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30th June 2007, 10:23 AM
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| Plastic Paddy  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Netherlands
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries I'm not sure about the how manyth day it is, so from now on it will be just dates... 30 June 2007 I have finished Rites (see below) and about to start Mort. That should be a good one; the title promises me lots of the character Death. |
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30th June 2007, 10:47 AM
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| Plastic Paddy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Netherlands
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries The Witch belongs everywhere, but fits nowhere*—a review Equal Rites is the first Witches book starring, among other witches, Granny Weatherwax... A Wizard arrives at the silly town called Bad Ass; he’s about to die and wants to channel his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately, the eighth son turns out to be a daughter... As is widely known, women can’t be Wizards (the very idea!), but now a girl got the powers, and... a staff, too. When Granny Weatherwax is reluctantly determined to enroll Eskarina into UnseenUniversity, the mayhem starts... Rites is again a thoroughly enjoyable read, though personally I find the characters Rincewind and Twoflower (from the first two books) funnier. I can, however, foresee great amusement coming up in the next Witches books. I'm hoping for a continuing strive between the Wizards and the Witches (a very deep well of inspiration, methinks). Death has again a ‘supporting’ role, but to win the award for the third succesive time, he has to beat a newcomer. The librarian of Unseen University: an orangutan... So, yes. Pratchett did it again. Wroter another amusing book, easy to read, witty and with a fair amount of passages that make you grin, chuckle or snigger. * except, they fit in the Discworld, of course. |
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30th June 2007, 03:09 PM
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| Butterfly gal  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Australia
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries A friend has been recommending Pratchett for years...so I actually read my way through the lot..and finally got through Wintersmith...any one of his books with the guards or the witches in it is good fun. There's a few Pratchett fansites on the web that do guides to the books as well (which was helpful with Small Gods, which was one of those books that sailed right over my head). Loved Mort. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents was an interesting read...one of his awarded younger reader books that's worth picking up. Wikipedia is a great source of Discworld trivia. |
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30th June 2007, 03:10 PM
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| Shiny! Let's be bad guys.  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northamptonshire
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries Mort is the book that got one of my friends hooked, Death is great in that one  oh, and if you want to cheat and see any of the jokes you missed out on... The Annotated Pratchett File v9.0 - Index |
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5th July 2007, 08:45 PM
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| Plastic Paddy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Netherlands
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries 5 July 2007 Finished Mort; best Discworld so far. If I can find time I'll write a review, but time's been playing hide and seek lately. And she's damn good at the hiding part! |
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5th July 2007, 09:56 PM
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| Words, words, words  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: United Kingdom
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries DEATH is fantastic, indeed. I can remember at one point, ah, I know, in Mort where Death finds the drowned kittens and gets angry, I said out loud "Ah, Death's so nice!" I think if anyone had overheard me they would have been slightly worried! Ah, you'll be reading Sourcey soon, then, Marky! That's definitely one of my favourites of the Discworld novels that I've read so far. |
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6th July 2007, 08:46 AM
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| Shiny! Let's be bad guys. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northamptonshire
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries I was discussing pTerry's books with some of my friends, so when I said "Death is great!" and they all agreed we got some deeply suspicious looks from the people near us, who quickly moved away. |
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6th July 2007, 09:13 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Oct 2006
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| Re: The Discworld Diaries I wonder what looks I'd get if I say - 'I love Death'  ! But I do love Death. Death is nice and Death is cool. That's one of the good things about pTerry, his satire is good-hearted and he makes Death a kind Death, though he(Death) tries to be neutral all the time. |
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