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Postby ShadowNinjaCat » Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:01 pm

Welcome angela1221 :D
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Postby chuckie » Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:17 pm

Welcome Angela 1221. :)
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Postby Guitarist on top of Pole » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:04 pm

Forgive me for this one heresy, but my favourite Terry Pratchett novel is probably Good Omens.

Aside from that, Guards Guards, The Last Continent, Small Gods, Moving Pictures and (shock) Soul Music are all on my favourites list.
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Postby Who's Wee Dug » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:27 pm

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Postby michelanCello » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:41 pm

Welcome to the forum, Guitarist on the... top... of... the... huh... *catches for breath* Pole... :wink:
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Postby Tonyblack » Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:33 pm

Guitarist on top of Pole wrote:Forgive me for this one heresy, but my favourite Terry Pratchett novel is probably Good Omens.

Aside from that, Guards Guards, The Last Continent, Small Gods, Moving Pictures and (shock) Soul Music are all on my favourites list.
Nothing wrong with Good Omens. :wink: A lot of people have gotten into the Discworld series from reading Good Omens. And a lot of Pratchett fans have read Neil Gaiman because of it.

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Postby bikkit » Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:27 pm

goodomensismyfovouritenowtoo :D
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Postby mystmoon » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:01 am

Just don't make same mistake i did and type good omens into deviantART *shudders*
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Postby FirstoftheGangtoDie » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm

Feet of clay will always be my favourite, as it was my first so holds much sentimental value..but I think the best as such would be Fifth elephant or Jingo! All the joy of Vimes feeling out of his element, who could say no!
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Postby james.a.vivian » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:08 am

I'm with firstofthegangtodie feet of clay was a masterpiece, but you can't go past a good granny story either.
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Postby poohcarrot » Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:38 pm

Yes, you can! Pyramids! :P
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Postby Teppic » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:33 am

My top 3 so far, in really no particular order

Pyramids
Night Watch
Small Gods

Also, Thud!, Feet of Clay, and Going Postal are superb, but probably these three not quite as good as the first books I mentioned, which all seem to have another level of depth to them in the ideas they're exploring.

Looking forward to getting into the Witches and Wizards novels next.
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Postby poohcarrot » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:40 am

Hi Teppic. :P

May I say what an excellent list. It's good to see newbies with such refined tastes. :P

However, I think the word "no" was surplus to requirements in your first sentence. :wink:
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Postby DaveC » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:46 am

poohcarrot wrote:Hi Teppic. :P

May I say what an excellent list. It's good to see newbies with such refined tastes. :P

However, I think the word "no" was surplus to requirements in your first sentence. :wink:
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Postby Teppic » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:47 am

Too hard to separate them I'm afraid. As much as you want me to name Pyramids as #1, I can't. It'd be unfair on the others. :)
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