The Terry Pratchett Thread: For the sake of prisoners and the flight of birds

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SystemLogoff: Feb 19, 2011; End Session?

Eh, I don't think it's pushing capitalism, though that was a part of the narrative. The book was more about acceptance, and trying to make change better for everyone.

Also, will the next book be a mystery book on a train? I mean, we could see more of the __gnomes__ now too.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2013 02:57

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:27

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BurgerQuest posted:

I don't know how to describe how I feel about Raising Steam. It kind of feels like I'm reading fanfic. Just not feeling right, and not finding much humour in it either. Not hating it, but meh. Especially not enjoying the Moist and "Spike" relationship.

Fanfiction.net posted:

"Sam," she interrupted. "I know." She smiled gently. "It's ok, I know what you're like with work. If I didn't understand I wouldn't have married you." She walked towards him and Vimes noticed that she seemed more�.dressy�.than usual. Stopping in front of him, Sybil reached up and threaded her fingers through his hair softly. Her smile widened at his obvious confusion.

---

At his confusion she thought again. "Ah. Another notch in your bedpost?"

"You know it's much more than that. I wish I could stay." He found he really meant this. He bent to pick up a small box, and then carefully placed it in her hands.

"Vat is this?" She opened it suspiciously, and pulled out an ornate little scroll. "Some kind of stupid poem?"

It was a square thirty letters on a side, with white and black spaces.

"A word-game puzzle. I have devised your first four names into it. I thought you might like it on a long night."

---

Sam sat outside the palace, looking at the sky. He thought over what Havelock had said.

"When a man and a woman love each other very much, they decide to have a baby. They woman undergoes something called 'pregnancy'. This is were the woman carries the baby in her womb for nine months. Then after these nine months go by, the baby is born."

"But Uncle Havelock, how is the baby put in her 'womb'?"

Havelock looked at him. "Its just goes there."

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Looking at fanfiction.net, I can't agree that the quality of his writing is that bad. I still can feel the characters as characters and not cutouts. There are some things that do feel off, like Spike quitting smoking with no mention? But I still feel that the books do stand on their own.

Though, "Thief of Time" is still the book I like best. I just might have weird taste?

SystemLogoff fucked around with this message at 10:06 on Dec 2, 2013

# ¿ Dec 2, 2013 10:02

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Well, the King being the Queen has been known about much, much longer than before Raising Steam. It's not really meant to be a surprise.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2014 08:45

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http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-20.jpg

For each series: Sorcery, Wyrd Sisters, Reaper Man, Guards! Guards!. It's in these four the discworld starts to become whole.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2014 05:15

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Yeah, when I read Reaper Man I commit the terrible sin of skimming all the non-Bill-Door stuff. Mostly because Bill Door is such a charming man.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2014 20:39

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I think I was 16 with Thief of time, then I went back and read the other Death Books. Then the Witch Books, Then the Watch Books, Then the Making Money Books...

I don't think I've read all the Wizard books, I just don't care for them.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2014 18:50

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I love how he kinda takes it all until he sees the little match-stick girl

Then he's just mad, and it's great.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2015 04:01

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Read Equal Rites later, skip right into Wyrd Sisters.

(Laugh your rear end off at Witches Abroad)

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 03:50

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fluppet posted:

I can't quite bring myself to make a start on the shepherd's crown. I don't want there not to be another discworld book to read

It's really very good.

You're uh, going to cry reading it. Just a heads up.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2015 03:13

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I got through Color of Magic, then picked Thief of Time for my second book.

Yep. Susan, the monks, auditors, Soak...

It was the best. :allears:

I think Thief of Time is the best spoiler filled book to start with.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2016 05:46

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Just read Thief of time first like I did.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2017 20:26

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:27

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Rand Brittain posted:

As far as reading order I would vaguely advise reading the internal storylines in their respective order, but if you don't it doesn't really matter.

So:

DEATH:
Mort
Reaper Man
Soul Music
Hogfather
Thief of Time

# ¿ Sep 13, 2017 08:25

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