The Discworld Thread

I'm with you there. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it didn't particularly feel like it was set on the Disc. (And, perhaps ironically, I felt that Vimes and his cohorts were shoe-horned in, though I can forgive it everything for that scene at the end where Polly finds her brother.)

Monstrous Regiment was probably my least favourite of the Discworld books that I've read. The Running Gag went on for a few steps too long.

Agree, the vampire and that troll's reveal as females was pointless and lame, also there should have been at least one male recruit.

Monstrous Regiment is actually one of the first Discworld books I read, and to be honest, I think it's duller than the other ones. I dunno, I just felt that the book was too out-of-place within the series.

Have to agree on the critism on MR. Least favourite book to me is UA, though. I don't know. It felt more like a fanfiction to me. And up to this day I would still love to know why the orc is deemed a good character, even a CMOA by himself by some.

Favourite books though are Last Continent, Men at Arms, and Going Postal

edited 25th Sep '11 2:44:56 PM by LilMaibe

I've just finished The Last Continent last week. It is the most hilarious Discworld book I've ever read. The light-heartedness is a refreshing change, given the really dark tones of the previous books. I always enjoy seeing the UU faculty interact. They are a fun cast of supporting characters.

I think it amazing to see how well the story comes together in Last Continent. (See 'stable timeloop') (Though it leads to another point that bothered me in UA: If in the new continuity given by UA the night kitchen existed at the time of LC the events of LC might likely never have taken place and, seeing the Morporkian mentality, there wouldn't be cities on Fourecks, which means no bugarup university etc)

>Agree, the vampire and that troll's reveal as females was pointless and lame, also there should have been at least one male recruit.

That was the point; that it was ultimately pointless for a very large portion of the army. The whole book was Terry taking a shit on Sweet Polly Oliver.

I also just read The Last Continent. It was hillarious, though I felt the ending was a bit sudden.

Just got The Art of Discworld, and now Death and Rincewind's images are on Wikipedia. Anyone want to help in making a TV Tropes article for the first Discworld game?

edited 26th Sep '11 8:53:36 AM by MangaManiac

I've just got The Art of Discworld too. INSTANT ARTGASM. Paul Kidby's drawings are gorgeous.

The Discworld videogame? I'm afraid I cannot help you, since I have never played any Discworld video games.

Time Monks. Seriously, its well established that the Discworld Timeline is more of a rag rug than Germany before Bismarck.

edited 26th Sep '11 1:56:30 PM by 3of4

well yes, but usually there had always been a lot of fridge brilliance in new additions. Seeing things like the mentioned night kitchen and what it means to earlier events makes me sad. Unless it turns out in Snuff that Lobsang did what one should never do upon putting something as essential as time back together again: Tried to 'improve' things.

Haven't played the first game yet. (I enjoyed the other two.) Sorry.

The Art of Discworld is beautiful. Of all the many, many great pictures in it, for some reason I particularly enjoyed Ronnie, the Fifth Horseman, with a fractal pattern on his shield and butterflies filling the sky.

I've read Reaper Man, Going Postal, and Small Gods. :3 I liked all of them. :3

Anyone else bought or read Snuff? I'm about half-way through and I think its really good, better than UA, but not the absolute best... I prefer Vimes to the Wizards and I prefer Death to Vimes, anyone else agree?

Saw it out in the shops and will get it soon. I'm glad to hear it's better than Unseen Academicals: while I thought UA was a worthy work, it seemed to be lacking a certain pizazz.

I just finished Feet of Clay. One of the best in the series, I'd say.

We haven't got Snuff here yet.

Snuff is the very first thing I'm buying when I get my paycheck this week.

I enjoyed it, although it's been a bit odd over the years watching Willikins turning from "doddering old retainer" to "merciless killing machine."

He's the quintessential gentleman's gentleman (with a thing for crossbows) - but I see what you mean, there has been some serious character development!

Thread Hop, but for good reason:

I have never read discworld.

However, I intend to fix this problem as soon as I next go to the library.

I must ask though: What books are good starting points, his most famous or his best? This is just asking for opinions.

I would personally suggest Guards Guards, it is the beginning of the City Watch "series", and one of his best books.

I like his Death books. They start with Mort, though Death appears in nearly every book.

Though, be aware that Death's character on the first two books is significantly different than his later appearances. And while we're at it, the first three books aren't like the rest. Especially the former two, which reads a lot more like a parody of the Fantasy fare.