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my vote would be witches abroad

In reply to Ian Archer:
The Truth

In reply to Ian Archer:

The first one I read - Reaper Man

Or Guards! Guards!

In reply to Ian Archer: soul music maybe, i tohught it was funny inventing rock music too early,
live fats die yognu

In reply to John Wood:

Or Lords & Ladies

Or Going Postal.

In reply to gear boy:

Soul Music is one of the few i didn't like, I thought it was too much of a re-hash of the hollywood one.

In reply to Ian Archer:

Maybe Lords and Ladies, maybe Strata. Bit hard to choose though!

In reply to Ian Archer:
Night Watch was, I think the pinnacle of achievement for Discworld--an amazing story told by an amazing storyteller. I think Discworld really matured with some of the later books and the way Pratchett draws parallels with our world is masterful.

Going Postal was also excellent.

In reply to Ian Archer: Lots of them although Going Postal probably has it by a short nose. Although The Truth was also very good and Thud was very insightful.

Was anyone else not that impressed with Making Money?

Dave

In reply to mostly harmless:

I didn't think it was quite up the standard of Night Watch and Going Postal ... still better than some of the earlier ones, but I agree, it didn't quite live up to expectations.

In reply to Ian Archer:

Probably Men at Arms or Guards! Guards!. The watch are my favourite characters so I always prefer the books with them in. Aside from those it'd have to be Small Gods.

In reply to Ian Archer:

And Pyramids as well. - Actually, I'm starting to struggle with this one.

In reply to Ian Archer: Small gods for me. Though I do think Sam Vimes is one of the best characters in modern fiction.

T.

In reply to Ian Archer:

Night Watch or Thud!

Saying that, I think the Tiffany Aching series stand on their own very well, and are well up there with the above, just for very different reasons.

In reply to Ian Archer: A hatfull of sky.

In reply to Ian Archer: Guard Guards. I loved Errol!

In reply to Ian Archer: No idea. One is indescernable from another.

In reply to Ian Archer: Either Jingo or Thud, i love the watch.

In reply to thomasadixon:

nicely niche there - 'end nuclear testing now!' :¬)

best book i think is tricky - i would single out sam vimes too and particulary the sam vimes / patrician relationship

In reply to Ian Archer: Thief of time was great, however i did also enjoy jingo

In reply to Ian Archer: Monsterous Regiment

In reply to Ian Archer:
second vote for small gods.

In reply to Ian Archer:

Colour of Magic for me.

Particularly look forward to the appearances of death.

Oh and Ghenghiz Cohen!

In reply to Ian Archer:
thats a surprisingly hard one actually-
maybe Going Postal has it.

though Men at Arms was a total classic, as was Interesting Times.
cant we split it into best with each character group?

the Watch- Men at Arms
Witches- Masquerade
Death- Soul Music
Rincewind- Interesting times
and anyone else- Going Postal.

there you go.

In reply to rich:

In reply to rich:

It does count as a Discworld book, right? Great story anyway


It is hard! Might do what Zepyr said and pick the best per character. I'd say Thief of Time apart from the regular characters though and it's close between Sourcery and Interesting Times for Rincewind. Pretty much all great books really

In reply to Alex Roddie:

At his best I'd say he is entertaining - but never excellent.

That being said I've read most of them and Lords and Ladies and
Small Gods get my vote.

Monstrous Regiment was terrible.

Mort for Death
witches abroad for Granny
guards guards for Vimes







oh.......... and any with the pictsie's

In reply to Ian Archer:

Is this a troll thread to lure out all the geeks for some kind of public flaming?

Small gods gets my vote...

In reply to Ian Archer:

Generally, it's whichever one I've just finished reading.

I've probably read Lords and Ladies, Reaper Man, and Guards Guards the mostest, possibly with Pyramids in there too.

Of the more recent ones, Night Watch is superb, Thud carries on nicely from the brilliant The Fifth Elephant and...

...if I carry on, I will name almost all of them...

Although I haven't re-read the last one yet. Making Money.

In reply to Ian Archer:

I've just heard that Terry Pratchet has got Alzheimers.

That explains why he's been writing the same book for 20 years.

In reply to Ian Archer:
Lords and Ladies for me for Discworld traditional series, but overall favourite is Wintersmith.

I likes 'Wheres my cow' just because for about 2 months afterwards the whole of my family kept asking each other where it was. Terry Pratchett is fantastic-shame on the person above who insulted him!

In reply to hetaher:
Agreed. Practchett's a great author (even though to admit to liking him is a bit anoraky these days) and seems like a genuinely nice bloke. Don't think anyone who respects him is going to find such a glib remark witty or funny.

In reply to Ian Archer:

Without a doubt.....Mort. Fantastic in it's own right AND it brings us Death who SPEAKS LIKE THIS!

In reply to Ian Archer: The Last Hero. Great story, hilarious pictures....

In reply to Dr Avid: Going Postal, Its the only book i have read out of choice in my adult life, and i darent read another in case I'm disappointed

In reply to Ian Archer: Small Gods with out doubt. Smiting with thunderbolts is genius.

In reply to antwan: Much past his best now IMHO Still worth the read but anything from Mort through to Men At Arms is much better.

In reply to Ian Archer:
All the books with Sam Vimes and his Constabulary. Really fancy the werewolf girl (can't think of her name at the mo).

In reply to iceaxe: Just remembered her name -Angua

In reply to Ian Archer:
Just in cases anyones interested:
Terry Pratchett was the guest on "On the Ropes" on Radio 4 this week - he was rather brilliant, based on that interview I like him even more. Available on 'listen again' from here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/ontheropes.shtml

In reply to deepsoup:

Thanks for that link really enjoyed listening to it.

Can't decide on my favourite book, possibly "Thud", but Sam Vimes is my favourite character. Am currently enjoying re-reading them, also it's something else to share with my 12 year old son who's also a great fan.

In reply to Ian Archer:

i love the Vimes books, but i would go for Soul Music.