The most recent Pratchetts I have (and treasure both) are _Thief of Time_ and _The Truth_. Have any of the Discworld novels since then been of that quality? (The first chapter of _Night Watch_ was appended to the end of one-a those, and frankly I found it so heavy-handed that it turned me _against_ checking the book out . . . .) -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Let there be another leaf. < _Small Gods_
"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:EJ-dnXEPV_1hmL3anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d@giganews.com... > The most recent Pratchetts I have (and treasure both) are _Thief of Time_ > and _The Truth_. > > Have any of the Discworld novels since then been of that quality? > > (The first chapter of _Night Watch_ was appended to the end of one-a > those, and frankly I found it so heavy-handed that it turned me _against_ > checking the book out . . . .) Night Watch is ok, but you have to stick with it. Pratchett draws from many sources and NW nods to (among other things) Les Mis and John Peel, and the founding of Scotland Yard. If you want to know how Sam Vimes rose from Watch captain to a Dukedom, read Guards! Guards! You might also want to check out Thud and Monstrous Regiment. I bought his latest one (Making Money) and it just doesn't come up to most of his work. Lacks something. Smee > > -- > tinmimus99@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > Let there be another leaf. > > < _Small Gods_ > >
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:43:08 -0700, pscissons wrote: > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:EJ-dnXEPV_1hmL3anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d@giganews.com... > >> The most recent Pratchetts I have (and treasure both) are _Thief of >> Time_ and _The Truth_. >> >> Have any of the Discworld novels since then been of that quality? >> >> (The first chapter of _Night Watch_ was appended to the end of one-a >> those, and frankly I found it so heavy-handed that it turned me >> _against_ checking the book out . . . .) > > Night Watch is ok, but you have to stick with it. Pratchett draws from > many sources and NW nods to (among other things) Les Mis and John Peel, > and the founding of Scotland Yard. > > If you want to know how Sam Vimes rose from Watch captain to a Dukedom, > read Guards! Guards! You might also want to check out Thud and Monstrous > Regiment. I bought his latest one (Making Money) and it just doesn't > come up to most of his work. Lacks something. > > Smee <mildly> _Guards! Guards!_ is the first Ankh-Morpork/ Night-/ City-Watch novel. I of course have long had it. What about _Thud_ and _Monstrous Regiment_? -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Fear is strange soil. Mostly it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground. < Pratchett
"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OeydnSRHebngFb7anZ2dnUVZ_sSlnZ2d@giganews.com... > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:43:08 -0700, pscissons wrote: > > > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:EJ-dnXEPV_1hmL3anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d@giganews.com... > > > >> The most recent Pratchetts I have (and treasure both) are _Thief of > >> Time_ and _The Truth_. > >> > >> Have any of the Discworld novels since then been of that quality? > >> > >> (The first chapter of _Night Watch_ was appended to the end of one-a > >> those, and frankly I found it so heavy-handed that it turned me > >> _against_ checking the book out . . . .) > > > > Night Watch is ok, but you have to stick with it. Pratchett draws from > > many sources and NW nods to (among other things) Les Mis and John Peel, > > and the founding of Scotland Yard. > > > > If you want to know how Sam Vimes rose from Watch captain to a Dukedom, > > read Guards! Guards! You might also want to check out Thud and Monstrous > > Regiment. I bought his latest one (Making Money) and it just doesn't > > come up to most of his work. Lacks something. > > > > Smee > > <mildly> > > _Guards! Guards!_ is the first Ankh-Morpork/ Night-/ City-Watch novel. > > I of course have long had it. > > What about _Thud_ and _Monstrous Regiment_? Well worth the money. Buy them. Thud takes Vimes and family to Uberwald where he meets the Low King and Sergeant Angua's relatives. Monstrous Regiment is the story of a truly unusual batch of recruits from Borogravia during the last messy bits of a war, and how they and Vimes settle everything. Some of Pratchett's best. Smee > > -- > tinmimus99@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > Fear is strange soil. Mostly it grows obedience like corn, which > grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the > potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground. > > < Pratchett > >
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:43:26 +0000, pscissons wrote: > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:OeydnSRHebngFb7anZ2dnUVZ_sSlnZ2d@giganews.com... > >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:43:08 -0700, pscissons wrote: >> >> > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > news:EJ-dnXEPV_1hmL3anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d@giganews.com... >> > >> >> The most recent Pratchetts I have (and treasure both) are _Thief of >> >> Time_ and _The Truth_. >> >> >> >> Have any of the Discworld novels since then been of that quality? >> >> >> >> (The first chapter of _Night Watch_ was appended to the end of one-a >> >> those, and frankly I found it so heavy-handed that it turned me >> >> _against_ checking the book out . . . .) >> > >> > Night Watch is ok, but you have to stick with it. Pratchett draws from >> > many sources and NW nods to (among other things) Les Mis and John Peel, >> > and the founding of Scotland Yard. >> > >> > If you want to know how Sam Vimes rose from Watch captain to a Dukedom, >> > read Guards! Guards! You might also want to check out Thud and Monstrous >> > Regiment. I bought his latest one (Making Money) and it just doesn't >> > come up to most of his work. Lacks something. >> > >> > Smee >> >> <mildly> >> >> _Guards! Guards!_ is the first Ankh-Morpork/ Night-/ City-Watch novel. >> >> I of course have long had it. >> >> What about _Thud_ and _Monstrous Regiment_? > > Well worth the money. Buy them. Thud takes Vimes and family to Uberwald > where he meets the Low King and Sergeant Angua's relatives. Hm? he'd already run head-on into all of the above in _The Fifth Elephant_. I still think Sergeant Delphine Angua von Uberwald would best be played in a movie by Emmanuelle Seigner: http://www.mxdpi.com/pictures/ACTRESSES/Emmanuelle_Seigner/image/076.... > Monstrous Regiment is the story of a truly unusual batch of recruits > from Borogravia during the last messy bits of a war, and how they and > Vimes settle everything. > > Some of Pratchett's best. > > Smee ok fine -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded. < Pratchett
"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:C-2dnQeZbJG90LvanZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@giganews.com... > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:43:26 +0000, pscissons wrote: > > > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:OeydnSRHebngFb7anZ2dnUVZ_sSlnZ2d@giganews.com... > > > >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:43:08 -0700, pscissons wrote: > >> > >> > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >> > news:EJ-dnXEPV_1hmL3anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d@giganews.com... > >> > > >> >> The most recent Pratchetts I have (and treasure both) are _Thief of > >> >> Time_ and _The Truth_. > >> >> > >> >> Have any of the Discworld novels since then been of that quality? > >> >> > >> >> (The first chapter of _Night Watch_ was appended to the end of one-a > >> >> those, and frankly I found it so heavy-handed that it turned me > >> >> _against_ checking the book out . . . .) > >> > > >> > Night Watch is ok, but you have to stick with it. Pratchett draws from > >> > many sources and NW nods to (among other things) Les Mis and John Peel, > >> > and the founding of Scotland Yard. > >> > > >> > If you want to know how Sam Vimes rose from Watch captain to a Dukedom, > >> > read Guards! Guards! You might also want to check out Thud and Monstrous > >> > Regiment. I bought his latest one (Making Money) and it just doesn't > >> > come up to most of his work. Lacks something. > >> > > >> > Smee > >> > >> <mildly> > >> > >> _Guards! Guards!_ is the first Ankh-Morpork/ Night-/ City-Watch novel. > >> > >> I of course have long had it. > >> > >> What about _Thud_ and _Monstrous Regiment_? > > > > Well worth the money. Buy them. Thud takes Vimes and family to Uberwald > > where he meets the Low King and Sergeant Angua's relatives. > > Hm? he'd already run head-on into all of the above in _The Fifth > Elephant_. Oops, sorry. Thud takes Vimes and family to the scene of the Koom Valley Massacre or Ambush, depending on whether you are a dwarf or a troll. By family I mean Vimes, Sybill and young Sam. And members of the Night Watch of course. > > I still think Sergeant Delphine Angua von Uberwald would best be played in > a movie by Emmanuelle Seigner: > > http://www.mxdpi.com/pictures/ACTRESSES/Emmanuelle_Seigner/image/076.... > > > Monstrous Regiment is the story of a truly unusual batch of recruits > > from Borogravia during the last messy bits of a war, and how they and > > Vimes settle everything. > > > > Some of Pratchett's best. > > > > Smee > > ok fine > > -- > tinmimus99@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded. > > < Pratchett >
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:45:16 -0800, pscissons wrote: > > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:C-2dnQeZbJG90LvanZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@giganews.com... >> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:43:26 +0000, pscissons wrote: >> >> > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > news:OeydnSRHebngFb7anZ2dnUVZ_sSlnZ2d@giganews.com... >> > >> >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:43:08 -0700, pscissons wrote: >> >> >> >> > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> > news:EJ-dnXEPV_1hmL3anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d@giganews.com... >> >> > >> >> >> The most recent Pratchetts I have (and treasure both) are _Thief of >> >> >> Time_ and _The Truth_. >> >> >> >> >> >> Have any of the Discworld novels since then been of that quality? >> >> >> >> >> >> (The first chapter of _Night Watch_ was appended to the end of one-a >> >> >> those, and frankly I found it so heavy-handed that it turned me >> >> >> _against_ checking the book out . . . .) >> >> > >> >> > Night Watch is ok, but you have to stick with it. Pratchett draws > from >> >> > many sources and NW nods to (among other things) Les Mis and John > Peel, >> >> > and the founding of Scotland Yard. >> >> > >> >> > If you want to know how Sam Vimes rose from Watch captain to a > Dukedom, >> >> > read Guards! Guards! You might also want to check out Thud and > Monstrous >> >> > Regiment. I bought his latest one (Making Money) and it just doesn't >> >> > come up to most of his work. Lacks something. >> >> > >> >> > Smee >> >> >> >> <mildly> >> >> >> >> _Guards! Guards!_ is the first Ankh-Morpork/ Night-/ City-Watch novel. >> >> >> >> I of course have long had it. >> >> >> >> What about _Thud_ and _Monstrous Regiment_? >> > >> > Well worth the money. Buy them. Thud takes Vimes and family to Uberwald >> > where he meets the Low King and Sergeant Angua's relatives. >> >> Hm? he'd already run head-on into all of the above in _The Fifth >> Elephant_. > > Oops, sorry. Thud takes Vimes and family to the scene of the Koom Valley > Massacre or Ambush, depending on whether you are a dwarf or a troll. <snort> Yeah, Pratchett has each side traditionally accusing the other of ambushing _it_, implying it was a classic "encounter battle" where both sides lost. A Koom Valley venue does indeed sound much more intriguing. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Let's get the hell out of here while we can still pass our Rorschasch tests. < _The Last Happy Hour_
