Terry Pratchett: Discworld

[Warhammer]

Impressive.

Ar-Cunin, the full list in your first post, is it the chronological order they were published in ?

Edit: And by the way are they all available in Pharao's Cigarer ?

[ 10-07-2002, 09:41 AM: Message edited by: Warhammer ]

Originally posted by Warhammer: Impressive. Ar-Cunin, the full list in your first post, is it the chronological order they were published in ?

im not Ar-Cunin, but the order looks to be chronological to me.

[Grojlach]

Originally posted by Ar-Cunin: The full list Small Gods Hogfather Jingo Carpe Jugulum The Last Continent The Fifth Elephant The Truth The Thief of Time

These are the ones I've read so far. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[GokuZool]

Great books [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Some of the concepts are weird to understand at first, but once you are into the book it's no problem. There is some very clever, witty and funnny dialogue in there [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img] Must read books!

[Warhammer]

BTW, how is the humor, compared to Doug Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series ?

the humour is often implied humour. it can be very subtle at times. all the books ive read are good and ive read most. the witches seris probebly has the edge though.

[Bristowe]

Argh! Terry Pratchett has got to be the funniest humor writer ever! So dry, so witty, so satire-ish, so reflective of society!

Note: Make sure you re-read his books, everynow and then, you'll be surprised as to just how many jokes you will have missed when reading the first time, i swear to god !!!!
I wish I was rich so as i could buy all his books in hardcover!

[B1ade]

He's definitely a great writer, and anyone who wants to start reading the seires for the first time, I'd recommend reading them in order so you can see them 'grow up'. Alternatively you could try reading them in chronoligcal order depending on main characters but there is always slight overlapping so you may miss out.

Thanks for the tip about Legends by the way, I'll have to find a comfy corner in the bookshop and check it out [img]smile.gif[/img] (just as well I read quickly...).
You really get an idea of the society, the characters are really well developed and have a lot of depth.

As to the booklist, if you really like the series, you may want to read the Science of Discworld I and II, it does read like a story, but spends time explaining earth via Discworld (those who like the faculty of the Unseen University will like it most probably). There's also the Fools Guild Diary (but my favourite is the Assasin's guild diary from a couple of years back).

I've read all of the Discworld books, what do you all think of his other books like Johnny and the bomb or Diggers?

[The Ornery One]

There is also a cartoon made with the witches in it. I think it's called "Wyrd Sisters". There is also one based on "Soul Music". Not sure if they are available through anything but the Science Fiction Book Club, though. I'm planning on getting one of them for my mom's birthday, since we both read Discworld. I'd recommend them to anyone with the least bit of a sense of humor! Plus, since they read so fast, you might want to have others on hand.

[Ar-Cunin]

Originally posted by Warhammer: Impressive. Ar-Cunin, the full list in your first post, is it the chronological order they were published in ? Edit: And by the way are they all available in Pharao's Cigarer ?

Yes - and I would try Fantask if I was you - they have all of them.

P.S. Pharao's Cigarer and Fantask are bookstores in Copenhagen - just some info to all the non-Danes here