Red Mosquito

Here we go Sarah. This is a safe place.


Is the long earth stuff a series? I only have one book.

To be honest, the only one of his non discworld projects I ever really liked was Good Omens. Actually Nation was decent, and the diggers/truckers series was cute .

stip wrote:Here we go Sarah. This is a safe place.


Is the long earth stuff a series? I only have one book.

To be honest, the only one of his non discworld projects I ever really liked was Good Omens. Actually Nation was decent, and the diggers/truckers series was cute .

There's a second one, The Long War. I haven't finished it
I want to like it, but it just doesn't last with me. I can usually go back to Pratchett over and over again.

I loved Good Omens (obvs, I'm a Gaiman fangirl) and Nation made me cry.

Have you read The Carpet People? It's kind of cute too.

'Even the pious Scots, locked throughout history in a long-drawn-out battle with their arch-enemies the Scots”

Excerpt From: Terry, Pratchett. 'Good Omens'

Laughed my ass off at this:)

Oh goody! we have a Terry Pratchett thread!

(I'll be honest, when I first saw it, I thought something bad had happened; ya know what I mean)

*edit: just a wee bit drunk now...

good omens was a fun book, but I don't know any of his other stuff at all

I've been meaning to hop back on the Pratchett train but I'm tied up with George RR Martin for now.

malice wrote:good omens was a fun book, but I don't know any of his other stuff at all

Small gods is a great introduction to discworld

stip wrote:

malice wrote:good omens was a fun book, but I don't know any of his other stuff at all

Small gods is a great introduction to discworld

I'll look into that - he's a scifi author I keep thinking I should read and never do... thanks for the suggestion

I think my five favorites would be small gods, going postal, night watch, feet of clay, and maybe the truth or lords and ladies. The guards series is my favorite. Never hugely into the wizard/rincewind books.

Oh wait. Interesting times might be a top 5 because the silver horde is brilliant

I have around six books queued up right now but I'll order small gods - with as much reading as I do these days, I'm bound to get to it in a couple weeks.

It is a fast read.

You will need to know that discworld is a flat circle held up by 4 elephants carried through space by a giant turtle to understand one of the major sub plots

I'm mostly a Rincewind/Wizards of UU guy myself.

stip wrote:It is a fast read.

You will need to know that discworld is a flat circle held up by 4 elephants carried through space by a giant turtle to understand one of the major sub plots

who wouldn't know that?

Soma. wrote:I'm mostly a Rincewind/Wizards of UU guy myself.

wizards? are there dragons too? I'm not much of a fan of books with dragons...

There are a few dragons scattered throughout. They aren't any sort of focal point, though. You'll be fine.

I'll give it a shot, since you suggested it. just, if I can't hack it, you know- hell to pay, pal

malice wrote:I'll give it a shot, since you suggested it. just, if I can't hack it, you know- hell to pay, pal

The books are all social satire. Small gods is about the nature of religious belief, for instance.

The wizards exist to lampoon college professors. Stuff like that

stip wrote:

malice wrote:I'll give it a shot, since you suggested it. just, if I can't hack it, you know- hell to pay, pal

The books are all social satire. Small gods is about the nature of religious belief, for instance.

I assumed as much based on good omens - although I know that was co-written. still, I have a feel for the style I think. I'll let you know what I think. sounds fun though.

malice wrote:

stip wrote:It is a fast read.

You will need to know that discworld is a flat circle held up by 4 elephants carried through space by a giant turtle to understand one of the major sub plots

who wouldn't know that?

I didn't until I started reading. Granted that was 1995, but still...