24-07-2003 04:56									#31
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet Except Pratchett has written 20+ very good books, rather than 2 masterpieces and load of rambling codswallop, but I suppose that's another argument.

Some might say that Douglas has written nine masterpieces whereas Pratchett has written five very good books and a load of rambling codswallop.

	24-07-2003 05:14									#32
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They might, but they'd be wrong

I remember being enthralled by 'Strata' way back in 1985

	24-07-2003 05:18									#33
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"And he dreamed the dream of all those who publish books, which was to have so much gold in your pockets that you would have to employ two people just to hold your trousers up"
--Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

	24-07-2003 05:20									#34
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quote: 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.

Well, I always heard (at least at other forums) that 'Small Gods' was the best Pratchett book.

And I thought the first two books were very good actually.

quote: 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 actually liked the last three. They had very interesting story angles. They weren't nearly as funny, but very good reads anyway. Silly and nuts... just the way I like .

	24-07-2003 06:03									#35
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Depends. All the books become funnier the more you know about the subject they deal with. You'd possibly/probably find the Ankh-Morpork political ones more amusing than ones which are based on more obscure knowledge. Moving Pictures is apparently hilarious if you get all the references to early cinema and the birth of Hollywood. Otherwise it's fairly average.

	24-07-2003 06:07									#36
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I liked the first two books with the potshots at the Unseen University and just heros in general (Cohen the Barbarian... hehe). I understood what 'Small Gods' was dealing with, just found the same style of jokes. Maybe I'll try a political one.

	24-07-2003 06:36									#37
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Best Pratchett books:
0) Jingo
1) The Colour of Magic
2) The Light Fantastic
3) The Science of Discworld
4) Men At Arms
5) Feet of Clay
6) The Last Continent
7) Interesting Times

	24-07-2003 07:36									#38
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You people are quite certifiably insane - Adams' last three books were clearly his best. A general rule of thumb is, of course, the less Zaphod, the better.

	24-07-2003 07:38									#39
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*slaps monolith with a giant trout!

Zaphod was awesome!

	24-07-2003 07:41									#40
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one-note

Arthur Dent is my man.

	24-07-2003 07:44									#41
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I never knew you were gay

	24-07-2003 07:45									#42
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* St Leo gives ten karma points to Monolith

My favourite is So Long and Thanks for All the Fish.

	24-07-2003 07:47									#43
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Gee, Imran, what an original witticism. I'm staggered by it's groundbreaking and revolutionary nature. I'm positively flabbergasted at its uniqueness, and certainly the surprise with which it caught me, considering the setting it takes place in - a message board in which jokes about people being gay or not, and variations thereof are few and far between. Which is, certainly, an understatement.

	24-07-2003 07:49									#44
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Yeah, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish has to be the best. Though Mostly Harmless comes close

	24-07-2003 07:49									#45
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mono:

And you'll like it biatch!

	24-07-2003 11:27									#46
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BTW, Pratchet wrote some other things except discworld. He wrote nice book about different types of cats

When i read Discworld i feel that i read real English book. When i read Harry Potter it looks like "English for foreighners" textbook for me.

Why almost nobody votes for others? DO you know any other good authors?

	24-07-2003 12:12									#47
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Yes he wrote also a book about Video-Games. I forgot the title but it was pretty good. Must have been somewhere around gulfwar1 when he wrote it. Great book.

	24-07-2003 12:28									#48
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I've never read either Pratchet or Rowling, but based on the photos of the authors I'd rather sleep with Rowling.

Douglas Adams was emminently forgettable as far as I was concerned, the only thing that remains in my memory was the Rain God driving through the permastorm. Adams put me back on non-fiction for good.

	24-07-2003 12:59									#49
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Phillip Pullman, although Rowling and Pratchet are both excellent.

	24-07-2003 14:44									#50
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quote: Originally posted by monolith94 You people are quite certifiably insane - Adams' last three books were clearly his best. A general rule of thumb is, of course, the less Zaphod, the better.

You're nucking futs, monolith.

You're also so un-hip it's a wonder your bum doesn't fall off.

quote: Yes he wrote also a book about Video-Games. I forgot the title but it was pretty good. Must have been somewhere around gulfwar1 when he wrote it. Great book.

"Only You Can Save The World". It was pretty good, but I always prefered "The Carpet People", which was my favourite book when I was 10 years old.

Pratchett has written 5 or 6 really excellent books for pre-teen kids. Every kid at my primary school was hooked on the Truckers/Diggers/Wings trilogy.

	24-07-2003 15:07									#51
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* FrustratedPoet is going to finish reading Soul Music and start Colour of Magic today.

* FrustratedPoet has just bought 7 Pratchett books from Amazon at £4 each. Bargain.

	24-07-2003 16:21									#52
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I've been reading through the discworld series one book after the other, in order. So far I've read about 20 and just finished Jingo. I couldn't find the next book (The Last Continent) in the store, though, so I'm reading The Salmon of Doubt to fill the gap for now.

Terry Pratchett also co-wrote the book Good Omens, which I liked alot aswell.

	24-07-2003 20:18									#53
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet * FrustratedPoet has just bought 7 Pratchett books from Amazon at £4 each. Bargain.

I want Pratchett books for J4. Pratchet books cost $10-$12 per book here.