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The Doctor	Posted: Apr 25 2007, 03:18 AM
The Oncoming Storm Group: Admin Posts: 33,271 Member No.: 18 Joined: 22-May 04	my lady is trying to get me back into reading with terry pratchett books. i'm not a big fan but haven't read any at all. my only pratchett experience was the crappy TV adaption of Hogfather. anyone read pratchett? i need opinions on if the books are worth my time.

Cookie Monster	Posted: Apr 25 2007, 04:54 PM
Ich mag Plätzchen Group: The n00b admin Posts: 1,291 Member No.: 331 Joined: 2-May 06	start with Guards! Guards! or Small Gods; they're probably the best jumping-in points. And yes, Pratchett is amazing.

Belmat	Posted: Apr 25 2007, 05:12 PM
Supporter Group: Super Moderator Posts: 564 Member No.: 401 Joined: 7-February 07	Mort!

Sublime	Posted: Apr 27 2007, 04:07 PM
n00b Group: Member Posts: 20 Member No.: 417 Joined: 27-April 07	Terry Pratchett is awesome. I really couldn't say which one is the best to start with but I generally find that the ones involving the watch or Death are the better ones. So, the above suggestions are a good bet.

Kohaku	Posted: Apr 28 2007, 05:34 AM
Hiding from the light Group: Member Posts: 99 Member No.: 395 Joined: 24-January 07	i agree with all said here. Pratchett books are ace, but the best ones by far are the ones with Death, he is hilarious, and i even found him funny in the tv adaptation of Hogfather. Death pwns everything... i havent read many Colour of Magic Mort Soulmusic Theif of Time actually, i think thats it, how sad...3 of them have death in..lol

The Doctor	Posted: May 1 2007, 03:12 AM
The Oncoming Storm Group: Admin Posts: 33,271 Member No.: 18 Joined: 22-May 04	i once read the graphic novel of mort. i found some of the ideas ingenious but none of the jokes particularly amusing. is there something wrong with me?

Tabby	Posted: May 1 2007, 07:50 AM
The Judge Group: Super Moderator Posts: 8,160 Member No.: 268 Joined: 28-November 05	Just started reading Soul Music. Love the Death series <3

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QUOTE (The Doctor @ May 1 2007, 03:12 AM)

i once read the graphic novel of mort. i found some of the ideas ingenious but none of the jokes particularly amusing. is there something wrong with me?

I had to read quite a few Pratchett novels before I finally started to get teh funney.

Belmat	Posted: May 1 2007, 03:06 PM
Supporter Group: Super Moderator Posts: 564 Member No.: 401 Joined: 7-February 07	The humour is very surreal... It grows on you. You begin to see the small jokes he slips in. The amount of times I've chuckled at a Pratchett joke and somebody has asked "what's so funny?" and upon my telling them add "I don't get it"...

Kohaku	Posted: May 1 2007, 07:36 PM
Hiding from the light Group: Member Posts: 99 Member No.: 395 Joined: 24-January 07	yes, he has his own type of humour when i read Colour of magic, i wasn't grasped, but after reading Mort and Soul Music, i found them hilarious....weird how it works

Sublime	Posted: May 2 2007, 09:10 AM
n00b Group: Member Posts: 20 Member No.: 417 Joined: 27-April 07	Soul Music is one of my favorites. Think I've read it 3 times. I find it annoying though after I read each one I usually forget what happens in them. Probably because largely the same characters are used in all the books and it's hard to remember what happened in which book. I've started reading the Witches ones. I never thougth they'd be any good but they're alright actually. Quite chuckleworthy.

Tabby	Posted: May 3 2007, 05:29 AM
The Judge Group: Super Moderator Posts: 8,160 Member No.: 268 Joined: 28-November 05	I was really big on the Vimes books too, they were packed with giggles. I've already read half of Soul Music when I'm sitting in the back of the plane and Belmat I know what you're on about! I keep bursting out laughing and my colleague will ask what is so funny and when I tell them they don't seem to get it. Weird!

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