“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death.

[Unix]

So what were his books about?, I always had him as a poor mans Tolkien who just kept pumping out books.

[DaveB]

So what were his books about?, I always had him as a poor mans Tolkien who just kept pumping out books.

The Diverse and Humourous Adventures of the inhabitants of a world shaped like a dinner plate, where magic is real (and has a colour) balanced on the back of four elephants and all carried through space by a giant turtle of indeterminate gender.

[woohoo]

Real shame, 70 books is good going. Can't believe I read my first one at college, introduced to him by a friend. I think the bit that hooked me was about natural selection and the tortoise.

Two of my favorite others gone, Banks and Pratchett.

[Unix]

The Diverse and Humourous Adventures of the inhabitants of a world shaped like a dinner plate, where magic is real (and has a colour) balanced on the back of four elephants and all carried through space by a giant turtle of indeterminate gender.

ummm right.

[vetran]

So what were his books about?, I always had him as a poor mans Tolkien who just kept pumping out books.

varied but his main series was 'disk world' a quasi middle ages world 'dragging itself forward into the century of the Fruitbat' in a humorous manner.

[Unix]

varied but his main series was 'disk world' a quasi middle ages world 'dragging itself forward into the century of the Fruitbat' in a humorous manner.

mmmkay

[VectraMan]

Nope. Just the first two pages.

I remember somebody having The Colour of Magic at school and the first few pages was all it took to get everyone wanting to read it.

[EternalOptimist]

So what were his books about?, I always had him as a poor mans Tolkien who just kept pumping out books.

half satirical, half allegorical and half weird humour

based in a fantasy land where up was down half the time. i.e. people wanted to know the speed of dark
if light can have a speed, why not dark

[Unix]

half satirical, half allegorical and half weird humour

based in a fantasy land where up was down half the time. i.e. people wanted to know the speed of dark
if light can have a speed, why not dark

I was right then, sounds awful and not funny.

[DaveB]

ummm right.

search for The Colour of Magic on Amazon. They let you read the first few pages online for free. Have a read. If you dont like it, you dont like it.