Pratchett

I came all the way from hating him, to kind of liking him, to being nostalgic about his books.

So, what do you guys think, postfactum? Post how many books you've read, what you currently think about Pratchett, and if you liked some of his books, which were your favourite?

I read about 10 books, liked about 5, and my favourites are Thud and Night Watch. Night Watch was overall quality literature, can't argue with that; while Thud had _the_ best and most fascinating, yet utterly believable and non-alien description of a fantasy culture in any fiction I ever read, but wasn't all that good of a book on itself. Hat Full of Sky had some decent moments, although all of Pratchett's witches are too realistically female for my tastes.

Read everything he's done apart from what has come out in the last couple of years. Own about 7 of his books, but borrowed a lot and found a torrent with his complete works (at the time). Loved every single one.
By the way, Pratchett is the most shoplifted author in England.

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who would be stupid enough to shoplift terry pratchett wtf

why don't I just go shoplift harry potter

I literally just finished The Light Fantastic. I've also read Mort, Guards! Guards, Eric, and The Colour of Magic, in that order. I have Men at Arms here waiting for me to start, and when I finish that I intend to pick up Equal Rites, Sourcery, Reaper Man and Pyramids.

I just discovered Pratchett's Discworld about 2 months ago, and I really can't get enough. My favorite is easily Guards! Guards!, my least being CoM. Love the humor, it's so natural and he manages to touch on every cliche you could possibly think of. The characters are all fun and colorful. And I love how he works in very poignant, thought provoking moments: Like the Patrician's speech at the end of Guards, or the creation of the world and the depiction of Hell (Monotony being true suffering is so spot on) in Eric. Plus the use of vocabulary is excellent. I've learned dozens of new words from the Discworld novels. Pratchett is a master of the English language.

My only general complaint about the Discworld novels is that some of them have wonky endings. The duel and subsequent resolution at the end of Mort felt very forced. Eric ends on a fairly surreal cliffhanger, and so on. Sometimes loose ends don't seem to get tied up very well or at all, though they very well could be in volumes I haven't read yet (example: Twoflower returning to the Empire at the end of TLF when in CoM it was stated the Emperor wanted him dead).

tl;dr Love Discworld, can't wait to read more!

I got into Pratchett because our high school did a production of Guards! Guards!... Our headmaster cut one of the best lines after opening night.

Nobbs: "Sodding arseholes."
Vimes: "Corporal Nobbs, you are in uniform!"
Nobbs: "Sorry, sir. Sodding arseholes, SIR!"

He didn't approve.