) and that was that. i find it works best, starting pratchett wise, to pick a book that satirizes something you have a lot of thoughts/knowledge of in reality. but, as far as the book club goes, that's neither here nor there. He began to think of people in a new light; how everyone's just little more than that frightened, fragile brain stem, surrounded by meat and physics, too terrified to recognize the sum of their parts, insulated in the shells of their skulls and lower-middle-class houses, afraid of change, afraid of decisions, afraid of pain, stuck in traffic, listening to terrible music. |
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mutant hedgehog worm Member |
hogfather was my first pratchett book too (after good omens) i still have it somewhere, hee i guess i do own a few more books than i had previously belived.
I had tried to start with the colour of magic when i was younger but didn't really like it. |
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Girded for battle Member |
hogfather would be a good start too, if only because i actually own it and haven't read it in a while.. (the fact that it's some of his best stuff helps a lil, too.)
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