Terry Pratchett

[Marianne]

Marianne, in which of Pratchett's books are there vampires?


Carpe Jugulum leaps to mind. Also, minor characters in other books.


Marianne

 

[Hypes]

Vampires in Carpe Jugulum and werewolves primarily in The Fifth Elephant.

I believe there are specimens (Angua as the werewolf, but I can't recall who's the vampire) of both in all the Watch books, along with some zombies, gnomes, dwarves (both vertically challenged and those suffering from untimely growth spurts, and of both indeterminate sexes).

 

[Genus]

There's that "photographer" in the truth who's a vampire. He develops a special flash which doesn't kill him everytime he takes a piccie, if I remember rightly.

 

[Hypes]

Yes, negative or black light. He also has this little flask of blood around his neck so that whenever he turns into dust, the blood reanimates him.

Good times.

 

[Genus]

That's the one, lol. Good old Igor is there too isn't he? I love that series of characters.

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Do you all really like Terry Pratchett? Truckers was his one and only redeeming work.

 

[dwndrgn]

Of course I love Terry Pratchett. I generally read to amuse myself, not necessarily to learn (although quite often I've found that the more I enjoyed a story, the more I learned - history writers ought to take notes). Pratchett's Discworld novels are a wonderful conglomeration of bits and pieces of our real world, satirized and placed among the workings of an interesting, magical, and downright silly world of wizards, sentient luggage, contrite gods, cantankerous witches, legends, warriors, cowards, political intrigues and a great big heaping pile of common people who just want to sit in the laboratories and solve the mysteries of naval lint in peace...

Not only is it a clever and humorous escape from our necessarily common daily drudge, but it also shines light (maybe just a pinprick at times) on certain foibles we all have or have seen in action.

If a book can make me laugh, shake my head, think and still make me want to read more, I'm all for it. Huzzahs for the Discworld.

I also find that quite a few literature snobs (you know who you are ) don't think that books that are funny are of any worth at all. Balderdash I say. Rubbish. Won't believe it. Can't make me. Even if you force me to drink (or eat rather ) from the Ankh.

 

[Hypes]

I'd say Terry Pratchett is one of the most entertaining authors today, and I'm happy to see that he is still writing.

 

[Myla Starchild]

I've always loved Pratchett, as him and I share a very similar sense of humour, even if mine isn't as good. In my mind, Terry Pratchett is as big a genius as Tolkien, and now I'm going to be beaten up for saying that.

 

[Seth God Of Chaos]

Your just lucky i dont know where you live

 

[Brian G Turner]

Where is Belford, anyway?

 

[Marianne]

I am going to add my voice to the accolades for Pratchett-not that he needs it. His book sales alone must make him very happy I put my order in for Going Postal weeks ago and I am on pins and needles waiting for it to arrive.

 

[Estelthea]

And I'll jump on the end too! I've been a fan for ages (I spent a few years of my misguided youth hanging out on alt.fan.pratchett) and I've ammassed a rather impressive collection of Pratchett praphernalia too - there is not much room on my bookself for anything else now! I've slowed down a bit since university, when I hardly had time to read anything, but I still have to have the latest Discworld thing on the day of publication or I go a little crazy. I am a Pratchett anorak really.

I find him very amusing and enjoyable to read on all kinds of levels but I can say that a lot of the things I know are down to Discworld. I've looked up far too many of the allusions to our world and have ended up in strange places with lots of lovely useless knowledge. He has to be one of the funniest and cleverest authors alive; even when he is not at his best he is still much better than everyone else.

My favourite books are too many to list but I really like the Guards series because of the fantastic characters and the way those books progress through the series. Feet of Clay is my best pick I think, for now anyway (although Interesting Times is hilarious and so is Moving Pictures and Small Gods was a pretty amazing book too!).