How many Discworld novels have you read?
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by james.a.vivian » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:26 pm
I enjoyed strata, the whole burying bones for future inhabitants and terra forming planets was a fun idea.
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by Who's Wee Dug » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:35 pm
Strata was good and Dark side of the Sun ok but not as good as Strata. 
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by snowballs » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:43 pm
Who's Wee Dug wrote:Strata was good and Dark side of the Sun ok but not as good as Strata.
Yeah Strata was a really nice read.
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by pip » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:03 pm
Strata was quite good especially as you can see the roots of the Discworld concept in it but Darkside is a fair bit weaker to be honest.
Its a bit all over the place and was , i feel , a step in Terry finding himself as a writer.
Its a bit all over the place and was , i feel , a step in Terry finding himself as a writer.
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by snowballs » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:18 pm
It is actually good with darkside to see that Terry is actually human. But I agree that it was all over the place and the ending was....................
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by pip » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:22 pm
snowballs wrote:It is actually good with darkside to see that Terry is actually human. But I agree that it was all over the place and the ending was....................
exactly.
Oddly enough i liked the earlier work of carpet people which predated this and is much more coherant a story.
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by Tonyblack » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:26 pm
Did you read the original version of Carpet People, or the one he revised much later?pip wrote:snowballs wrote:It is actually good with darkside to see that Terry is actually human. But I agree that it was all over the place and the ending was....................
exactly.
Oddly enough i liked the earlier work of carpet people which predated this and is much more coherant a story.
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by pip » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:33 pm
Both. Got the recent rerelease of the updated version but had a copy of it minus illustrations as well as a raggy copy of the original original .
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by pip » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:14 pm
Antiq wrote:I think I'm up to about 35 or so, lots to look forward to. Just started reading Strata
Wish i still had a few unread . Ah well.
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by pip » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:16 pm
snowballs wrote:I've read all mine at least twice.
Think ISWM is the only one i haven't read twice.
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by pip » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:20 pm
I shall wear midnight. The last book. The fourth Tiffany book
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