Who here also likes Discworld?
It was one of the things I loved reading (and re-reading recently).
Gonna be honest one of my favourite books is "Going Postal" (and the movie was pretty good too).
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Prachett is one of my favorite writers of all time. I really should sit down and read all of Discworld one of these days.
It's a cliche, but Equal Rites is my favorite still.
-- The Butch
I don't know if I can pick a favorite book but Death may be my favorite character, Pratchett's is definitely my favorite version of Death
the revolution is now :o)
See the thing is if you mention any book to me I will go "oh I should probably (re)read that", because that's kinda how all of them are?
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@Skitis
that's so real. the only thing to dislike about any of the discworld books is that they end.
some people trash on the early ones but even those are perfect in their own way to me. the color of magic is peak satire with a surprising amount of heart, even if it only goes up from there.
the revolution is now :o)
I think an oddball sub-series that is worth a mention is the "Science of Discworld" ones. Educational and entertaining, in some ways.
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I've only read a few books in the Death series, but they're some of my favourites of all time. I made this drawing of susan sto-helit a while back
@sabhait - oh wow, that's a really cool drawing. Yeah Susan is a really fun character!
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I've loved Discworld for most of my life! Some particular favourites:
The Light Fantastic
Guards! Guards!
Moving Pictures
Hogfather
Lords and Ladies
The Truth
(and yeah, Susan rocks.)
"This is StuckUnderHell, nor am I out of it." - Mephistopheles
Again, this is the thing, you're listing Discworld books and I'm going "oh wow, I really gotta re-read these!" hahaha
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I just finished re-reading "Thief of Time," which I believe is the only Pratchett novel that is also a valid classpect... The various Time powers explored in the book aren't quite your average time-travel. The history Monks and the Thief himself can "slice," or speed their own time up massively, enabling them to move extremely quickly. (Which is similar to Wayne's speed bubbles in the Mistborn books.) The prayer wheels in the monastery can be used to manipulate the flow of time across space and history, and have been used to stitch the timeline back together after it got badly broken. The closest thing to Dave's "stable time loops" is the Yeti, who have the ability to reset themselves to an earlier point in their lives if they get killed.
"This is StuckUnderHell, nor am I out of it." - Mephistopheles
@tavroscrocker - honestly I need to re-read that (as always). I actually bought a copy of it since I lost my old copy.
I do know there is a Discworld book involving a stable time loop, which was quite fun, though honestly I think time manipulation that isn't time travel definitely is a thing that should be considered for people writing fanventures with classpect powers.
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