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Woden

as i've been going into college seven days a week these days (poor me) i've had a lost of bus trips and i've been getting through my big pile of books to read quite swiftly.

anyway a good while back i posted asking about discworld. i'm currently up to the fourth book, Mort and i've one discworld book left in the pile after this one. quite enjoying them i have to say, sometimes find myself lol at some of the stuff.

equal rites wasn't exactly what i hoped for i thought there would be more about the female wizzards struggles and stuff but i like pratchetts writing style and he's got some quality one liners and stuff. i shall continue to pick em up.

cheers again for the advice

data

OfflerCrocGod

They get better as they go on - that's what I find anyway - the first few are not as.....layered as the later ones. Anyway great to see you are enjoying the books:D.

Kalina

I'm reading Pyramids at the moment, almost finished it and I'm really enjoying it. Mort is still my favourite so far, the idea of Death flipping burgers is just brilliant !!

Havelock

WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT?

Woden

nearly finished mort will wrap it up tonight, tomorrow morning, then on to sourcery.

being a general sciencey type person i enjoy his scientific stuff kinda thrown in, in mort particularly like the bit at the bottom of one of the pages about how there can be no gap between kings so there is instanteous transfer and its the only thing faster then light.

unless it particle the kingon meets an antiparticle a republicon quality stuff i've shown it to a few of my mates.

article6

Actually, I read Mort first. It was probably a good move, considering any of the three before it would have put me off Discworld. (I'd read his Johnny books though, so I knew he wasn't all that bad.)

echomadman

nearly finished mort will wrap it up tonight, tomorrow morning, then on to sourcery.

Yeah, he really finds his feet in Mort, from there on the books are almost all excellent quality.

Along With Douglas Adams, Pratchett is one of the authors that has had me laughing so hard that i couldnt read due to tears and sore sides.

being a general sciencey type person i enjoy his scientific stuff kinda thrown in, in mort particularly like the bit at the bottom of one of the pages about how there can be no gap between kings so there is instanteous transfer and its the only thing faster then light.

Once you've gotten familiar with the Disc and the major characters, Guards/wizards/witches/Death and family/ I'd say you'ld really enjoy The Science of the Discworld and its follow up The Science of the Discworld: The Globe

Wait till you know the Disc well though or a lot of the humour will be wasted.

they hold up to regular re-reading too in my opinion, i re-read the series once a year usually, and am still as entertained as I was the first time round.

Woden

Originally posted by echomadman

they hold up to regular re-reading too in my opinion, i re-read the series once a year usually, and am still as entertained as I was the first time round.

have to say re-reading is a bit of an issue for me, i have about 20 books to read at the moment, which isn't an exaggeration and i seem to perputally have that many to read. and at the moment i'm just reading the books that are quick to get through so it looks like i have less to read

i've got some big books here to get thru, the nights dawn trilogy, two books from dan simmions hyperion cantos and the first book from a song of fire and ice seems like i have enough to last til next xmas

i'll get there eventually though

data

Kalina

Originally posted by Havelock
WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT?

Just finished Pyramids, top quality. Off to buy Guards Guards now...

OfflerCrocGod

For re-readability no one beats T.P. I have read some of his books 5-6 times! and I still find them enjoyable (Hogfather is practically in bits); I'm reading Soul Music for the 4th time :cool:.

jongore

That's the thing about TP, you go back and read the books again and you find more stuff to laugh at and more underlying humour which you missed the last time, I've read and re-read the lot and every now and then go back and read them again.

Best value books ever written:D