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Terry Pratchett fans..?

urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
Are there any out there?
The Discworld series of books has to be my favourite....
And I love Neil Gaiman too, especially American Gods.
Maybe it's my twisted sense of humour?
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    Although it's not as good or funny is it used to be, I'm still addicted to Pratchett's books.

    I haven't read any Neil Gaiman books behind Good Omens, which is bloody hilarous!

    Death, Vimes and Nanny Ogg being my favs characters.
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Yay! Now I don't feel so lonely....:)
    You should try Gaiman's books... Darker than PTerry but just as good.
    Sort of a skewed way of looking at life...American Gods is a fave and so is Anansi Boys....
    Death is my favourite character, The Hogfather my favourite book.
    Vimes is next and Night Watch is brilliantly convoluted and I love all the books about the Wyrd Sisters....
    I could go on.....but I won't :)
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    Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    Discworld rocks! Anyone reading Making Money at the mo? I'm starting it tonight...
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Bangers'n'mash wrote:
    Discworld rocks! Anyone reading Making Money at the mo? I'm starting it tonight...
    Oh Yes!
    Very like the last one...but still good!
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    glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Mort is as funny as anything I've read and a great story to boost
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    glasshouse wrote:
    Mort is as funny as anything I've read and a great story to boost
    That's available as a graphic novel over here too.
    Don't ask me the artist...I'm so crap at stuff like that...
    It's good though :)
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Yay! Now I don't feel so lonely....:)
    You should try Gaiman's books... Darker than PTerry but just as good.
    Sort of a skewed way of looking at life...American Gods is a fave and so is Anansi Boys....
    Death is my favourite character, The Hogfather my favourite book.
    Vimes is next and Night Watch is brilliantly convoluted and I love all the books about the Wyrd Sisters....
    I could go on.....but I won't :)
    I like Dark :p

    and Small Gods and Moving Pictures are my favourite ones...despite the fact they have none of the recurring characters (well, Death obviously, but you know what I mean).
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Pegasus wrote:
    I like Dark :p
    Give 'em a try, you won't be disappointed....:)
    And, if you are, you can blame me :)
    If you like really dark try his collections of short stories...
    Smoke and Mirrors & Fragile Things...
    Read with a open mind though :)
    Babycakes is brilliant...scares the hell out of me....
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Looks like we are still a rare breed though...
    Any more....
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    audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    I LOVE TERRY PRATCHETT! He is my favourite author by far.

    :D:D:D

    Discworld books are just so fun and easy to read, and so many references to other things. He's a very smart man.

    I love so many of the characters he has written. I mean...how can you NOT love Death? :D

    I have a signed copy of The Last Hero somewhere that my dad got for me one Christmas...actually, where IS that? :eek:
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    audiodave wrote:
    I LOVE TERRY PRATCHETT! He is my favourite author by far.

    :D

    Discworld books are just so fun and easy to read, and so many references to other things. He's a very smart man.

    I love so many of the characters he has written. I mean...how can you NOT love Death? :D

    I have a signed copy of The Last Hero somewhere that my dad got for me one Christmas...actually, where IS that? :eek:
    I have three signed books by him :p
    I am an uber-geek....
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    audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    urbanhippie wrote:
    I have three signed books by him :p
    I am an uber-geek....
    My dad said he looks just like the pictures you always see of him. Wearing that wierd hat!

    We're all geeks here, it's all good. :)

    I still need to get Making Money (though my usual tactic is wait until my dad has finished reading them, then go and "visit" and drop in the "soooo do you have any good books I could borrow" line. It's a real money saver! :D).
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    audiodave wrote:
    My dad said he looks just like the pictures you always see of him. Wearing that wierd hat!

    We're all geeks here, it's all good. :)

    I still need to get Making Money (though my usual tactic is wait until my dad has finished reading them, then go and "visit" and drop in the "soooo do you have any good books I could borrow" line. It's a real money saver! :D).
    It's good.
    A little like the last one...but good all the same...
    My dad nicks my books off me! *sighs*
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Looks like we are still a rare breed though...
    Any more....
    I think he's not that well known outside of the UK.

    I always wait for the paperback though, cheaper and easier to log around..so haven't read Making Money.
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    NaiveAndTrueNaiveAndTrue Posts: 9
    Pratchett is really hit and miss with me. LOVED Thief of time, but there's 2 or 3 of them sitting on my shelf unfinished because I lost interest in them.


    LOVE Neil - Just finished American Gods a few days ago, and I LOVED Neverwhere. I do have Good Omens, But I haven't started it yet, I have one more booksfree.com book to read, I'll read Good Omens when i send those back.
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    BuruBuru Posts: 8,473
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Are there any out there?
    The Discworld series of books has to be my favourite....
    And I love Neil Gaiman too, especially American Gods.
    Maybe it's my twisted sense of humour?

    I just read 1 of his books, and loved it
    something about moving pictures, moving images...
    can't remember the name
    but it was funny
    y la banda de Guille... cuando toca?
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    Buru wrote:
    I just read 1 of his books, and loved it
    something about moving pictures, moving images...
    can't remember the name
    but it was funny
    yep, Moving Pictures, one of the best.
    esp if you're a film fan :)
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Pegasus wrote:
    I think he's not that well known outside of the UK.

    I always wait for the paperback though, cheaper and easier to log around..so haven't read Making Money.
    Have you read Wintersmith yet?
    Gotta love those wee free men :)
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    I read this in the paper on Friday...:(


    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/terry_prachett_alzheimers/


    Oh man. Why does life have to suck so bad....:(

    I have been reading his books since I was 14yrs old. I know it's not the end of the world, but it's pretty shitty all the same.
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Have you read Wintersmith yet?
    Gotta love those wee free men :)
    I'm a bit confused about that one because I picked it up from a supermarket few weeks ago, thinking it was new..and I started reading the first few pages and I swear I've read it already (but I don't own it)..
    don't know what happened there..
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Pegasus wrote:
    I'm a bit confused about that one because I picked it up from a supermarket few weeks ago, thinking it was new..and I started reading the first few pages and I swear I've read it already (but I don't own it)..
    don't know what happened there..
    Ahh! They usually come out in paperback about a year after the hardcover version.
    You probably read it the 1st time around.
    No worries though :) I read all mine over again.
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Ahh! They usually come out in paperback about a year after the hardcover version.
    You probably read it the 1st time around.
    No worries though :) I read all mine over again.
    I know, but I never buy the hardback...

    just had a random look and it seems I only read the first chapter..somehow..

    oh well, that means I can take it home for Xmas :D
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    daystar143daystar143 Posts: 367
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Looks like we are still a rare breed though...
    Any more....


    I'm in this club! My best friend gave me Good Omens for Christmas last year and I kept Ty awake reading and giggling.

    I love "The Horseman of Stepping in Dog Shit".

    Now...for the big give away who ownes my heart (other than Tybird)...check out the signature line
    The Daystar

    "But --you say that Dreams have no power here? Tell me, Lucifer Morningstar...Ask yourselves, all of you...What power would hell have if those here imprisoned were not able to Dream of Heaven?" Dream speaking to Lucifer as written by Neil Gaiman.
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    daystar143 wrote:
    I'm in this club! My best friend gave me Good Omens for Christmas last year and I kept Ty awake reading and giggling.

    I love "The Horseman of Stepping in Dog Shit".

    Now...for the big give away who ownes my heart (other than Tybird)...check out the signature line

    Neil Gaiman is amazing!

    I just read Coraline...I was gobsmacked:eek:
    So eerie and chilling considering it's written for children.
    I read it in one sitting, couldn't put it down...:o
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    daystar143daystar143 Posts: 367
    Thought you might enjoy this, it was on Gaiman's web site.

    Crowley's and Aziraphale's New Year's Resolutions:


    Crowley:

    Resolution #1: I must accept that Super-Gluing valuable coins to the sidewalk and then watching events from a nearby café is not proper demonic activity.

    Resolution #2: The same applies to rearranging the letters on wayside pulpits.

    Resolution #3: Try to come up with something as good as cell phone ringtones, following one last stab at convincing Downstairs that cell phone ringtones are right up there in the whole Human Misery stakes. And iPods. Has anybody Down There even said thank you for iPods? Or "Googling yourself?" Frankly, I deserve some kind of award for "Googling yourself."

    Resolution #4: I must encourage greedy people to use the term, "Low-hanging fruit," because that's just like old times.

    Resolution #5: This year, I will get a desk near the window.

    Resolution #6: I will try to understand why Hell is a no-smoking area. I just think it's ridiculous having to stand around outside the gates, that's all.

    Resolution #7: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design, because it upsets everyone.

    Resolution #8: Stop Googling myself.


    Aziraphale:

    Resolution #1: Spread peace and love and glad tidings of great joy throughout the world. Also try to get out more.

    Resolution #2: I will be charitable to people who use the term "core values," however difficult this may be.

    Resolution #3: Notwithstanding Resolution #2 (above), I will redouble my efforts to have the utterance of the phrase "core values" classified as a deadly sin. I believe Himself is with me on this one.

    Resolution #4: I will try to be nicer to the customers. They want to buy books; I want to sell them. It can't be that hard. (Memo to self: Regular opening hours? Mark prices on books?)

    Resolution #5: I will try to be polite to Gabriel, no matter what the provocation.

    Resolution #6: Find out exactly what an "Internet" is.

    Resolution #7: Really must resume dancing lessons. Learn the "Galloping Major," the "Gay Gordons," the "Mashed Potatoes." Possibly even the "Twist"?

    Resolution #8: Thwart Infernal Wiles (ongoing).

    Resolution #9: I will try to understand why Heaven is a non-smoking area.

    Resolution #10: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design – despite the fact that the human airway crosses the digestive tract. Who thought that was intelligent?

    Resolution #11: Feed the ducks.
    The Daystar

    "But --you say that Dreams have no power here? Tell me, Lucifer Morningstar...Ask yourselves, all of you...What power would hell have if those here imprisoned were not able to Dream of Heaven?" Dream speaking to Lucifer as written by Neil Gaiman.
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    ^^^^
    Oh my god! :D
    Thankyou for the best laugh I've had all night!! :D
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    daystar143daystar143 Posts: 367
    urbanhippie wrote:
    ^^^^
    Oh my god! :D
    Thankyou for the best laugh I've had all night!! :D


    You are welcome. (The intelligent design comments made me blow coffee out of my nose!)
    The Daystar

    "But --you say that Dreams have no power here? Tell me, Lucifer Morningstar...Ask yourselves, all of you...What power would hell have if those here imprisoned were not able to Dream of Heaven?" Dream speaking to Lucifer as written by Neil Gaiman.
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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    daystar143 wrote:
    You are welcome. (The intelligent design comments made me blow coffee out of my nose!)
    Really...that's too funny...
    I'm still chuckling :D
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    lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    I've mentioned Pratchett here a few time, and the best respnse I got was "He's Douglas Adams for ninnies", so I quit.

    Refresh my memory, is Crowley and Aziraphale from "Eric", or am I getting mixed up ?
    Music is not a competetion.
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    daystar143 wrote:
    You are welcome. (The intelligent design comments made me blow coffee out of my nose!)
    those were the funier in both sides...but how is it that the 'bad' guys are always the most fun? http://www.pjbootstrading.org/forum/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif

    note to self: get some Neil Gaiman books!
    lucylespian wrote:
    I've mentioned Pratchett here a few time, and the best respnse I got was "He's Douglas Adams for ninnies", so I quit.

    Refresh my memory, is Crowley and Aziraphale from "Eric", or am I getting mixed up ?
    Good Omens
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