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Postby ZawBanjito on Fri May 11, 2007 6:40 am

Iliad wrote:Tiffany aching was good, Interesting times and last continent were good too! What are you talking about. If you had actually been in Australia or knew anything about it you would've enjoyed it too.


Sorry, I've not been to Australia, or China for that matter. But I have seen both Crocodile Dundee and Hong Kong Phooey, so I'm PRETTY SURE I know Pratchett's source material!

WHAT are you talking about, "if I'd been to Australia"? That book was one goofball stereotype after another strung together without order or reason. Oh, hey, the continent is called Fourecks! Hahahaha, it's named after a slightly popular beer! I think that's supposed to be funny or something!!!
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Postby ZawBanjito on Fri May 11, 2007 6:42 am

Guiscard wrote:I actually think either Interesting Times or Feet of Clay are my favourite books overall! I prefer the books in the Guards and Death series for their continuity and I like the way jokes and plot-lines carry through to an extent. The newer books seem to pick a 'theme' (say the Library or Post Office) and go with that. As I said before, though, I can see their merits so don't jump down my throat with caps-lock :D


I WILL BURN YOU AT THE STAKE GUISCARD. THE FIRE WILL BE FUELED WITH COPIES OF INTERESTING TIMES AND THOUSANDS WILL GATHER AROUND TO SING SOLEMN HYMNS OF JOY AS YOUR FLESH BROWNS AND CURLS AND YOUR SCREAMS CARRY TO THE SKY.

We'll keep Feet of Clay. We see your point with that one.
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Postby Iliad on Sat May 12, 2007 12:37 am

ZawBanjito wrote:
Iliad wrote:Tiffany aching was good, Interesting times and last continent were good too! What are you talking about. If you had actually been in Australia or knew anything about it you would've enjoyed it too.


Sorry, I've not been to Australia, or China for that matter. But I have seen both Crocodile Dundee and Hong Kong Phooey, so I'm PRETTY SURE I know Pratchett's source material!

WHAT are you talking about, "if I'd been to Australia"? That book was one goofball stereotype after another strung together without order or reason. Oh, hey, the continent is called Fourecks! Hahahaha, it's named after a slightly popular beer! I think that's supposed to be funny or something!!!

Actually it was funny Especially if you had experienced the australian environment and knew what each of the joke was about.

For instance do you remember how the aboriginals painted hands and Rincewind rambled on? Aboriginals do that. If you had been to Australia you would've understood more jokes.
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Postby MeDeFe on Sat May 12, 2007 4:54 am

No worries?


And ZawBanjito, keep in mind that satire and parody don't have to refer to the real world. This would be the case with the early books and some of the witch ones.
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Postby Tommy Hobbes on Sat May 12, 2007 12:28 pm

hogfather is still the best
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Postby gethine on Sat May 12, 2007 3:21 pm

i would say that the vimes books are among the most consistently great books - pratchett has struck a perfect balance between the surrealism and a linear narrative with a plot that is believable(in a discworld sense!)
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Postby Iliad on Sun May 13, 2007 4:56 am

bump
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Postby Iliad on Mon May 14, 2007 4:59 am

again bump.
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Postby MeDeFe on Mon May 14, 2007 1:57 pm

double bump
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Postby Lord_Paul on Mon May 14, 2007 4:51 pm

Personally, Thud was my favorite, but I think that Small Gods was good also.
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Postby Iliad on Tue May 15, 2007 2:04 am

Lord_Paul wrote:Personally, Thud was my favorite, but I think that Small Gods was good also.

Small gods was awesome.
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Postby helmut on Tue May 15, 2007 4:28 am

Personally, I didn't like any of his books except "Good Omens", which he wrote with Neil Gaiman. I highly recommend it. It's one of those books that is actually gut-wrenchingly funny.
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Postby Iliad on Tue May 15, 2007 4:36 am

helmut wrote:Personally, I didn't like any of his books except "Good Omens", which he wrote with Neil Gaiman. I highly recommend it. It's one of those books that is actually gut-wrenchingly funny.

really? What books of his have you read?
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Postby funkeymunkey on Tue May 15, 2007 7:17 am

whos terry?
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Postby Iliad on Wed May 16, 2007 3:41 am

funkeymunkey wrote:whos terry?

OMG
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Postby firth4eva on Wed May 16, 2007 2:38 pm

long live iliad (and terry. i like his books)
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