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15th March 2004, 04:15 PM
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| Admin and Tea-boy  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND:
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| Best Discworld story arc? My personal favourite was the "Guards! Guards!" and "Men at Arms" story arc - though I hear there's a third? I don;t know why I really liked these - maybe because sometimes Prachett has a habit of sometimes waffling, or maybe he takes the caricature too far. In these books it was a simple set of stories, about simple people, but leanly told. The part that I find most memorable, actually, is when the guards captain is at a posh dinner party with his other half, and he makes an observation that the rich guests make a point of talking about trying to talk about subjects they obviously knew nothing about. I really liked that observation.  Any others, though? Rincewind stories or Nanny Ogg, etc? |
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16th March 2004, 05:32 PM
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| Fierce Vowelless One  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Florida
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? I like any stories that involve the members of Unseen University - I don't know why but I really like hearing about such a bumbling group of misfits. Maybe I can relate?  They always tend to get involved in stuff they know nothing about and have no idea how to resolve the situation. It all ends up ok in the end, and they've no clue that they were more hindrance than help. In this respect their stories are quite like The Pink Panther movies. Inspector Clouseau had no idea he was so hopeless.I also like the witch tales, those with Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax. These are the kind of witches I'd like to sit down to tea with (as long as I could bring my own tea!). |
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17th March 2004, 05:44 AM
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| Nanny  Join Date: Sep 2003
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? Night Watch is another Vimes story...one of my favs. Of Course....Nanny Ogg rocks! I have to say that her tales are some of Pratchett's best., or change my avatar I think it is the characters that keep me coming back for more. They are unforgettable. |
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2nd May 2004, 06:59 PM
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| medic!  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? The Vimes stories, really. They are all a very pleasurable read. I find him to be the best, in my opinion at least, realized character of the series. Last edited by Hypes; 2nd May 2004 at 07:30 PM. |
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3rd May 2004, 02:49 PM
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| Scrofulous Fig-Merchant  Join Date: Oct 2003
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? Miss Susan rocks all the way. She's the perfect governess, like Mary Poppins if she were a really mean bugger who spent fourteen years as a US Marines drill seargent. Thief of Time is brilliant. |
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12th May 2004, 02:20 PM
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? My favourite is "Soul Music". Actually i don't know why. Maybe because I like Death? But this book has sth in it. I don't hesitate to call it my favourite book of all I've ever read. There were some extra phrases about cheering the moment. I don't know, this book have some magic in it. But maybe when I read the rest I haven't read, I'll change my mind... |
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12th May 2004, 02:33 PM
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| Right hand of Vengence!!!  Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? I gotta say that anything with Death or Susan in will get my attention... Also, I like the Watch characters... Some really freaky folks... And the fact that the Assassins Guild are totally incapable of killing Sam Vimes!!! HAHAHA!!! There are some characters that I miss... Luggage, Cohan the Barbarian, Cassanunder, Granny Weatherwax... |
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10th September 2004, 02:33 PM
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? I love the City Watch, I could read just those books for the rest of my life and be happy... Granny Weatherwax and her colleagues are a close second, though, Susan I'm not too keen on, but any appearance by Death is welcome... The only one who really gets on my nerves is Rincewind...I think because he was Pratchett's first DW character, and in those first couple of books you can really see he still wasn't sure which way to go with it - parody and satire of just the fantasy genre or of the whole world in general...They got better later on, but for some reason I don't enjoy them as much, they have the wrong sort of feel to them... |
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8th June 2005, 09:20 PM
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| Outside  Join Date: Nov 2004
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? Quote:
Fifth elephant has Watch in ? And of course the next one, the Thud | |
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9th June 2005, 10:29 AM
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| Seeker of wisdom  Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: Best Discworld story arc? Actually, I like most of TP's books EXCEPT the witches. I don't know, but some of the storylines in these books are slightly boring. The best book has to be The Fifth Elephant, or another of the Watch books... |
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