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I've never read anything by Terry Pratchett

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purplestripysocks · 15/05/2014 21:31

So where should I start?

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MrsCakesPremonition · 15/05/2014 22:19

Pete Postlethwaite clearly modelled for the illustrations of Vimes in Where's My Cow.

MrsCakesPremonition · 15/05/2014 22:17

You'd probably have to get Andy Serkis to play Nobby.

RustyBear · 15/05/2014 22:16

Small Gods has always been my favourite, closely followed by Night Watch, though I think that one is best read in its proper place within the Watch sequence. I have never been much of a Rincewind fan, in fact reading the first two books nearly put me off altogether, until my nephew suggested I try the Watch books.

Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme · 15/05/2014 22:16

I always saw Pete Postlethwaite as Vimes. Not sure now.

brightonshaws · 15/05/2014 22:15

Hat full of sky

JuniperTisane · 15/05/2014 22:15

I want a pet dragon now.

Surely Mackenzie Crook is Nobby?

PacificDogwood · 15/05/2014 22:13

Thank you for this thread and the online guide - that's my summer's reading sorted Grin

I too have never read a TP and have been a bit intimidated by the where bloody number of them all.

Guards! Guards! it is

MrsCakesPremonition · 15/05/2014 22:10

Sybil will always be Geraldine James for me.
Mackenzie Crook would make an excellent Rincewind.

figgypuddings · 15/05/2014 22:10

Miriam Margoyles would be perfect.

CMOTDibbler · 15/05/2014 22:10

Sybil was based on one of those tall, sturdy, terribly posh ladies who breed dogs, so Miranda Hart with an RP voice might work

JuniperTisane · 15/05/2014 22:08

Not sturdy enough. She has the right ship-in-full-sail attitude though.

Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 15/05/2014 22:06

No I see Sybil as more...Home Counties. Think Jennifer Saunders would have been good.

JuniperTisane · 15/05/2014 22:05

I will be taking her approach to dealing with monsters under the bed, and that's for sure.

Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 15/05/2014 22:04

I hated the sky adaptations. I'm sad that the series end is inevitably approaching.

JuniperTisane · 15/05/2014 22:04

Peter O'Toole for Rincewind.
Dawn French could do a passable Sybil

MrsCakesPremonition · 15/05/2014 22:03

The Hogfather is one of my favourites - purely because of Susan Sto Helit's approach to parenting (and the children's reaction to the real pigs in the department store doing a really big wee).

CMOTDibbler · 15/05/2014 22:03
Grin

I'd start with the Tiffany Aching books as it gives you a good idea if you'll like his style

MrsCakesPremonition · 15/05/2014 22:02

I'd start with Wee Free Men, then move on to the rest of the Tiffany Aching series, before hopping back to Mort and Equal Rites.

JuniperTisane · 15/05/2014 22:01

I like Susan Sto Helit. She's so down to earth and cynical and totally pissed off being death's, granddaughter.

Fishandjam · 15/05/2014 22:00

Does anyone else play the "who would play a Pratchett character" game? I think Helen Mirren was born to play Granny Weatherwax, and Ian Richardson would have made a superb Patrician.

crumpet · 15/05/2014 21:59

Equal Rites was my first, and is great fun. It's also a good intro to Ankh Morpork, whereas Guards Guards is perhaps better appreciated once you have some knowledge of the city under your belt. Guards Guards is excellent.

JuniperTisane · 15/05/2014 21:56

I may have to drag my collection back out of the loft now. I haven't read Mort for about ten years.

My favourite stand alone story is either Equal Rites or Monstrous Regiment.

iklboo · 15/05/2014 21:53

CMOT Dibbler (not the one on MN), The Librarian, The Witches, Sgt Detritus Grin

TiggyD · 15/05/2014 21:48

Even Sir Terry admits there's not much of a plot in Colour of Magic.

Go for Guards Guards.

ladymalfoy · 15/05/2014 21:47

Start at the beginning. You have so very many to read and you will love the way the bullies get what they deserve every time.
I love the Wee Free Men series with Tiffany Aching. Try A Hat Full of Sky.
Or , if there is a particular subject or 'thing' you are into then there'll be a Pratchett that explores that theme.
Gosh you have so many characters to meet. You'll meet Death. And The Death of Rats. And Quoth.
Snuff was bloody ace. Sam Vimes bursting with righteous indignation is just smashing.