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15th March 2004, 04:12 PM
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| Admin and Tea-boy  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND:
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| Favourite Discworld characters? I'll have to add Death as a clear favourite - there's real character in that character, and Pratchett has developed him nicely over the sequence of books. Any others, though? Perhaps the most immediately memorable is the librarian at the Unseen University, who also happens to be an Orang Utan. There's something extremely memorable about that.  I *never* cared for Rincewind as a character - but maybe that's just me. |
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16th March 2004, 05:26 PM
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| Fierce Vowelless One  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Florida
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? Goodness - I've got many favorites. I love the librarian - he seems to have the most sense of all the faculty of the university. He can also convey a host of thoughts in one little 'Ook'. Carrot - he's your typical, come from the back of beyond honest and true hero. He's so innocent it hurts. Granny Weatherwax - a cantankerous old biddy who knows more than we've forgotten, and doesn't let us forget it. Lord Vetinari - he's corrupt, cruel and selfish, but vulnerable at the same time. Makes you want to reform him. Death of Rats - he gets no respect, is forced into all the pitiful chores Death himself can't do. He also communicates without words well. The Luggage - I want it! Oh, there's so many more but I'll keep it short and simple. |
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17th March 2004, 05:49 AM
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| Nanny  Join Date: Sep 2003
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? and who doesn't love Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler? The best businessman I know... Vimes is one of my favs...one cool customer. The luggage and the librarian are the only reason I read the stories about the magicians. I have to add Polly to my list of Pratchett heroes as well. The whole cast of Monstrous Regiment was a hoot. |
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12th April 2004, 09:23 AM
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| Scrofulous Fig-Merchant  Join Date: Oct 2003
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? Everyone has clear favourites like Granny Weatherwax or the Librarian, but I always loved Gaspode the Wonder Dog, and especially Sarah and Rincewind. The last is probably an aquired taste, but the likeable loser is such a common character in humour that you've got to love him. Ponder Stibbons always stood out to me, too. |
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17th April 2004, 11:19 PM
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| Night Elf Ranger  Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? Death, Rincewind and The Band with Rocks in for me. Mainly because they are all very funny but I also have the first two Discworld games in which Rincewind and Death are main characters. Has anyone else played the games? It surprised me how much detail from the books they contain. |
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2nd May 2004, 06:57 PM
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| medic!  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? Vimes is my favourite by far, with Vetinari coming in at a second. There's nothing more enjoyable than a book were these two interact. Truly marvellous characters, both of them. Quote:
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12th May 2004, 02:29 PM
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? I've once found a demo of one game. I think it was based on "Guards! Guards!", but I don't know actually. It started in the university and I was playing with Rincewind. It was very funny, even more than books, but I didn't manage to do much in that game. My favourite character is Death. Others like Luggage or Ogg are fun too, but death is clearily the best. |
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13th June 2004, 11:27 PM
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| Right hand of Vengence!!!  Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? It's strange, but I could have sworn I'd posted on this subject... For me, my favourite characters include: Death - the dude rocks!!! Susan - Deaths Grandaughter!!! The way she deals with the monster-under-the-bed and the bogeyman (Big stick with a bit of blanket nailed to it)... Death of Rats (and that bloody crow - and his obsession with eyeballs)... Casanunder - The Dwarf Gigalow... Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg - Witches to respect!!! Sir Samuel Vimes - Love how he deals with assassins!!! The Watch - a fine body of men, women, trolls, gargoyles, dwarves and undead... And the ever appearing Dibbler - whether it be Cut-me-own-throat or any of the other versions!!! |
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11th August 2004, 01:57 PM
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| Re: Favourite Discworld characters? Vimes and Vetinari share first place with me...especially when they're in direst contact... I adore the way they deal with people...I wanna be Vetinari when I grow up...oh...wait...I'm grown up... Although I must admit, the complete cast of Monstrous Regiment had me in stitches... |
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