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Sir Terry Pratchett
He wrote these incredible books
These books are, in short, beautifully crafted works of literature. Most take place in the same universe called the Discworld in Lancre or in Ankh-Morpork or wherever Rincewind ends up.
The discworld
On top of four elephants on the back of the great A'tuin (whose sex is still unknown), hurtling through space. Yes, you can fall off the rim.
Are you ready for incredible quotes?
Books that take place in exotic lands
Yup, he's got em.
Do you want strong female characters?
Oh, so many. There's Weatherwax, Ogg, Susan, Tiffany, Angua, just to name a few. God, so great. SOOOOOOO great.
Or maybe you're looking for some awesome wizards?
They even have an orangutan as a librarian. Don't call him a monkey.
This awesome guy?
Sam Vimes, head of the Night Watch
His crew
OH! There are so many different races, from golems to werewolves to vampires, fairies, dwarves, gods, and so much more.
Or it's possible you want the greatest character of all time?
He's my personal favorite. Death is a common character because he's, well, death, so he appears whenever characters die. But he's just the neatest thing in the world. And he has a horse called Binky!
Do you want actually decent movies that stay completely true to the book?
Seriously, they do it right.
Or something for the holidays?
It has the wizards, death, the hogfather (santa), the greatest villain ever, and Susan Death.
Do you want cats?
Okay, there's not a ton of cats. But doesn't matter.
Holiday tax
Seriously though, Pratchett is incredible and this book series is phenomenal.
balmut
Death isn't cruel, just terribly good at his job
PsychopompGecko
WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?
LurkMcgurt
I love Mort and Reaper man
regnant
The Going Postal mini series was pretty awesome too!
kahavi
I will always, ALWAYS, really fucking always upvote Sir Pterry.
Bearhugger70
Best writer of a generation. So sad that he passed away! The last of the Tiffany Aching books was very poignant.
ThisTreeIsDurRunk
http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com
FlyingSpaghettiMonsieur
Somebody help me out here. I read the hogfather. What next??
SiegmundNYC
City Watch: Guards, Men-Arms, Snuff, Night Watch, Fifth Elephant, Thud, Jingo. Postal/Money/Steam. Then all: watch for Vimes and Patrician.
WolfPackMedic
There's a map kinda thingy that helps with what order to read things in, you can just Google Discworld reading order
indeededo
A wizard's staff has a knob on the end.
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
Yadda yadda something about buggering a hedgehog!!
GuinnessSteve
I'd like to add that Sir Terry is not only a novelist, but in my mind a modern day philosopher. I've read the whole series at least twice.
Qualtagh
"Nation" is a great one for philosophy
caelinus
He absolutely is. His books are remarkably effective at communicating that philosophy. And they do it in such a non threatening way.
KnightofRenown
Sigh. *was.
IHavePinball
It really is a shame... I was really sad to hear it :(
caelinus
You actually say is when talking about the works of an author. Though he has passed, his words and philosophy still speak to us.
Beagollum
OOK
flyashy
What I really love about his books is the subtle under-laying commentary on human race. He was truly brilliant.
actinistia
I saw the last half of Hogfather one misty christmas eve when i was 12. Imagine my excitement when i learned it was part of a book series!
IOnlyPostWhenIDrink
Good post fellow. I've read Guards! Guards! So far and his writing style is unparalleled
GuinnessSteve
He only got better with age. You're in for some great times.
Bearhugger70
And some interesting ones!
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
Turtles all the way down
Cynistera
I keep telling people that but they won't believe me.
j1124
Just finished re-reading all the discworld books. They're amazing and will always be my favorites. Especially Night watch and Mort.
F1L0Y1
All of the books with Sam Vimes and the Night Watch were my favorites.
Bearhugger70
Night Watch was a work of genius.
j1124
Agreed. Absolutely!
thefantasticapparent
I miss a man I've never met. I grew up with his books and can't bring myself to read his last novel
RuthlesserLucifer
Anyone else think Sam Vimes looks suspiciously like Dennis Quaid?
PSIhateyou
Sean Astin looks a bit like Mark Hamill there too.
steezypowpow
They kind of both do. Obviously not Tim
ElectrikPhil
Yes, I was about to say the same thing until I saw your comment
Jongur
I thought it was...definitely not Randy Quaid.
Bellicose
Randy Quaid can play colon, in one half of the best Dickinson and associated joke ever
Bellicose
Dick and Ass
willowed
Was just scrolling down to comment that. First thing I thought!
GuinnessSteve
In that particular picture, yes. I've always thought the description of him was more like Clint Eastwood, though.
Techneck
My first thought was Josh Brolin!
Locaha
Pratchett always saw him as Peter Postlethwaite
BingleyBingleyBeep
Didn't know that, but it's good enough for me.
Locaha
If you read Where's My Cow he looks just like him, and apparently Sir Terry said that he'd want him to play vimes if a film were made
Techneck
My first thought was Josh Brolin!
FangornRoots
Dennis Quaid is all, and all is Dennis Quaid
flyashy
I always imagined Sam Vimes played by a younger than now Fred Ward. Eastwood seemed too handsome, not craggy enough.
exceedinglygoodcork
I was thinking Blendyourdick Cabbagepatch
IronAndGems
My immediate thought.
d33zo
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
Thanks. I'd never seen that. Now I'm crying on Christmas Eve.
d33zo
np, manly tears are appropiate in this case, the only time i was that sad was when robert jordan died, great authors die way 2 soon
GuinnessSteve
And I'm chopping onions...
Alexpander4
Personally I found the colour of magic and the light fantastic to be a little haphazard, but after that is pure gokd
TheStealthHippopotamus
Easily the worst of the books.
whitewater0034
+1 for correct spelling of colour of magic unlike the ops post!!!
Toratios
*pure glod
fruust
The paragraphs about glod are golden
phssthpok
gloden, even
Alexpander4
Gold dammit
bregma
The phrase "gold dammit" is definitely a dwarven epithet.
phssthpok
gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, glod, gold,...
ExperimentKraj
The first three books are almost completely retconned by the end of the series' run. *shrug*
fruust
I feel like he tried to be Douglas Adams with his first two books and then found his own style.
CountVorkosigan
Really in the series you can see his full arc as an author. From the rough beginnings, the solid middle, and the degradation at the end.
Bearhugger70
I didn't detect any degradation. Just more solid characters in great stories. Oh and the Aching series was aimed at youngsters.
TheOddsAreGoodButTheGoodsAreOdd
Love everything he wrote until raising steam... that one imo was a disaster :(
caelinus
There is some, but it is forgivable considering his mental decline. They are really good considering what he was dealing with.
dpidcoe
There were quite a few books towards the end that were just haphazard and forgettable. Missed jokes, rough transitions, incoherent plots etc
AHatFullOfSky
He also had Alzheimer's so...
dpidcoe
yeah, it was probably starting to show around that point.
BlackLabsAreBest
This is absolutely right. I feel a lot of people could be put off by starting at the beginning. I would even say the first two are poor.
MyDangusYaDingus
My first Pratchett was Small Gods. In hind sight, it was a great place to start. :)
Alexpander4
My first was wee free men
OSCgal
Yeah, I couldn't get into The Colour of Magic. Then I read Thief of Time and was hooked.
marchosisima
Is there a proper order in which to read these books?
agalzoff
http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-20.jpg
agalzoff
As I was told once, "there are many opinions for where one can start. However, they are all wrong and one should start with guards! guards!"
cyrasil
I would start with Small Gods, it's quite stand alone (and one of my favourites, which did not influence my recommendation at all)
agalzoff
order guide to see other characters' stories you want to follow
agalzoff
(2) This turned out to be a great suggestion so start there, and then follow those characters for a while and then reference the reading
RepostStatistics
You could also start with the Tiffany Series(Young adult novels in agalzoff image) It is kind of different but still plays on the discworld.
RepostStatistics
But i'd say for the classic start "Guards! Guards!" might be the best choice. You will read ALL THE BOOKS anyway ;)
anaccountformycat
Haha oh poor Australia http://imgur.com/t67M8AA
FarceMajeure
I think you mean XXXX
Electricfox5
No worries
anaccountformycat
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FarceMajeure
The Last Continent, the Australia visited in Discworld, was called XXXX
anaccountformycat
Ahhh I see. Haven't read the books. Just wiki mr.pratchett to check out his works and saw this
Bearhugger70
It's pronounced Fourecks.
CowboyScientist
Awww yisss, Muthafuckin' Terry Pratchett.
gressh0ppe
Favorited so I'll remember to read them! Seems exactly like what I'm looking for at the moment!
everydaygenericposter
Unpopular opinion: I read 'Mort' and didn't really like it. Do you think I'd enjoy other books in the universe better or about the same?
myfirstpostwasababyanteater
I think the Wee Free Men is from the other end. It's a children book, but I still enjoyed it immensely.
fluffybones
Mort has one of my all time favourite Pratchett quotes so I can't knock it!!!!!!!!
ExperimentKraj
I guess there's no accounting for BEING WRONG ABOUT A GREAT BOOK.
Notjustachicken
better.. try one of the guards series
bigfloppydonkydong
Color of magic is the worst book I've ever read. Not sure if I want to try another.
bigfloppydonkydong
/2 author spends too much time on universe and not enough time holding a cohesive thought. Too many plots that go nowhere.
bigfloppydonkydong
3/ formatting sucked. Author changed thoughts constantly with no page break or marker. Not just kindle version .. Paper back the same.
Echo18
You definitely should. Color of Magic was kind of a mess. The later books get better. I started with 'Guards, Guards'.
ANewFrenchStrikeEveryDay
Moving Pictures or Guards ! Guards !
phssthpok
Try Wyrd Sisters and the rest of the witches books.
B3holder
Try later books, the style kept changing a bit as the series progressed. The style of each book also depends on who are the main characters.
thejudeanpeoplesfront
This needs all my upvotes
randombullshitguy
No mention of the patrician vetinary? One of my favorites, but all of his books are amazing. It is a tragedy that we lost him last year
Rogahar
*Vetinari. Havelock Vetinari. And yes, the Assassin's Guild has been informed of your mistake.
isengrimr
Veni, Vici... Vetinari.
randombullshitguy
Oh man that is one of my favorite lines.
xosmi
It hasn't even been a year yet, he only passed away the 12th of March, 2015.
randombullshitguy
Man that's depressing, his books were the first real series I got into when I was younger
ThisTreeIsDurRunk
http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com
PsychopompGecko
UnemployedReceptionist
Happy Hogswatch, every one!!!
philipbergen
DARK IN HERE, ISN'T IT?
ApatheticDropbear
Sǫᴜᴇᴇᴋ!
nortotron
Funny how just seeing the CAPS sets my inner voice off. Such great writing.
philipbergen
Boom boom goes the tombstones.
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
Also, the room.
philipbergen
I loved Thud! the most. Deep-downer dwarfs that worship Glod and don't trust people that have seen the light. Fabulous
PsychopompGecko
My first was Reaper Man and it's still one of my favorites. Pretty much anything with a lot of the wizards in it is great.
Keru
I fucking loved Fifth Elephant as well. That story about Agi Hammerthief is proper myth.
balmut
Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?
ThisTreeIsDurRunk
http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/
verydisgruntled
I'll send a clacks
ChloeRed
I don't think that will ever stop, esp with so many servers having pterry's name in their headers.. Mine does.
Woofbloodywoof
GNU Pterry, Brings a tear to my eye every time.
Lionblade
What is GNU Pterry, please?
Woofbloodywoof
G is for pass on the message, N is for "Not logged" and U is turn around at the end. In the books when a telegrapher (Clacksman) dies 1/2
Woofbloodywoof
His name is put into the overhead, a continuous stream of information, with the instructions to send it back and forth forever. 2/3
TheMagicGoat
The discworld version of the telegraph has the code GNU, which essentially means it stays in the system forever. The inventor 1/2
TheMagicGoat
of the clacks then puts his son's name in the system with that code so that he stays alive as long as the clacks does.
tonythetard
@OP you missed the chance to talk about Death on all caps. SMH. Upvoting but still, SMH.
QueenRhythm
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IAmDeathAndIAmNotFunAtParties
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OMGAREYOUKIDDING
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Lunareala
I love everyone commenting on this post and OP for making it. RIP Terry. <3
HardiSMH
You called?
Julit1740
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j2hkmrmu8mzevfh/AAAf-cWO269QKzxTe_teyPsUa?dl=0
F1L0Y1
Awesome!
ExperimentKraj
Seriously? Let people buy the damn things.
ChuckTingleBattlesTheAssGoblinsofAuschwitz
This is a man's hard work. Buy books, people.
Julit1740
Don't get me wrong I own about 15 of his books. I saw this in another Terry Pratchett thread and thought it might be appreciated.
foreveraphone
I am so embarrassed you have no idea.
ImFreakinAwesome
You forgot they made an awesome movie out of " Going Postal" as well.
ZirconiumX
Wᴇʟʟ. Nᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ.
VeryLargePeppers
He is my favorite Author in the world. Reaper man made me cry. I've always loved his books
VeryLargePeppers
Not in particular. Just jump right in, some of them tie together. Try starting with The Wee free men or Going Postal.
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
YES. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THIS OUT.
koopaya
NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS RIDING A CAT? THE DEATH OF RATS WOULD RIDE SOME KIND OF DOG.
desertbear87
Omg. Gonna reread Reaper Man now
pnrjojba
you can read???
xosmi
ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴏғ ᴄᴀᴘs, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ'ʟʟ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ɪᴛ.
ApatheticDropbear
Sǫᴜᴇᴇᴋ!
Tuoni
Ook?
girlpants
Yes, but I don't quite see more bananas will fix this bloody mess..