Terry Pratchett - Love or Loathe?

[DiscoStu]

Wilmslooooooooooow!

Fine, I'll do it myself...

<< canned laughter >>

[Another Dodgy Agent]

Fine, I'll do it myself...

<< canned laughter >>

[cojak]

I think Night Watch is his best. His later books are darker and melancholic, less slapstick humour (I like all of them, except The Last Continent - that was a bit of a purple patch...)

[NotAllThere]

Agreed. Night Watch is the best so far

"So, shoot first, ask questions later?"
"There's nothing I want to ask him".

(after "Where's my cow?" ). Though having re-read monstrous regiment I've started to appreciate that more.

Loved the dvd of Hogfather.

[cojak]

Monstrous Regiment was a close second!

And I've been waiting for the Hogfather DVD - now will buy it and wait for The Colour of Magic to appear...

(are we the same sockpuppets, NAT???)

[El_Diablo]

Fine, I'll do it myself...

<< canned laughter >>

You'll find out soon enough.

[KathyWoolfe]

Tried The Colour of Magic a few times, but found it impenetrable.

Don't get me wrong, I like fantasy, I like comedy and I like surreal. However, I like a certain logic and rationale underpinning the whole package.

I much prefer Tom Holt, in the sense that he does some excellent research and his stories, although fantastical and surreal, have logic underpinning them.

Terry Pratchett asks you to "suspend disbelief", but doesn't explain why. You just have to accept it.

Tom Holt doesn't use the "It's magic, so believe it" get out of jail card.

The difference is that TP has set his books in a whole different universe where magic literally is part of the action. TH writes books set in a universe which is 99% the same as this this one and so has to come up with believeable "cause and effect" scenarios.

BTW I like both authors equally and I also like the Douglas Adams books (especially the Dirk Gently ones).

[zara_backdog]

I like him - better then that J K Rowling stuff - Discworld rocks

[FarmerPalmer]

I've just finished reading "Nation" ... Brilliant !