The Works of Terry Pratchett

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I love the first 20 or so Discworld novels, especially the ones featuring the fractured fairy tale world of Lancre and the ones with Rincewind.

That being said, I'm becoming disenchanted with his later works. They seem to be getting too serious.

I especially hate Tiffany Aching, Mary Sue Extraordinaire. I'll spare you guys the whole rants, but Granny Weatherwax hates cats! There's no way she'd have one as a pet! It just burns me that we're supposed to think that Granny would change her mind just because it was a gift from little miss perfect. I really hated Wintersmith, I know we're supposed to love Tiffany and hate Annagramma, but Anna's worst sin is being snobbish and bitchy; Miss Tiffany, on the other hand, put the entire disc in danger of freezing! She probably was indirectly for thousands of deaths! Bitch!

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I hate Sam Vimes. There - I've said it.

Pratchett, on the other hand - WUUUVVVS him. I think Sam Vimes is the real Mary Sue in the Discworld.

I think he's a total cliche, and incredibly predictable. If I read one more time how despite of his wifes money he wears the same crappy boots as always because the soles are so thin that in the dark he can feel what street he's in......UGH!

I do find his later books to be a bit repetitive. There's always a callow young thing who's trying to suceed, against the Patrician and the corrupt underbelly of Ankh-Morpork. And Vimes pops up in most of them, and as I said, he irritates me no end.

Honestly? There was a time when I'd get so excited about a new Discworld book coming out I'd fork out and get it in hardback. Now I find I'm shrugging my shoulders and thinking "I might get around to buying it....."

So I find myself re-reading older books that I felt introduced something new, like "Carpe Jugulum". Or books that featured the Wizards as the main characters. I loved the Wizards - they were hilarious, these completely batty eating machines.

I've purposely avoided any of the Tiffany Aching books - just reading the book jackets annoyed me, so I always put them back on the shelf quite hurriedly.

[Laira]

Yup, Vimes is my second-least favorite Discworld character. However, nothing compares to Maryiffany Aching.

Love Ridcully, Ponder and the rest. My favorite witch is Granny.

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I'd like another Watch book with all the Watch, not just Vimes. You can't have enough Angua, I think.

I've never been a Granny fan, though I really like Nanny Ogg. I wish we'd get another Rincewind book but it seems that'll never happen.

Making Money is pretty good--not as heavy as Thud or Night Watch, probably because it's mostly Vime-less.

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I think he's a total cliche, and incredibly predictable. If I read one more time how despite of his wifes money he wears the same crappy boots as always because the soles are so thin that in the dark he can feel what street he's in......UGH!

Why doesn't he just look at the street sign if he wants to know what street he's on? Yeah, poor baby, married to the richest woman in Anhk-Morpork, forced to live in the lap of luxury - what a cruel fate!

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Eh, I like the Vimes books, and I don't mind Vimes himself. And I kinda like the seriousness of the later books, mixed in with the humour. It's a tricky balance, but I think Pratchett pulls it off. Also, I like that Ankh-Morpork isn't suffering from medieval stasis: there's social and technological evolution.

Speaking of which, I adore the Science of Discworld series. The science-y parts of Darwin's Watch were kind of all over the place--I would have liked to read more about Darwin's life and Victorian science. But oh well.

Still haven't gotten around to reading Making Money. That's next on my list.

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I've just read that Pterry is going to continue with his Moist series - he started with Going Postal and Making Money and he's going to contine with his next book which is going to be called Raising Taxes.

He seems a little obsessive about the intricacies of Ankh-Morporks civil service, if you ask me. And he's falling into his old trap again - fallling in love with a character so much he spends YEARS cramming him down our unwilling throats.

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I've just read that Pterry is going to continue with his Moist series - he started with Going Postal and Making Money and he's going to contine with his next book which is going to be called Raising Taxes.

He seems a little obsessive about the intricacies of Ankh-Morporks civil service, if you ask me. .

I'm actually fascinated by those, including "The Word". If you look at it, he's actually teaching history - about how various institutions came to be, and how our world works.

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I like Vimes, actually the "Guard" books are my favorite. I like that Carrot is so complicated especially when compared to Nobby and Colon.

I like the Wizard books too, Ridcully is one of my favorite characters--especially when he's yelling at the Bursar, or even better, torturing the Dean.

Aw hell, I like them all. Except Rincewind. I want to like him--but I just can't.

[bee]

I so need to pick up Making Money on pay day and then just not have lunch for the rest of the week or something.

I've read and re-read the Discworld books for quite a few years now. Two of my most-loved are Thief of Time (the auditor, is it Unity?, is BRILLIANT) and Night Watch. I'm an unabashed Vimes enthusiast, I just luff him. It is disappointing there's less of Carrot and Angua in the more recent books, but for some reason still plenty of Colon and Nobby.

More witches and wizards books are desperately needed.