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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Other than Discworld which is insanely huge, what's a great Pratchett book? I feel like I should read more of his stuff if Good Omens is going to be my favorite book. Discworld is not a series with a consistent story, but rather a series of stand alone books set in the same universe. Small God’s is one which deals with religious themes like good omens, but really it is just to pick the ones you find interesting. The nerds over in the book recommendation thread wants everything to be systematic, which Discworld really isn’t. I would avoid some of the later books at the start since they are more dependent on earlier books. There is also no point where one can tell when the Alzheimer set in and he kept writing to the bitter end, in contrast to some other author best not mentioned here.
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Small Gods, Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Going Postal, and Guards! Guards! are the best intro to Discworld novels imo
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Dec 16, 2018 06:28
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bloom posted:Pratchett was hardly round compared to gurm and lucas and such, and yet we lost him instead of one of the fat fucks. A wine bottle and swine and a dead noble....life imitates art.
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Dec 16, 2018 07:22
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The Watch series is a good place to start. Then anything with Death IS ALSO A GOOD PLACE
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Dec 16, 2018 09:29
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TELL ME AGAIN HOW THE LITTLE HORSEY MOVES
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Dec 16, 2018 10:07
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Given that the Pratchett thread was renamed based on a quote from Reaper Man, I wonder what this thread will be renamed to when GRRM finally drops dead.
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Dec 16, 2018 11:38
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Cardiac posted:Given that the Pratchett thread was renamed based on a quote from Reaper Man, I wonder what this thread will be renamed to when GRRM finally drops dead. His last ASoIaF published words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmKhGqWcJGY
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Dec 16, 2018 11:48
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Cardiac posted:Given that the Pratchett thread was renamed based on a quote from Reaper Man, I wonder what this thread will be renamed to when GRRM finally drops dead. ASoIaF: Some stories have a happy ending after all!
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Dec 16, 2018 12:08
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precision posted:I wouldn't really call Pratchett a fantasy writer either. A satirist, primarily, and one of the best.
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Dec 16, 2018 15:18
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Flags at half pink mast
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I think this was ages and pages ago but I think Elio and Linda write the 'lore', by which I mean they cross reference various tidbits grrm has shat out before and make up poo poo where there are fleshy gaping question marks left, but at least from the old wiki-novellas I'm convinced it's the gurm himself who writes the prose; maybe they help him with the structure somewhat but there's no mistaking the author.
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Dec 16, 2018 18:53
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Maybe it's more fitting if the mods announce they'll rename the thread then put it off forever. But also this: Malcolm Turnbeug posted:Flags at half pink mast
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Dec 16, 2018 21:19
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Alhazred posted:He wrote about trolls, dwarfs and wizards. He was a fantasy writer. They was metaphors!
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precision posted:They was metaphors! Pratchett famously called out Rowling because she didn't want to call her books fantasy.
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Dec 17, 2018 07:02
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It's funny seeing the GoT Reddits all optimistic about the series due to GRRM's new bullshit blog post.
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Dec 17, 2018 15:35
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It's like being the grizzled old veterans on their 4th tour and seeing the fresh starry-eyed recruits coming in excited about their first deployment and we're doing our best not to learn their names so we won't care when we wipe the goo that used to be their face off our jackets at the end of the day.
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Dec 17, 2018 21:25
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Alhazred posted:Pratchett famously called out Rowling because she didn't want to call her books fantasy. Ah, is Harry Potter speculative fiction then?
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Solice Kirsk posted:It's like being the grizzled old veterans on their 4th tour and seeing the fresh starry-eyed recruits coming in excited about their first deployment and we're doing our best not to learn their names so we won't care when we wipe the goo that used to be their face off our jackets at the end of the day. Fourth tour? At this point I'm well past the halfway mark of the Thirty Years War.
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Dec 18, 2018 01:30
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hobbesmaster posted:Ah, is Harry Potter speculative fiction then? ha, nice
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Dec 18, 2018 02:09
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All fiction is speculative QED The bible is fantasy QED Sic semper quuuuuuueeeeeeddeeeeee
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Dec 20, 2018 04:05
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Hey, whatever happened to threadsy regulars like IRQ, Norris, etc? Don't tell me they got lives.
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Dec 20, 2018 04:06
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SaviourX posted:Hey, whatever happened to threadsy regulars like IRQ, Norris, etc? Don't tell me they got lives. This thread's relevance has a lifespan now measured in weeks. The end is approaching and there's nothing GRRM can do to forestall it any further.
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Dec 20, 2018 04:13
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The wait between seasons has been extra long this year, so we have less to bitch about.
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Dec 20, 2018 04:16
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Is it out yet?
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Dec 20, 2018 04:29
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The Figurative Death of GRRM has killed the thread. The Literal Death of GRRM will be what reunites us.
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Dec 20, 2018 04:30
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I can’t believe I’ve only been a fan of this series for less than five years when it has taught me so much about managing disappointment and expectations
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Dec 20, 2018 04:31
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GRRM is 70 years old -5000 odds on finishing the books.
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Dec 20, 2018 04:48
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Literally no one in Vegas would take the bet he finishes the books. He will die before WoW is published.
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esperterra posted:The wait between seasons has been extra long this year, so we have less to bitch about. it's odd but i do feel better with less GoT tv  still it'll be nice to see all the fan favorites burn and freeze
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:He will die before WoW is published. I toxxed on it and at this point I'd be more pissed if he released it than if he didn't.
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Dec 20, 2018 13:06
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:I'll happily recommend the Sandman comics. It also has The Corinthian, which really justifies many other things. Such a beautiful concept.
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Liquid Communism posted:It also has The Corinthian, which really justifies many other things. Such a beautiful concept. Not really. Gaiman as is bad as Pratchett, but at least Pratchett has stopped writing more garbage.
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Dec 24, 2018 12:33
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Not really. Have you considered not being a dick?
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Dec 24, 2018 15:34
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Y'all ever wonder what made BotL into this rabid killjoy of a man?
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Dec 24, 2018 15:57
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Malpais Legate posted:Y'all ever wonder what made BotL into this rabid killjoy of a man? People responding to his trolling?
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Malpais Legate posted:Y'all ever wonder what made BotL into this rabid killjoy of a man? It was a freak lab accident meant to produce a frog that was physically incapable of enjoying anything. But the frog exploded and when its frog juice coated the nearest intern, it bonded with their DNA making them into the most joyless creature on Earth. Now he stalks the world on his unending mission: to try and convince others that all things are bad and should not be enjoyed so that he won’t be alone in his hell. He is... kind of an rear end in a top hat, and you should put him on ignore and stop actually replying to him.
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Also for a man who despises popular entertainment, he sure as poo poo consumes a lot of it. It’s like complaining that eating a bowl of rusty nails every morning loving sucks. ...Well then stop eating a bowl full of rusty nails and you won’t have a problem to complain about all the time.
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Popular entertainment isn't bad. It's just that no one writing popular literature today knows how to write.
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“Oh, and the nails taste awful too. Can you believe it?”
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:I'll happily recommend the Sandman comics. I sort of grew up on sandman, and could never adapt to his novels. I don't know why - I just don't like them that much.
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