As my signature will attest to, I am a huge fan of Pratchett's. He is my favourite author and his books never fail to make me laugh and think deep thoughts on subjects I never knew I could care about.
I made this thread to see if there are any other Pratchett fans on this forum and to possibly relate your favourite books, characters, quotes or any notable experiences you still remember.

The first book of his I read was The Last Continent which is admittedly not the best one to start with, it really does fling you into the Discworld. I still loved it and have read it at least three times. My favorite Pratchett book changes a lot, but the one that comes up the most is Thud. My favourite character is a tie between Vetinari, Susan and Vimes and my signature is one of my favourite quotes.

it should be a cRPG.


I love the books


one of my favorite books is eric :rock:

and anything with Death of Mice, or Death himself in a role



'SQUEAK'

I've only watched the movies (Colour of Magic and The Hogfather) and I enjoyed those. I'll have to pick up the books one of these days when I get some spare cash (no libraries for miles) as I keep hearing good things.

I'm a big fan of Pratchett too. I've read all of his Discworld books plus the Bromeliad Trilogy.

For those that don't know, he's a big fan of Oblivion. He picked up Emma's Companion Vilja mod early on, loved it and started a convo about it with her. As a result, she got a mention in the dedication of his latest book, Snuff, for "helping me understand goblins".

I even love his "childrens" books and I'm an old fart.

I think my favourite books have to be the witches ones; Witches Abroad in particular almost made me asphyxiate myself with the constant laughter!

In terms of games, I loved Discworld II: okay, it was absolutely totally bloody-minded and I was often stumped, but I loved the atmosphere.

I actually didn't know that, it makes him even more awesome.

There was a point and click adventure game.


I read Making Money first, then went on to read the other Lipwig books and started from the beginning.

I think Unseen Academicals is my favourite, though it seems to confuse American readers who have less of an understanding of working class football culture in Britain.


I remember Pratchett once saying he was playing the Shivering Isles. He's quite an avid gamer.

Just finished Snuff.

I do wish they'd turn the Night Watch series into a "police procedural" like TV series. I think it would be awesome.

Been a huge Pratchett fan for years. Read every Discworld novel at least twice, also Good Omens, Nation, the Nome trilogy, and his oddball early work like Carpet People, the Johnny adventures, and assorted sci-fi books. I even have a copy of "Where's My Cow?" that I'll be reading to mini-Jokers someday.

I'd actually say his Dark Side of the Sun is one of the most delightful and unusual sci-fi books I've ever read, while Strata is clearly the precursor to what would eventually become the Discworld.

Favorite Discworld novel would probably have to be Men at Arms - a ripping good yarn, but also a triumphant character tale for Sam Vimes, one of his best protagonists. The other Guards books are also excellent, but only Night Watch comes close to being as good. It's tough to pick a true favorite, though, as they all have something special about them: Small Gods, Monstrous Regiment, Soul Music, The Truth, Moving Pictures and Interesting Times are equally among his most hilarious and insightful.

First Pratchett book I ever picked up was Interesting Times, but I was only 13 or 14 and barely understood anything about his philosophical introduction, so I never got into it at the time. Tried again a year or so later, and it finally clicked - after reading that and Soul Music, I was completely hooked!


I agree, or even one of their great TV-movies like they did for Going Postal et al. The attention to detail was amazing, would love to see the Guards get the same treatment - but only if they can get Eastwood for Vimes.

I really enjoyed his books, think I read absolutely every Discworld book out at the time about 5 years ago. I'll have to take a look at them again if I ever find the time to read again.

A crime show based in Ankh Morpork would be awesome. :drool:
In the Art of Discworld Pratchett describes Vimes as a younger, slightly bulkier version of Pete Postlethwaite.

I love Discworld!

Cool! He also wrote some of the new dialogue lines that were added in later Vilja releases.


I haven't read Snuff yet. I started with Making Money after hearing good things about the series. After finishing that and liking it very much, I picked up The Colour of Magic and I've been reading the series in order ever since. I'm currently reading Carpe Jugulum.

You've got plenty of good reading ahead of you. Enjoy.

No enemies had ever taken Ankh-Morpock. Well technically they had, quite often; the city welcomed free-spending barbarian invaders, but somehow the puzzled raiders found, after a few days, that they didn't own their horses any more, and within a couple of months they were just another minority group with its own graffiti and food shops.

eric

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It is said that whosoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whosoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand the equivalent of a stick with a fizzing fuse and Acme Dynamite Company written on the side. It's more interesting, and doesn't take so long.

soul music

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FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC.
-- The motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

guards, guards

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It's a god-eat-god world.


His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, "You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink."
-- Dydactylos the philosopher

small gods

My favorite is Small Gods. In some of the books I feel like Pratchett focuses too much on explaining some idea or theory and the main character becomes kind of a cipher. But in most of the books the characters are great and then it is fantastic fantasy. The setting and the ideas are always entertaining. Him getting sick felt like someone I know getting sick (as opposed to say Steve Jobs).

I find myself quoting the books a lot - same way people quote Monty Python. My favourite book is Guards! Guards! and I really think that and Mort would make really good films - if only someone would get around to making them.

Small Gods is one of my favourites too. Other than that I like all the stories involving The Witches and The Watch the most. So far, anyway. Other favourite characters are Death (more as a minor character than than as the protagonist) and Lord Vetinari.

Imagine if the joinable Imperial Guard faction in Skyrim would be like the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. :rofl:

I LOVE the Discworld books and went through about four or five in about a month when I discovered them. Ended up petering out in the middle of the Movie book, what was it...Moving Pictures I think. Probably not my favorite of his, but I really should go back and finish it so I can read the other 10 I have lying around. I love Rincewind, and the City Watch, and anything to do with the Wizards and the Witches.

Unfortunately I'm OCD about reading and watching things properly in succession, so I can't just skip one in the series. Discworld drops too many hints to past lore for me to do that.

Interesting, good choice really - but I think the inspiration for http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Samuel_Vimes.jpg by Kidby is http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPCnkHJD2q4/Tl5PYNzfZXI/AAAAAAAAAWE/J99Oi4i9ehY/s1600/man+with+no+name.png (and, in my mind's eye, this is always how Vimes looks to me.)


I always imagined Hieronymus Lex was a bit like "Mayonnaise" Quirke. :hehe:

So long as they have Angua I'm all for it. :hubbahubba:

Emma and Terry Pratchett should make a Companion Angua mod together.

I absolutely love Pratchett, the first book I read by him was Feet of Clay. Since then I have made a point of reading everything by him that I can get my hands on.

I honestly couldn't pick a favorite book or character though, too much awesomeness to choose from.

Oooo! A MW mod so she can go werewolf. Somebody REQz this. :hehe:

I hear Skyrim has werewolves confirmed. I'd buy the PC version just for that mod. :hehe:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/14/terry-pratchetts-discworld-being-adapted-to-crime-of-the-week-mystery-tv-series/