The Discworld Diaries

[Joel007]

Ah yes, the short stories are a good laugh. My favourite is Terry Pratchett: The Sea and Little Fishes

 

[Marky Lazer]

Okay, I finished Pyramids and moved on to Guards! Guards!, which I'm in fifty pages now.

 

[Joel007]

I think Guards! Guards! was the book which turned pratchett from a hobby into a lifetime of enjoyment for me.

 

[Marky Lazer]

Life time of enjoyment... that has a bit of a stalker-y ring to it

 

[Joel007]

I went through a few different phrases, and that sounded the least strange

 

[Marky Lazer]

Halfway through Guards! Guards!

 

[Pyan]

Well? Are you enjoying it? To my mind, it's the start of the best of the Discworld arcs, so I'm biased - but I'd be interested to hear your views......

 

[Marky Lazer]

I haven't been disappointed by any of the Disc's characters, and the Watch doesn't let me down either! Fully enjoying Vimes, Nobby, Carrot and Colon.

 

[Ice fyre]

Ahhhh that's got to be one of my favourite TP books. It has so many jokes and I love the little asides he puts in, Dwarf Sex was the funniest thing I have read for years!!!!

 

[Marky Lazer]

Okay. Guards! Guards! is out of the way. I like it a lot.

So, what I'm doing now... I ordered from Eric up to Maskerade, so the waiting business has commenced again. *deep sigh*

So, in the meantime, I'm re-reading Mort because I don't have anything better to do, and I'm still looking for more idioms for school.

 

[Pyan]

If you ever see the large-format, illustrated edition of Eric at a reasonable price, Marky, snap it up - they're going to be collectors items...

 

[Marky Lazer]

Yes, it's very likely I find such a book in the Netherlands... The only Pratchett I've ever seen in shops in this bloody wet country is a masspaperback of Going Postal.

 

[Marky Lazer]

Yigh. I ordered them books the day I started reading Guards! Guards! and still they haven't arrived. I wanna hit someone. Again.

 

[Marky Lazer]

Maskerade and Moving Pictures have arrived. Are there references in those to books I haven't read yet (taking into account I read up to Guards! Guards!)?

 

[Joel007]

Well, Gaspode is in Moving Pictures, but I can't remember what other books he plays a major part in except for The 5th Elephant (set after moving pictures anyway). Maskerade should really be read after Witches Abroad, I can't remember where that fits in.

 

[Pyan]

Moving Pictures is practically a stand-alone, Marky - it's OK to read it out of order if you're having withdrawal symptoms waiting.........

 

[Joel007]

Well, all Pratchetts are ok as stand alones
I was thinking about Agnes' history with Granny and Nanny.

 

[Marky Lazer]

Loving (to) Death—a review

In the fourth Discworld novel (in a series of half-a-billion) we finally see our favorite supporting character with a leading role: Death enters stage with more DIALOGUE than ever. In Mort we follow the life of Mortimer, a boy who reached the age that suits him for picking up an apprenticeship. No-one wants him during the fare on Hogswatch night until… the Grim Reaper shows up on his noble steed Binky. So Mort goes about to learn the tricks of the trade of ushering souls to the netherworld. Things are going splendidly until Mort goes solo, while Death is taking a day off. He needs to take the soul of the pretty Princess Keli. And when loves shows her lovely face, the mayhem starts again. Add a few wizards to the juicy mélange and you’re set for trouble!

Mort is the funniest book in the series so far, mainly because of Death. He decides to try out the pleasures of the flesh: drinking, gambling, partying, and, of course, fly-fishing. Pratchett perfectly shows the bizarreness of our own world with the Discworld and its characters, which are easy to cherish. The only downside of the book, and the series really, is that people will give you funny looks when you say out loud, “Ohhhh… Death is sooo cute.”

 

[Joel007]

Nice review Marky

By the way, I think you meant "fair", and "love" rather than fare and loves.

 

[Marky Lazer]

No I did not!