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Old 07-08-2006, 10:23 AM   #466
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I have read every Pratchett book there is, as far as I know. The man is a genious.
Amen to that! I worship the ground upon wich Pterry walks.

I have read all of them (except for Thud which isn't out inpaperback here yet) I have almost all his books too, there's maybe 5 of the 27 or so I don't have yet. I also still need to get science of discworld 3.
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Old 07-08-2006, 03:52 PM   #467
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Doppelganger. A friend of mine's first published novel. Reviews and sales have been good enough that she just got another two-book deal for as-yet-unwritten books. End sales pitch.
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Old 07-09-2006, 01:08 PM   #468
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I have read every Pratchett book there is, as far as I know. The man is a genious.
I'm really looking forward to Wintersmith. It's been way too long since we've had a good story about the witches.

BTW, I always order my Discworld books from amazon.co.uk, even though I live in the US. Does anyone know why the US editions get such sucky cover art?
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Old 07-09-2006, 01:34 PM   #469
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Mneh, I dont like the ones about the witches myself, I prefer the ones about the Watch, though the ones about the Wizards are a close second.
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Old 07-09-2006, 01:36 PM   #470
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I like the ones in which Death appears, especially the one where he got laid off, Reaper Man. Awesome deadpan humor he has, Death. Scything wheat one stalk at a time. Priceless.
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Old 07-09-2006, 02:00 PM   #471
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Yeah, the death ones are cool, but not my favorites. Mort and Reaper Man were good, though.

My all-time favorite Diskworld book would have to be Soul Music, though.
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Old 07-09-2006, 02:01 PM   #472
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Yeah, Death is high on my list as well. Death as Santa Claus was also priceless

I do like the Watch. It just feels like we've heard an awful lot about Sam Vimes over the past few years, and not as much about some of the other characters.
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Old 07-09-2006, 05:46 PM   #473
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Off Season by Jack Ketchum.
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Old 07-10-2006, 03:20 PM   #474
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My favourite Discworldian character set is the Watch, although I agree we've been getting quite a lot of Vimes and less of the others. Rincewind books come second.

My favourite book is The Last Continent, where Rincewind ends up on XXXX.
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Old 07-11-2006, 04:05 PM   #475
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Old 07-11-2006, 04:23 PM   #476
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Old 07-12-2006, 12:55 PM   #477
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Just got THE CORRECTIONS and Willa Cather's MY ANTONIA (I LOVE Willa Cather!) it's raining (and, recently, tornado-ing) here, so good day to indulge the book bug.
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Old 07-12-2006, 01:13 PM   #478
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Ah , Catcher in the rye .... Tight prose and thought . Love it . Love the scene with the little sister on the roundabout .

Have you read the book by his daughter , Margaret Salinger ? Dream Catcher } a memoir .

' My childhood was a world that dangled between dream and nightmare on a gossamer thread my parents wove without the reality of solid ground to catch a body should he or she fall' .

I never mix the personal qualities of the author with the masterpiece , but there is nothing wrong with being interested in Salinger as a person .
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Old 07-12-2006, 01:14 PM   #479
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Nothing wrong with that. Besides, this thread's pretty much ongoing.
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