24-07-2003 01:27									#1
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Who is the best modern English fantasy writer?

	24-07-2003 01:35									#2
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Who is T. Pratchett?

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I guess that answers it for me

	24-07-2003 01:37									#3
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Who the hell is T Pratchett?

Then again, J. K. Rowling is the idiot who wrote all those Hairy Potter books so I'll have to go with Ming with Banana.

	24-07-2003 01:37									#4
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quote: Who is T. Pratchett?

Blasphemie!!

	24-07-2003 01:38									#5
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You guys live in a cave or what?

	24-07-2003 01:40									#6
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Not since the bear moved in...

	24-07-2003 01:40									#7
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Terry Pratchett by a mile, shur.

	24-07-2003 01:42									#8
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Who's J. Rowling?

	24-07-2003 01:42									#9
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I looked him up; never heard of his books before, maybe I will read them and will get back to on this poll... Thanks

	24-07-2003 01:58									#10
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Rowling... miles ahead of Pratchett.

	24-07-2003 02:03									#11
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And why the heck should it be either of these, eh? If you're making a best author poll, include more than 2 .

	24-07-2003 02:08									#12
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Pratchett.

	24-07-2003 02:10									#13
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There is no other Author than Terry!
On your knees! Worship the God!

	24-07-2003 02:21									#14
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These kinds of polls are a bit dumb.

I'm a big fan of both of them.

	24-07-2003 03:05									#15
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Ach, Crivens! Pratchett it is. now to be off snafflin' coo beasties...

	24-07-2003 03:10									#16
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:hmm: Pratchett is a grown-up humourist with some surprisingly deep themes, a good grasp of philosophy, socilogy and politics and bloody funny to boot.

Rowling writes books abouut wizards for kiddies.

	24-07-2003 03:11									#17
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Uh, China Mieville and Neil Gaiman are both better than Terry Pratchett and Joanne Kathleen Rowling, though I enjoy all of them.

If I have to choose from among the latter two, I am going to have to go with Rowling because I've read enough Pratchett to begin getting ticked off at some of his habits. I am sure Rowling will begin ticking me off at some point too once she has more books out.

	24-07-2003 03:12									#18
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quote: Rowling writes books abouut wizards for kiddies.

Well put.

Well, actually, Rowling writes Satanic Instruction Manuals for kiddies, but it's the same thing

	24-07-2003 03:21									#19
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I wouldn't classify Neil Gaiman as a fantasy writer. More modern-mythology-sci-fi-um...-something.

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English as in British? Or English as in the language?

	24-07-2003 03:49									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Japher I looked him up; never heard of his books before, maybe I will read them and will get back to on this poll... Thanks

Recommended author - loves poking fun at the "high fantasy" types who write epic, biblical stuff. Is to fantasy what Douglas Adams is to SciFi.

The graphic novels are a great introduction to his stuff - personally I prefer his later books to the first few - but it's all chuckle inducing.

If it's got "Discworld" on it - give it a try.

	24-07-2003 03:54									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Cruddy Is to fantasy what Douglas Adams is to SciFi.

Except Pratchett has written 20+ very good books, rather than 2 masterpieces and load of rambling codswallop, but I suppose that's another argument.

	24-07-2003 03:54									#23
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As JRR Toliien obviously isn´t considered a modern english Fantasy Wrtier and after all dead since a long time,
it can only be Terry Pratchett

	24-07-2003 03:57									#24
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quote: Except Pratchett has written 20+ very good books, rather than 2 masterpieces and load of rambling codswallop, but I suppose that's another argument.

Yeah... but nothing Pratchett has done comes CLOSE to those 2 masterpieces. '42' itself destroys everything else.

Anyway, I've read some Pratchett, chuckled a bit, but didn't see what the big deal was about. Really liked the 1st two books, though 'Small Gods' was same-old, same-old, and 'Equal Rites' was nothing special in the slightest.

	24-07-2003 04:12									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Anyway, I've read some Pratchett, chuckled a bit, but didn't see what the big deal was about. Really liked the 1st two books, though 'Small Gods' was same-old, same-old, and 'Equal Rites' was nothing special in the slightest.

The general standard has definitely gotten better since then. Equal Rites is my least favourite one by quite a distance. If you have the chance to borrow one of the later books off a friend or from the library or something I recommend giving them another try.

And yeah, the first two books of The Guide are pure comedy gold. Simply brilliant. It's a shame things went downhill so fast after that.
I haven't read any of Adams' non-Guide books, though, which I've heard varying reviews of in the past. I should try and pick one up some day.

	24-07-2003 04:14									#26
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Poor choice of books to start on there Imran.

The Witches books (Lords and Ladies, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Carpe Jugulum) and the Guards books (Guards Guards, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, The Fifth Element, The City Watch) are the better ones IMO.
Followed by Pyramids, Interesting Times, Thief of Time, and Soul Music.

	24-07-2003 04:14									#27
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Sounds to me like Robert Jordon is the Douglas Adams of fantasy

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Oh, and my opinion? What Mr Birdseed said.

	24-07-2003 04:17									#29
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My favourite Pratchett one-liner is from Pyramids.

*two pseudo-Greek guys are arguing about the viability of an invention when one screams at the other:

"Your trouble, Ibid, is you think you're the biggest bloody authority on everything!"

	24-07-2003 04:25									#30
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Arturo Perez-Reverte rocks you all! Bow down to burroughs!