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REAPER MAN (A DISCWORLD NOVEL)
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... tten.
209. 1. Night Watch (reread)
210. 2. Mort (reread)
211. 3. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (reread)
212. 4. Reaper Man (reread)
213. 5. Guards! Guards! (reread)
214. 6. The Fifth Elephant (reread)
215. 7. Wintersmith (reread)
216. 8. Monstrous Regiment (reread)
217. 9 ...
Reaper Man ?
... for the yays. :)
>97 Thanks Linda! Hugs back (over the interwebs I'm not even contagious!).
>98, Roni, I think I read Reaper Man years ago when I did my original Pratchett run. I don't remember a lot of the details, though, just being amused. Right now I'm trying to read the Disworld books ...
Have you read Reaper Man yet? It's the sequel to Mort and I think about twice as good--a much more mature book. Great for what ails you--but I hope you feel better soon!
... skerade
Carpe Jugulum
3) Death (again, a big favourite - not just with me):
Mort
Reaper Man
Soul Music
Hogfather
Thief of Time
3) Unseen University (wizard university):
(Equal Rites)
...
... past, there were certain parts that made me chuckle quite a bit), but there just aren't as many as in, for example, Mort, Reaper Man , or (my absolute favourite) Pyramids. That said, I had a smile on my face the whole way through.
An irritation for me, as I mentioned on Rachel's thread, ...
... I just wanted to thank everyone who joined in the chat, asked questions, threw out recommendations (I just bought a copy of Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett), and helped ot make this a lot of fun.
As for the last message from Kevin, thanks for the offer of a drink. If I make it out to Nashville, ...
To Marchbanks:
Thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely put Reaper Man on my list of books to read, right after The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy. Oh, and I just finished Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell. That was a fun read.
Thanks again!
... his zombie undead-rights activist.
Probably your best starting point, if you wanna find out about Reg, is to get Reaper Man . That's got the first mention of his organization, the Fresh Start Club. Night Watch, published many years later, includes the events that, among other ...
Reaper Man !
... GIVEN HUMOROUSLY TO THE UNSUSPECTING NEWCOMER, THUS TO AFFORD SIMPLE AMUSEMENT WHEN HE BECOMES INADVERTENTLY INEBRIATED.
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. (sorry about the CAPS and no quotation marks, but Bill Door is actually Death and that's the way he speaks)
"Any trousers in the house?"
"Silk," she said softly. "Finest white silk. The real stuff. Never worn."
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
"... Supposin' you was to take it into your head to go and chase people's chickens?"
59) Reaper Man continued my trawl through the Discworld and turfed up a few nice points in the light of what came later and a few inconsistencies - pedant enough I am to notice, but not pedant enough to get my knickers in a twist over them.
60) Newton and the Counterfeiter was in some ways ...
... Pratchett for the first time, as well, and need that chart to help me out! I'm getting Equal Rites and the next Death, Reaper Man , out from the library right now :)
I am right out of unread books so I have been re-reading my Terry Pratchetts. I have just finished Reaper Man and have started Soul Music.
Nation is on the way from Amazon.co.uk and I have pre-ordered Unseen Academicals.
The exchange rate is so good at the moment that I went a bit ...
... ooks.
In the meanwhile, being all out of other books to read I am doing a re-read and at present am about halfway through Reaper Man for the umpteenth time.
Hogfather is one of my favourites too :) Also Reaper Man and Witches Abroad.
... tes
3. Mort
4. Sourcery
5. Wyrd Sisters
6. Pyramids
7. Guards! Guards!
8. Eric
9. Moving Pictures
10. Reaper Man
The Play's the Thing
1. Clouds by Aristophanes
2. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
3. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
4. The Jew of Malta ...
147. 11. Men at Arms
148. 12. Feet of Clay
149. 13. Mort
150. 14. Reaper Man
151. 15. The Color of Magic
152. 16. Lords and Ladies
153. 17. Making Money (reread)
Reaper Man ?
Reaper Man ?
... of it is in Holy Wood. But I'm sure you'll love it.
Also, Just finished Lords and Ladies very good.
Just started Reaper Man and I'm looking forward to the other one on my shelf Pyramids
I love Mort. It is one of my favorite Pratchett books. And the next one in the DEATH series is Reaper Man , which is possibly even better.
I keep hearing about Three Men in a Boat. I have to find a copy of that!
And I loved Barchester Towers. I was afraid it would be kind of stilted, ...
... comic mysteries I love. One of my favorite and funniest is Murder with Peacocks. And I love Terry Pratchett. Mort and Reaper Man are my all time faves, but then I love Wee Free Men too. And another vote for Wodehouse.
Caspettee, I adore Terry Pratchett! I've only read a few of his books (The Colour of Magic, Mort, Reaper Man ), but I'm working on Soul Music right now. It's becoming a bit of an addiction, I think. :)
May Reads: 3
Gil's All Fright Diner; Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories; Reaper Man
Category Progress
The Big Blue Wet Thing: 1/9
Vignettes: 3/9
"You Have to Read This!": 1/9
Parts of a Whole: 1/9
Hahaha!: 5/9
Way Back When: 2/9
Arr!: 1/9
To Another World: 2/9
Odds and Ends: 4/1 ...
I love Pyramids but don't think I've ever said so on LT. So here you go. Lorie, definitely Mort before Reaper Man !
Reaper Man
I love Reaper Man . DEATH is my favourite character. Hogfather is a particularly good one too.
... the discworld series I like the ones surrounding the character DEATH (like Mort and Thief of time) but the one called Reaper Man is my favorite... I just can't help laughing when I read that one.
... we may have had this conversation before... ;)
#87 actually, I'll agree with TadAD - probably best to read Mort before Reaper Man - while they will all stand alone, you'll probably enjoy the latter more, having read the former...
>87: I'm not sure I'd start with Reaper Man . I think Pratchett's Discworld stuff works best when you start at the beginning of one of the mini-series. But, others may disagree. :-)
Agreed, Reaper Man is definitely one of my all time favourite Pratchetts in the Discworld series. Probably joint top with Pyramids.
Reaper Man is just................the best of the best. As is Mort. I think Death is one of the most inspired creations I have ever come across.
I haven't yet read anything by Terry Pratchett, but your review has convinced me to try Reaper Man . Thanks!
I've spent the last few weeks in stitches over Reaper Man . It's hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of the undead, bumbling (but well-meaning) wizards, crazed carts, and Death. The scenes with Death and his new day job were fantastic, and I loved the final sequence. Completely surpassed any ...
19. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Wow! This book totally surpassed my expectations. It started out silly, quickly bumped into the funny zone, then zoomed around utter hilarity for the remaining 300 pages. I loved every bit of the book, which surprised me; usually, there's one character arc I ...
Very nice job! And some interesting books on here. I will have to look for some of them. Reaper Man is my favorite Discworld book. A lot of the YA books were new to me.
... quite humourous, just not what I was expecting. I'll probably look for more books by Martinez.
For now, onto finishing Reaper Man ! (and the slew of books I picked up at the library...)
Still working on Reaper Man and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I'm really enjoying Reaper Man --I've startled quite a few people with sudden outbursts of laughter! I hope to finish it soon, and since classes just got out for the summer, I should be able to!
Another enthusiastic vote for Reaper Man .
... expect from such a large series, the quality goes up and down all the time (my favourites would be Pyramids, Mort, Reaper Man and Carpe Jugulum). I would say that a lot of the best ones are earlier, but then he wrote Nation last year (non-Discworld), which is the best thing he's ...
#69 & 70: I'm working on Reaper Man now and loving it! My copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies arrived in the mail, though, so I'm flipping between the two books.
Death is brilliant. Can't wait to hear what you think of Reaper Man .
We've missed you! Did you ever get to Reaper Man ?
47. The Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
7/10
48. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
7/10
43) Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
DEATH IS MISSING - PRESUMED...ER...GONE.
Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service ...
... of the Heron by Lian Hearn (I now have the series complete)
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
The last three are to replace copies I lent to a friend and... I got tired of waiting to get them back. She's had them for over three years ...
... (ie Levin in Anna Karenina) grate on me after a while.
But on to other topics.
Let's see, I absolutely loved Reaper Man --it broke my run of not-very-fun Pratchetts, which I'm really glad of. Death is one of my favorite characters (which sounds funny, but is quite understandable).
...
Forgot to say I started The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (2nd James). I finished Reaper Man by Pratchett earlier this week, it was beautiful and hilarious.
#62/63 Yep, I'd agree that Reaper Man is even better than Mort too!
#64 I also love Edward Gorey - I saw an adaptation of The Doubtful Guest a little while again - it was wonderful, but I'm guessing that if you'd never seen the books it could be a bit confusing!
#62 ronincats: Oh, good, I own Reaper Man . That means I don't need to make a trip to the library. And it's better than Mort, you say? Fantastic!
That would be Reaper Man , even better than Mort.
Reaper Man is excellent, Pratchett at his mature best. Glad you are enjoying it. Jealous that you have all these great books still to discover. But, we'll always have re-reads.
... now because I was supposed to start my first Charles de Lint book (The Blue Girl) but I forgot my De Lint at home and had Reaper Man by Pratchett in my bag so I ended up starting Reaper Man . This is my second book by Pratchett (after Mort)and he's slowly becoming one of my favourite ...
... by Charles de Lint, my first by him.
EDIT: I'm actually cheating right now because I forgot my De Lint at home and had Reaper Man by Pratchett in my bag so I ended up starting Reaper Man . This is my second book by Pratchett and he's slowly becoming one of my favourite authors. He's ...
Reaper Man ?
... James
The Swimming-Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst
The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man
#187 - I haven't read that book, but I actually saw a book which proposed that theory! Most of it was a pretty big stretch as far as I could tell.
... 5 Death books, with Susan a major figure in Soul Music, Hogfather and Thief of Time--I don't recall if she appears in Reaper Man or not.
I think it sounds more like Ridcully. Reaper Man
January 31, 2009
#7: Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
pretty good, but not my favorite. I don't think the two parts of the plot (Windle Poons and the shopping mall and death's 'life') worked together very well.
#16
Mort is one of my absolute favourite Terry Pratchett's, along with Reaper Man . Death is a brilliant character :)
... forgotten the roles Death and Susan had in it. It's an important link between Mort and Hogfather. And I just read Reaper Man in 2008 for the first time. So now I have to read Thief of Time.
One "series" that runs through the Discworld books of Terry Pratchett is that which has Deat ...
... wrong when he tries to reproduce it. Like Susan's swing. In Mort, he has an adopted daughter and takes an apprentice. In Reaper Man he is "laid off" by his bosses and fights back. In Soul Music he gets bummed out by his job and seeks a way to forget, and his granddaughter Susan has to fill ...
... DEATH, by far and away my favourite character in the Discworld world and star of such equally fabulous books as Mort and Reaper Man .
For anyone who has ever loved anything by Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett, this is a much read, as well as anyone who likes good, weird, funny books!! It has ...
... forgotten the roles Death and Susan had in it. It's an important link between Mort and Hogfather. And I just read Reaper Man in 2008 for the first time. So now I have to read Thief of Time.
... by Rune Michaels
6. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
7. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
8. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Miscellaneous
1. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
2. Emmy and the Home for Troubled G ...
...
Vegan Express - Nava Atlas
Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Fragile Things: Short Fict ...
... (January 19)
3. While Still We Live by Helen MacInnes (February 1-2)
4. Once on a Time by A. A. Milne
5. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
6. A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
7. The Free Fishers by John Buchan
8. No Love Lost by Margery Allingham
...
V. Hahaha! : Humourous books.
1. Reaper Man by Terry PratchettAmphigorey Again by Edward Gorey
3. Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
4. Letters to Ebay by Art Farkas
5. The Dalek Survival Guide by Nicholas ...
... it on audio at random at the library and it was hysterically funny in parts. I was sad to finish it. But even better was Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. It's hard to pick a favorite by a favorite author, but Reaper Man along with Mort are the ones I would take if I could only have two.
You can - I started with Night Watch - but I'm crazy about reading order, so after that and Reaper Man I started at the beginning. The problem is the first books aren't the best, but it is nice to recognize the characters as they pop in and out of various books. It's really preference. I can't W ...
... list is long enough!
Gentlemen of the Road
The Road
Fragile Things
Heart-Shaped Box
Coraline
Night Watch
Reaper Man
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Flowers For Algernon
No Country For Old Men
The 19th Wife
Mort
A Short History Of Nearly Everything
The Book ...
I read Night Watch and Reaper Man , then turned around and have been reading them in order (I just finished Small Gods and am majorly jonesing for the next book). It's hard sometimes, but totally worth it.
85F.) Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
The next book in the Death thread of the Discworld series. Death spends some time as a mortal while the Unseen University wizards get into trouble trying to figure out why death seems to have stopped.
I enjoyed this, as I do most Discworld stuff. I miss ...
... even though most of the books I've got haven't even been read yet.
UPDATE: I did go to the bookstore and I grabbed:
Reaper Man
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of F ...
I can't decide which is my favorite Pratchett book, Mort or Reaper Man . I love them both!
BTW, what does it say about me that DEATH is my favorite character?
Finished my mystery, now I'm reading Reaper Man and already loving it. Bah. I have to clean and cook today.
... Hodgell--Godstalk, and Terry Pratchett--you've already gotten a taste with Good Omens, but try Guards! Guards! or Reaper Man .
Have lots of fun, and I hope you meet your goal!
... book is actually in my wish list and I do want to read it soon. :)
BTW, Ludmilla is also Mrs Cake's daughter's name in Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
#200
Nice title. :P
#204
I had read it as CHEZ (as in the French word for someone's place/home), plus HED (which I thought stood ...
... the sun and urban humans whose only connection with the cycles of nature is that their Volvo once ran over a sheep.
Reaper Man (Edited to fix touchstones.)
... the story and the characters were fun, but overall it wasn't as funny as some of the other Discworld books I've read (like Reaper Man or Guards! Guards!). If this had been my first Pratchett book, I don't know if I would have read any others.
I'm wisewoman on BM and my charity of choice ...
... haven't read them all. I'm getting the books from the library, and it seems like the one I want is always checked out. Reaper Man was the last one I read, and I think it's my favorite. But it's really hard to pick just one.
... your observations on Peter Pan. I never thought about it that way, but looking back, you're right!
What did you think of Reaper Man ? It's on my TBR list, and I love Pratchett, but I'm not sure how early I should start it and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
Starting No. 85
Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man
Next in the series, and from the TBR pile, which now = 57
...
2/14 MasterHarper of Pern by Anne McCaffrey*back story, not that great a story in itself
2/16 Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett First time for this one--Great story!
2/19 Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey*
2/22 Grimsp ...
read reaper man (pretty sure its this one)
Death goes on vacation and gets so into his role that his anthromorphic personality splits a bit and each creature gains it's own Death. When Death returns as a whole all the creatures' deaths' are sucked back together, apart from the Rats who ...
... Wonderful book. Ditto A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. I cried when i finished it, because I didn't want it to be over.
And Reaper Man .... one of my favorite Discworld novels...
I digress.
I just finished Needful Things, which was totally disappointing. Now I'm going to read A Dirty Job ...
... Brooklyn by Betty Smith and should have it done by the end of Tuesday.
Next up is:
The Fall by Albert Camus
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
and
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Well, anything by Terry Pratchett, but my personal favourites being Witches Abroad, Reaper Man , Guards, Guards and Small Gods.
I still have my childhood collection of Just William books and they still make me laugh.
Robert Rankin is funny too and some bits of Ben Elton but he does ...
I got the Death Trilogy by Terry Pratchett. I've already read Mort and Reaper Man , now it's on to Soul Music. Just what I needed. So funny!
... crumpets by P.G. Wodehouse
Electromagnetic fields and waves by Lorrain and Coulson
Abinger harvest by E.M. Forster
Reaper man by Terry Pratchett
The bull from the sea by Mary Renault
Thoughts on Reaper Man .
Really I don't know why I didn't just fill up my list of books that made me laugh out loud with nothing but Terry Pratchett, because he always makes me laugh! I *loved* this one. DEATH is my favorite Discworld character, and that just made this one so much fun. I loved ...
... I found it so-so. Too predictable. I just didn't really care that much about who did it.
But maybe that's because I got Reaper Man from the library today and I can't wait to start it!
Reaper Man , or one of the Rincewind novels. But I'm sure they'd be miscast, and I'd be angry.
#18 YES! Christopher Eccleston should be in EVERYTHING. And David Tennant should play Rincewind.
Reaper Man and The Colour Of Magic, bought while I was working at Barnes & Noble. I was laughing so loudly in the back room that the manager lectured on me 'maturity.'
I also bought Night Watch in Paris, France, at the original Shakespeare & Co. bookstore. I just like telling people that.
... an interesting variety of books. Also, you might want to read the Death novels by Pratchett. They start with Mort then Reaper Man . His young adult series is also really good. It starts with Wee Free Men.
... just by the way, I finished Witch's Boy a while ago- also great.
On the Pratchett-front, I agree with ArmyAngel that Reaper Man is the best (ie my favorite) Death book. However, I personally think that the City Watch books are easily the best in the series, with NightWatch (touchstones ...
... fit as a Fantasy author's name. So I go to the bookshop to buy some more Discworld books to read over the spring holidays, Reaper Man and Soul Music. Because of the spoilerific nature of Soul Music I didn't touch it until I had Mort on my shelf... but Reaper Man will always be remembered by ...
... those would be the first few books in the series: Colour of Magic, the Light Fantastic, and a few others. Oh, and Reaper Man is my favorite DEATH book.
... Anonymous - done
4. Leaven of Malice (audio) - done
5. Moving Pictures - done
6. Witches Abroad - done
7. Reaper Man - done
8. Pigs Have Wings - done
... to keep drinking coffee while reading, but I will pay any damages incurred in the process.
PS: Every time I see Reaper Man , I want to burst into "the only one who could ever reach me / Was the son of a Reaper Man! / the only one who could ever teach me / Was the son of a Reaper Man!" ...
... said it seems like it was really only the paper slip at the front that got damaged. So the book lives on!
Did you like reaper man by the way? I'm a total PTerry addict.
Yesterday, I returned an ILL copy of Reaper Man to my public library. The paperback costs $7. I'm not even sure when it happened / what exactly it was, but I discovered there was a red / pink liquid (dried) all over the paper slip they attach to the front of the book. Some of it had gotten ...
I'm just about done with Reaper Man and The Shoemaker and the Tea Party. I also just started The Independent Scholar's Handbook.
17. Reaper Man
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett - my first every discworld novel
Reaper Man arrived at the library yesterday, and so I started it last night; I had to get it and read it after absolutely loving Mort. I'm also about halfway through The Shoemaker and the Tea Party - part biography of a poor shoemaker (obviously), part essay on when and why people started ...
... ending; burn 'em out like rats. :)
I'm now left wondering what to start reading in the fiction department. I expected Reaper Man to have arrived at the library by the time I finished 'Salem's Lot, but it hasn't, so I'm debating on whether I want to wait until it arrives, or grab another ...
... deviating much from your standard vampire book, but it's fun nonetheless. After I'm done with 'Salem's Lot, I'm starting Reaper Man , which should be at the library by then.
I started reading Shoemaker and the tea party today, for a class I'm in (it's on, imagine this, the American Revolu ...
... by Susanna Clarke
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
The Sandman: Book of Dreams by Neil Gaiman
And instead of getting this:
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & T ...
... of the Rings. My mom's favorite book is The Brothers Karamazov, my grandmother's is Salem's Lot, my best friend's is Reaper Man .
(Of course, I know someone who hates LotR ... and I saw the book I hate the most recommended earlier, so a favorite book is definitely subjective!)
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Equal Rites
Mort
Sourcery
Wyrd Sisters
Pyramids
Guards! Guards!
Faust Eric
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man
Witches Abroad
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies
Men at Arms
Soul Music
Interesting Times
Maskerade
Feet of Clay
Hogfather
Jingo ...
Well, I've just placed my New Year's order of books for myself :D
Among other books, I bought Mort, Reaper Man , and Soul Music.
Now I'm gonna go bite my nails while I wait for them to arrive.
So, read and enjoy entering into this strange, bizarre and entertaining world...
Th ...
... purchashed:
Life With Jeeves
Fell Vol. 1
Good Omens
2008 Writer's Market
I Am America (And So Can You!)
Reaper Man
The Color Of Magic
Gonzo: The Life Of Hunter S. Thompson
A Pocket Style Manual
The Gonzo Way: A Celebration Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
What does ...
... urchased:
Gonzo: The Life Of Hunter S. Thompson (I LOVE Hunter S. Thompson. Love him. Soul mates.)
The Color Of Magic
Reaper Man (I'm trying out Discworld, after you guys have inspired me. It's ALL your fault!)
(touchstone for Hunter is wonky. BLASPHEMY!)
... It is kind of simple, though, and it's easy to get disappointed.
My personal favourites are the DEATH novels (with Reaper man as my fav), the Witches, and the Night/City Watch (should be read in order).
Also the ones that are marked as Ancient civilisations in the chart (Small Gods & ...
I'm re-reading Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (and liking it even more on this read), and reading The ABCs of Political Economy.
"Any humorous one out there?"
Mort Reaper Man et al by Terry Pratchett
What happens when Death doesn't, is the basic premise. Very funny.
... Regiment is another good one
Small Gods was good as well, I like the idea behind it
the Death books are also very good Reaper Man , Mort, etc...
The Truth was another one that I really liked
I haven't read all of the Discworld books, there are several in my TBR pile, but I'm getting ...
... consistent stride in the early 1990's with books like these (I haven't read these all):
Good Omens
Witches Abroad
Reaper Man
Lords and Ladies
Small Gods
Soul Music
Maskerade
There are a lot of really good books after that (Carpe Jugulm, Fifth Elephant, Thief of Time ...
... Mountain, City of Gold and Shadows and Death Mask by Ellis Peters. In the Fred Myer store we found Hogfather and Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
... about much). Still reading Getting Closer to God: Keys to Spiritual Intimacy From the Life of Moses and just started Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
... Piper on the Mountain, City of Gold and Shadows, The Knocker on Death's Door, Death Mask, all by Ellis Peters. Reaper Man and Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. I've read or have the Pratchett books, but I loved Hogfather and someday, my daughter tells me, she is moving and taking ...
... rather familiar, so I went back to Hogfather and re-read it. Been addicted ever since.
Favourite books so far include Reaper Man , Men at Arms : a novel of Discworld (man it's hard to get those touchstones straight), Jingo, and The Last Continent.
Nice to meet you all!
Dude, you HAVE to start with the Discworld books!
I recommend witches abroad, reaper man , or wee free men, as they require little knowledge about the world, and don't really mention a lot of "before" knowledge. These also all have characters where, if you like them, you can read more ...
This is so hard!!
My Fave, above all others, is Reaper Man . I actually journeyed across three states to get my battered, torn cover, over-loved copy signed by The Master Himself. I love that book and I reread it over and over whenever I'm in a foul mood.
My Least Fave: The one that ...
... Closely followed by Inversions - almost not a sci-fi/Culture novel but a sci-fi/Culture novel none the less.
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. I am a big fan of Pratchett's earlier books, and this is one of my favourites since it focuses on Death, one of my favourite Discworld ...
... actually seven contenders to this one; which I enjoy most depends on mood - Small Gods, Moving Pictures, Night watch, Reaper Man , Feet of Clay (Discworld), Soul Music and Witches Abroad)
Least: Going Postal (Discworld)
*edited when I saw how weird the touchstones was! I never ...
... Still, I've read it more than once.
I'm hard pressed on which is my favourite as they differ a lot. Maybe Small Gods, or Reaper Man , or...
As to Ellis Peters my husband has one of his novels and have always said I would like it. Maybe time I tried?
... to read more. My first book was Wee Free Men. My favourite charachter is definetly Rimcully. He rocks!
I really liked Reaper Man , though I thought Mort was good too. No one can replace Death though... =P
... The Carpet People and it was the summer of 1992. I was absolutely enchanted and shortly afterwards, somebody bought me Reaper Man as a gift. I quickly got hold of the back catalogue and have been gobbling them up ever since, eagerly awaiting the next installment of genius.
... books are excellent--graceful and genuinely funny. Try starting with The Truth or even with one of the death books like Reaper Man . Personally, I can't stand Rincewind. Death is a much better character.
... I just read Sourcery in which he shined. I am a newbie to Pratchett, I haven't run across imps yet. Haven't found Reaper Man yet, but guess what's on my list now.
#10 The centaurs in Narnia were not evil per say, just not things to frolic with. I always thought they would fit right ...
Reaper Man . Yep, that's when. All the other deaths recombine (pun) but the rat's stays free, although the implication at the time seems to be DEATH is just allowing it on a temporary basis, Rat's has been around for a long while now.
... of Magic and just couldn't get into it. I found the books really featuring DEATH to be more interesting, particularly Reaper Man
... still have about 8 to read. I have enjoyed them all so far, but my favorites were Small Gods, Interesting Times and Reaper Man .
My favorite characters are Vetanari, The Luggage, The Librarian, and Death.
I read them out of order, and my plan some day is to re-read them all in order. ...
... wind)
Wyrd Sisters (Lancer Witches)
Pyramids
Guards! Guards! (Night Watch)
Eric (Rincewind)
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man (Death)
Witches Abroad (Lancre Witches)
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies (Lancre Witches)
Men at Arms (Night Watch)
Soul Music (Death)
Interesting Tim ...
... you start.
That does change as you get further in to the series. Without spoilers it's hard to elaborate, but past Reaper Man or so the ongoing plot arcs mean reading them out of order is a very bad idea indeed for some books.
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