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Post by aka Cthulhu on Sept 17, 2015 9:04:44 GMT -5
Hoo boy. Got my hand on the last novel. Well, for a while now, really. Since Snuff I've always waited a bit before removing the plastic wrapping of the book, with the slight feeling that this could be the last Discworld novel. And now here I am with the last book in the series. No more new Discworld novels after this. Quite a lot of nights were spent re-reading the books, and this last one will probably be the same. Still, it's the last.
Sigh.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 17, 2015 10:39:19 GMT -5
I read books out loud while my wife drives when we go on long trips. We've made it through all of the wizard, Death and witch books. Now going through the Watch books (on the first one, Guards Guards?). We've also read Good Omens, which I think is fairly characterized as more Pratchett flavored than Gaiman.
Pratchett's death was truly a great loss.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Sept 17, 2015 10:56:56 GMT -5
Guards! Guards! to me was kinda like Wyrd Sisters, decent, but kinda feels like a slow start for the series centered around that set of characters, and then it gets its groove by the second book. Men at Arms is great, and Feet of Clay was as good, then Jingo and the Fifth Elephant was decent, and then came Night Watch, which I think remains the darkest one in the series. Thud! came a bit close, but not as dark. Snuff was more of a Vimes book to me, as the rest of the watch were more background characters than anything.
The witches book took a while for me to enjoy, but after a re-read I've really enjoyed Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, and Carpe Jugulum.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Sept 17, 2015 12:06:57 GMT -5
Going to go try to pick this up today. Only started reading Discworld in 2013, but man, did I fall for it hard. My first book was a fairly recent one, Thud!, so I had to go back and pick up a LOT of context. Amazing, deep, evolving world created by a brilliant author. Sad to see it's end.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Sept 17, 2015 12:21:45 GMT -5
Yeah. If you look at the last few books, you can pretty much tell that things are concluding in the Discworld. Like how Ankh-Morpork in earlier books and the Ankh-Morpork in the later books are pretty much different in many ways. Same city, but evolving with new books.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Sept 17, 2015 14:00:18 GMT -5
It's been four hours since reading a book, and now it is finished. I will miss new books coming out of this series. Raising Steam and Sheperd's Crown pretty much concludes most of the important Discworld stuff. Would have been nice to give Death one last turn, but alas, it can no longer be.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 17, 2015 16:47:28 GMT -5
Guards! Guards! to me was kinda like Wyrd Sisters, decent, but kinda feels like a slow start for the series centered around that set of characters, and then it gets its groove by the second book. Men at Arms is great, and Feet of Clay was as good, then Jingo and the Fifth Elephant was decent, and then came Night Watch, which I think remains the darkest one in the series. Thud! came a bit close, but not as dark. Snuff was more of a Vimes book to me, as the rest of the watch were more background characters than anything. The witches book took a while for me to enjoy, but after a re-read I've really enjoyed Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, and Carpe Jugulum. So far I think the witches books have been my favorite. Granny Weatherwax is just such a fantastic character. The death books are dragged down a bit by the Auditors. I love the wizards, but they really are best in a strong supporting role. |
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Post by Mackenzie Gorn on Sept 17, 2015 19:54:30 GMT -5
Dammit man. I've never read the YA ones is it any good. I'm gonna miss Ol' Nobby Nobbs and the Librairian
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Post by Jiren on Sept 17, 2015 22:58:02 GMT -5
I read some when I was younger and I liked em, (It was the games that got me into em)
- Mort
- Light Fantastic
- colour Of Magic
- feet of clay
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Sept 18, 2015 0:00:18 GMT -5
Dammit man. I've never read the YA ones is it any good. I'm gonna miss Ol' Nobby Nobbs and the Librairian They're all right. I kinda feel that the last two books aren't really YA though. |
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Post by Emmet Russell on Sept 18, 2015 2:35:36 GMT -5
I only started reading his stuff a month or two before he passed away so I'm still new to his work, but I do really enjoy what I've so far - such a creative, funny man. I'm normally not a fan of that genre of book, but his humour and writing style really captures your attention and keeps you interested.
I look forward to picking up this book at some point.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Sept 18, 2015 3:13:54 GMT -5
I love the wizards, but they really are best in a strong supporting role. Mm, yeah. Aside from Rincewind (and I suppose Windle Poons on Reaper Man) there really isn't a central figure among the UU staff to be the focus of a book, I think. |
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Sept 18, 2015 10:24:54 GMT -5
I love the wizards, but they really are best in a strong supporting role. Mm, yeah. Aside from Rincewind (and I suppose Windle Poons on Reaper Man) there really isn't a central figure among the UU staff to be the focus of a book, I think. Yeah. Rincewind is a great lead. The rest of the wizards though are basically just a good ensemble to run around in the background of the actual story doing silly stuff. |
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