Discworld Series

TP is one of my heroes. The man had such a elegant way with humor.

Been reading Raising Steam but it's hard to get myself to finish his newer books since I know there are no more being made.

 

My best friend got me started on the series years ago, around when Night Watch or Thud came out can't remember which.

Best way to read is in order though. It's amazing to see his comedy within his books and his social commentary change over the years.

 

I binge read 90% of the series back when my local library actually accepted requests regarding what to stock. Our location wound up having almost all of them at some point or another and they stayed on the shelves for a long time afterward.

This is one of my favorite fantasy series ever. Pratchett's dwarfs influenced my dwarves more directly than any other version of the race in fantasy fiction...and influenced my fantastical human cultures quite a bit too.

I haven't read Snuff yet and may or may not have missed one or two others by the wayside.

 

I've read Reaper Man. Loved every seond of it.

Also: Much preffered the two games.

 

Dude check out Thief of Time. You will enjoy it.

 

Thud will go down as one of the greatest books I've ever read.
I've never felt so sorry for midgets and rocks in my life.

 

Check out Amazon if you want the Thud board game.

 

Does it also have Death in it?

 

Very much so. He has to stop a plot that would freeze time on Discworld, thus preventing anyone from dying.

 

Scwing, I'll give it a look

 

Aside from holding up the world, how much do the elephants and turtle play into the story? Do they ever stop doing what they do?

 

It's probably mostly coincidence that the official tabletop RPG books for the series happen to be my favorite tabletop RPG system on the whole. Speaking of which, GURPS just recently put out the Discworld RPG adapted from the fourth edition of the ruleset (previously there were GURPS Discworld and GURPS Discworld Also, for 3rd edition).

It's really good stuff even if you're not a roleplayer.

 

I'm a huge fan of Discworld, and I must say that Pterry's death was a profound loss to me. I've read many of his works and own most of them. They're the only books I can get my brother to read, in fact. My favorite are the Death series followed by the Wizards.

 

On the GURPS forums I and several other posters recently had it brought to our attention that "Hersheba" was a pun. Pratchett was so good about his wordplay that this one managed to slip past my radar, and that of many other long-time series fans. Djelibeybi on the other hand, I got right away.

There are probably other jokes that flew right over my head.

 

Is there a giant tree in the center of Discworld like there is in Norse mythology?

 

A giant mountain. The gods live on top of it.