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Whats your favorite and least favourite Discworld book?

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StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 23/04/2007 10:19

Following on from other Discworld thread.

My favourite is Reaperman. Least favourite is Moving Pictures.

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agnesnitt · 25/05/2007 22:39

I found Thud! hard going too. I think I'm just suffering Vimes burnout. Looking forward to Making Money though, should be good stuff.

Agnes

aikigypsy · 25/05/2007 21:46

I haven't read many, but I really enjoyed Going Postal. I just couldn't get into Thud for some reason.

Kevlarhead · 25/05/2007 00:34

The Gollum character turned up for a cameo in Witches Abroad.

Small Gods is the best but it's a book apart; definitly guilty of literature...

Small Gods top, probably last continent bottom.

Lol at fancying Carrot, but that's not so bad; apparently Havelock Vetinari has a small select female fan club; personally I don't see the attraction.

Pan · 25/05/2007 00:25

Anotehr vote for Mort...first one, and luuurve his description of Mort..a bag of bones all running off in different directions....

hunkermunker · 25/05/2007 00:08

I love Small Gods (I was doing philosophy at the time I first read it, so it was particularly pertinent).

But I'm not sure it's my favourite.

I have a soft spot for Mort, as it was the one I read first, and I do so love Death.

I think my least favourite would be The Colour Of Magic, although I do love Rincewind and Twoflower.

I also loved Interesting Times, Carpe Jugulum, Moving Pictures and Pyramids.

agnesnitt · 25/05/2007 00:04

./~ All the little angels rise up, rise up. All the little angels rise up high./~

Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably Priced Love! And A Hard-boiled Egg!

Agnes

fransmom · 26/04/2007 23:33

nanny ogg has been taken but not by me - tho i think she goes by another name now perhaps.

GreebosWhiskers · 26/04/2007 09:49

I have GOT to have one of THESE
Check out the disorganiser (the clock's a little out of my price range)

GreebosWhiskers · 26/04/2007 09:20

There's also a new hogfather site to coincide with the dvd. You can ask hex, cure the oh god of hangovers & if you buy the special edition dvd you apparently get a special 'key' that unlocks a secret section of the website. Just had a look and cured the oh god (took 2 tries mind you).

GreebosWhiskers · 26/04/2007 09:01

Does anyone else get the discworldmonthly email newsletter? You can sign up for it here .
Also please see my thread about nominating Terry for a knighthood here .

RustyBear · 25/04/2007 21:21

Maybe some of the Prattchett names will be in the auction

Twiglett · 25/04/2007 20:55

don't have NannyOgg .. but I've got Magrat

belgo · 25/04/2007 19:48

I want to be Magrat, but I suspect that's taken.

Callmemadam · 25/04/2007 19:36

Ok Twiglett - I wanna be NannyOGG (not spiritual enought o be Granny Weatherwax - that's St G or Expat but it won't let me - are you holding the name then??? I want to be the one singing "The Hedgehog can never be Bugg...." when the Bar's open!!! Please?

belgo · 25/04/2007 19:11

I've just finised the 'Wee Free Men', the first discworld book I've read in about two years, and it was fantastic. I've now started 'A Hatfull of Sky'.

I also found 'Good Omens' very interesting, (I know it's not Discworld!)

Not so keen on his first couple of discworld books such as 'The Light Fantastic ' and The Colour of Magic'

janeite · 25/04/2007 19:04

Loved Reaperman - totally inspired! Also love all the Sam Vimes ones and - not sure if this is the right place to admit it - but I think I quite fancy Carrot.

Janeite sneaks off in embarrassment.

agnesnitt · 25/04/2007 18:51

My Pile is lurking in a box in the bottom of my wardrobe. That's what a girl gets for not having her bookcases isn't it? For letting the male use them for dvds. However, I am reclaiming my shelves, and they will have books on them

Where was I?

Oh yes... The Pile. It's never had Pratchett books in it though, I love them too much, and one every two years is just too much of a wait to let them get to The Pile

Agnes

Blandmum · 25/04/2007 16:13

I have just got into 'Thud', thanks to this thread.

Very funny. For some reason, when I was given it I had lots of other books on the go. So I didnt read it, and it joined 'The Pile'TM of unread books that lives next to my bed.

Having dusted it off I read some last night, and earlier today. Very funny.

Mildly amazed people didn't 'complain' about some parts of it.

Do other MNetter have a 'The Pile'TM next to their beds?

sleepycat · 25/04/2007 16:13

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agnesnitt · 25/04/2007 16:08

Of course, it is what distinguishes us as 'true' nutters

Agnes

Earthymama · 24/04/2007 23:13

Do you all drive those around you insane by falling about laughing, then trying to explain, then realising the premise is all too big to even begin, and blaming them for not having the sense to read these BRILL books, and then 2 mins later starting again!!
Or just me?

Earthymama · 24/04/2007 23:09

They are real 'treat' books aren't they? in that I get them, maybe as a prezzie and organise an uninterupted afternoon or evening to start them, hopefully with G&B's and a drink at hand.
Then I spend my time in a daze as DW is far more 'real' than RL til I've finished.

GreebosWhiskers · 24/04/2007 23:02

I actually feel a bit envious of anyone just discovering discworld 'cos they've got all these fantastic books just waiting for them. I've got to wait whole a year in between new discworld fixes

fryalot · 24/04/2007 22:53

I just love them all.

wish I could remember who I lent them to, though

ILoveDolly · 24/04/2007 22:50

i read lots when i was a teenager and have just picked them up again age 30 - can't believe I have wasted the last 15 years reading serious books!! so haven't read about half of them but I love the witches ones best, generally -