L. Marcus Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The Light Fantastic kicks it all off with a bang. As you apparently like S&S, Alice, you'll def'nitely like Ankh-Morpork - nastier than Elweir will ever be in a year of mondays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I've read a little about it. I think. So far, I've read Small Gods and Monstrous Regiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Small Gods . . . In my view, a masterpiece of serious comedy. Another favourite is Hogfather. And Thief Of Time. And The Last Continent. And all of them together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hey, we actually own Thief of Time. I just haven't gotten around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I haven't read them, but I know the characters via a wierd way ... one my rivals in an electronic football (soccer) league had a team named the Sourcerors [sic] of Ankh-Mopork. The Luggage was their star goalkeeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER No love for the story about Barbara admiring my chest? Hm. I guess you had to be there.Okay, I'll express my love for your chest story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Small Gods is by far my favorite Discworld book, Om rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Okay, I'll express my love for your chest story. Thank you. ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Thank you. ^ v ^I once said "Nice rack!" to a co-worker. He was carrying a server rack at the time, but I still thought it was a funny thing to say at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER A couple of years ago one of our Help Desk ladies--a fairly attractive blonde with a balcony you could read Shakespeare off of--had a stack of those extra large rubber bands on her desk. We were in a playful mood that day and had been randomly shooting the little green rubber bands at each other. She's not normally a playful type, but got into the spirit of things. She was wearing a plunging neckline at the time. She called me over and said, "You want to try these?" My reply was something like, "Wow, those are some big ones." It took us both a couple of seconds to figure out why everyone else was laughing so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I once said "Nice rack!" to a co-worker. He was carrying a server rack at the time, but I still thought it was a funny thing to say at the time. it is funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER It was a Discworld thing. Never heard of the Luggage? The Luggage later finds a female Luggage and has children with it in Interesting Times. Married...with children Luggage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The Light Fantastic kicks it all off with a bang. As you apparently like S&S' date=' Alice, you'll def'nitely like Ankh-Morpork - nastier than Elweir will ever be in a year of mondays.[/quote'] NO NO NO ! Here I invoke MrVimes (the poster that is) The first book is the Colour of Magic then it is the Light Fantastic. These you have to read as a pair. It sets everything else up from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER We have a Goon Squad? Well Zornwil and I do some sub-contracting work for this. There's not much people will not do when threatened by a giant radioactive fire breathing lizard or a giant insane eating machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hey' date=' we actually own [i']Thief of Time[/i]. I just haven't gotten around to it. Well with some of the books you have to read others first otherwise you miss quite a bit. You can't read for example Eric or Interesting Times without having read The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic first as this introduces Rincewind and the Luggage. Guards ! Guards ! should be read as the start of the chronicles of Carrot and Mr Sam Vimes (the character not the poster). Certainly you can't read Jingo before that. I forget offhand as the network is offline the order of some of the rest but I'll post that later. Mort is the fourth book and takes a good look at Death. When Death decides to take an apprentice. Reaper Man should be read after that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Just adding another post to the thread. Move along move along. THis isn't the thread you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER oh but it is... it's such a sexy thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Again with Terry Pratchett read Equal Rites before Witches Abroad Lords and Ladies and Maskerade. Read Men at Arms after Guards ! Guards ! Read the Nightwatch after Feet of Clay and after Men at Arms Several of the later books are stand alone but the must reads are Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort and Guards Guards. Not out of preference but because they introduce many of the recurring characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I'm curious. Are the books numbered or anything so that if I went to the book store I would know which one was which, assuming that I hadn't read the above posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER No they are not numbered. Although on the insides of the book it should give the running order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well Zornwil and I do some sub-contracting work for this. There's not much people will not do when threatened by a giant radioactive fire breathing lizard or a giant insane eating machine. You have a good point there . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I know I saw on online flow chart for what order to read each set of novels. But I lost it, and hadn't bothered bookmarking it. It's linked around here somewhere. Maybe Keith Curtis has it . . . Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Colour Of Magic starts it all. The Light Fantastic has Herenna the Henna-Haired Harridan and Cohen the Octogenarian Barbarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The books are not numbered. While it helps to read some books in a certain order ... part of the charm of Discworld is that really, you can read them in whatever order you want to. Personally I think Pratchett never had them numbered so people would purposely read them "out of order" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The Truth got to be called the 25th Discworld Novel on the cover (of the British paperback, at least). Another favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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