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Anonymous Fri May 27 10:17:31 2011 No.1807130 [Reply] [Original]

If stamps haven't been made from some classic characters of your favourite franchise, you don't know SHIT about good books.

Discworld Appreciation Thread, just because.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:19:31 2011 No.1807132 But they also made Harry Potter stamps.

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 10:20:31 2011 No.1807135 >just because and that's about the only reason you degenerates will ever have for reading these shitty books and starting these shitty threads

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:23:31 2011 No.1807137 >>1807135 2deep4u

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:24:31 2011 No.1807139 File: 60 KB, 254x700, tumblr_lhyiapEKhN1qe11kdo1_500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1807135 >trip >name is deep and edgy >thinks their opinion matters Discworld books are fucking awesome, can't wait for Snuff.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:28:31 2011 No.1807149 excellent series poor terry ;_;

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:30:31 2011 No.1807154 >>1807149 He will an hero soon, when his mind goes. I don't think I will be okay.

Hades !!gxdzsSnwykj Fri May 27 10:37:31 2011 No.1807167
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>>1807154

Feels bad, man.

Then again, did you see his Richard Dimbleby lecture a few years back? Shit was amazing. He couldn't read the whole thing himself, but it was an empassioned plea for euthenasia for the terminally ill. I remember him saying he wanted to sit on a deckchair in his garden, put some good music on his ipod, and just drift off with a scotch in his hand. Excellent man.

But goddamnit, I will be pissed if he doesn't finish the Moist stories. That's closure, right there.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:37:31 2011 No.1807168 >>1807154 If he reaches 40 books (Snuff is either 38 or 39 I think) then I'll say it was a good run. Have you watched the BBC documentary of him trying to find a cure? Shit's hilarious, and heartwrenching.

Anonymous Fri May 27 10:38:31 2011 No.1807170

>>1807154
>>1807149

Pratchett's impending an heroism and his position in the face of a disgusting illness may well properl him to one of the most romantic and lionised literary figures of our time. He's the Chatterton of his generation, only with a massive body of published work, millions and millions of fans, and a fucking massive pile of money.

I don't know if I will be OK either. I saw his lecture recently where he's too monged up to actually read it himself, so he had to get Baldrick to do it, and I swear I was tearing up at times. When he dies, there should be a day of mourning - more people like him than that slut that Prince Philip killed in that tunnel.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:39:31 2011 No.1807171 >>1807167 >>1807168 For a long time, the copyright notice on his books has read (c) Terry and Lyn Pratchett, so I wonder if Terry's death will actually mean the end. I think his work is more collaborative than we may know.

Anonymous Fri May 27 10:41:31 2011 No.1807177

>>1807170
>and a fucking massive pile of money
>too monged up to actually read it himself
>had to get Baldrick to do it
>more people like him than that slut that Prince Philip killed in that tunnel.

Oh my fucking days.

I am crying with laughter, and slight regret/guilt.

Fuck you, you made my day and made me feel like an asshole all in one.

Anonymous Fri May 27 10:43:31 2011 No.1807183

>>1807171
>For a long time, the copyright notice on his books has read (c) Terry and Lyn Pratchett, so I wonder if Terry's death will actually mean the end. I think his work is more collaborative than we may know.
Or he's ensuring that his wife is still provided for after his death, and that his work is still protected.

Anonymous Fri May 27 10:46:31 2011 No.1807189
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>>1807183

Dunno about that - he's been doing it for a long time then, since before he got brainspacked. I suspect she's got serious creative input. The fact that the words Terry Pratchett are now copyright is probably more about preservation for the future, but I admit I have no actual insight into this.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:57:31 2011 No.1807214 I was never sure with the Discworld books whether they got worse or my tastes changed... both, maybe. I suspect that the best ones are all in the first 10 or so, though.

Anonymous Fri May 27 11:03:31 2011 No.1807226

>>1807214

I disagree, I think they have become better as they became less a pastiche of fantasy literature, and something more personal and unique. The guards books kind of made it for me, and remain my favourites, but Discworld is a parody of absolutely everything now, and it is better for it. The way the Patrician has evolved from a comedy tyrant to a sophisticated and sympathetic character is one example of how this has improved the work. Although I still can't stop thinking that he looks like Donald Pleasance, despite the fact that he's got a goatee and hair.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:09:31 2011 No.1807236 >>1807226 Hmmm... I might be wrong on the numbering. If I had to pick favourites, thinking back, I'd probably say... Mort Men at Arms Lords and Ladies Small Gods

Anonymous Fri May 27 11:20:31 2011 No.1807253

>>1807236

Everybody loves Mort, or should do anyway. But I think the later guards books become much more interesting and philosophical. There are some really interesting thoughts about the nature of law and justice in the Vimes books. And the idea of arresting two armies at war for a breach of the peace is just genius - I'm surprisedd no-one has ever tried it IRL.

"Here’s some advice, boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions."

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:23:31 2011 No.1807262 File: 301 KB, 550x906, vetinari1_sm.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1807226 agreed. and yeah. female here, the patrician's the only literary character i've ever fallen for. and i've cleaned out the library.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:29:31 2011 No.1807277 File: 172 KB, 567x411, pleasence.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1807262 I can cure your crush. Pic related - it's how the patrician looks to me, kinda.

Anonymous Fri May 27 11:32:31 2011 No.1807282

>>1807253

"Vimes had never got on with any game much more complex than darts. Chess in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the rooks around, the whole board could've been a republic in a dozen moves."
- Terry Pratchett, Thud!

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 11:34:31 2011 No.1807287 >>1807139 my opinion matters if you want to critically appreciate literature I guess.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:39:31 2011 No.1807298 >>1807287 >critically appreciate Is that some kind of neuroses?

Anonymous Fri May 27 11:39:31 2011 No.1807303

>>1807277
not possible.
i'd prove hopelessly incurable no matter if he resembled an organic lump of coal suffering from advanced elephantitus
..and Spots.
lots of them.
hehh. but thanks anon. a valiant attempt (though this guy looks very nice, really. everyone looks nice.)

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:43:31 2011 No.1807315 >>1807287 Wow. You're really insecure for a paddy innit. Most of your lot are a lot more self-confident.

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 11:44:31 2011 No.1807320 >>1807298 >>1807315 Hey guys, these books are shit, and you're stupid for reading them.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:45:31 2011 No.1807322 >>1807320 Oh, the irony...

Anonymous Fri May 27 11:46:31 2011 No.1807326

>>1807303

I could probably love this woman. I bet you're one of them well fit mentals.

Until I found out she's got 23 cats, and calls them all Mr. Snookums, and cries randomly, even during sex. Or takes benzodiazapines during an argument so she collapses 10 minutes later, or phones you up at 3.30 am after kicking you out over a row, and tells you that she just heard a noise in the back garden, then accuses you of not being there for her, even though you live 15 KM away and your wife is currently lying next to you while you have this stupid argument. Yes, I have been out with a lot of crazy women.

Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 11:48:31 2011 No.1807334

>>1807322
what's ironic about pointing out that some selection of books are literary works of shit and the people who deign to waste their time on them are deficient in intellect

It seems to me that this isn't ironic, it's medicine long overdue for overgrown babbies

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:48:31 2011 No.1807336 >>1807320 No, you're shit and stupid.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:50:31 2011 No.1807342 >>1807334 >can't see the irony in an idiot calling someone else an idiot I suppose it was too much to ask of you.

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 11:52:31 2011 No.1807346 >>1807336 No, I'm quite intelligent. >>1807342 I'm not an idiot nor did I call anyone else in this thread an idiot, maybe what I've said has made you feel that way; I guess that's just your own insecurity acting up or something

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:53:31 2011 No.1807350 >>1807346 >nor did I call anyone else in this thread an idiot >thinks calling someone stupid isn't calling someone an idiot That's anal even for an autismal.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:53:31 2011 No.1807352 >>1807346 hurry and drop trip and try to make yourself look better cause you are making a fool of yourself sir

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:58:31 2011 No.1807363 >>1807346 No, you're shit and stupid.

Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 12:00:31 2011 No.1807367

>>1807350
>>nor did I call anyone else in this thread an idiot
>thinks calling someone stupid isn't calling someone an idiot
If I wanted to say you had a mental illness I'd just say it. But to say you had a mental illness like those that idiots have is to allow you to abdicate responsibility for your bad choice in literature, which would be wrong. To be fair, that you have bad choice in literature is a sort of mental illness, but not of the sort that an idiot has.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:02:31 2011 No.1807375 >>1807367 >thinks idiot is a mental illness But, again, as expected of an idiot

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:02:31 2011 No.1807374 >>1807367 No, you're shit and stupid

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 12:03:31 2011 No.1807377 >>1807375 Yes, idiocy is a mental illness. I don't feel like using politically correct terminology because this is 4chan after all.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:06:31 2011 No.1807381 >>1807377 lol this isnt 19th century russia

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:06:31 2011 No.1807383 >>1807377 I guess it's hard to use the correct terminology when you don't know it.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:06:31 2011 No.1807384 >>1807377 It's not. It means you are unable to reason, or that you're uneducated. You won't get diagnosed with idiocy. Although maybe you're an exception?

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Fri May 27 12:09:31 2011 No.1807392 Anyway just stopping through guys don't let me derail your great thread on some old guy with dementia's books filled with stupid british colloquialisms but hey at least yahtzee is writing books now maybe he can fill the niche

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:13:31 2011 No.1807402 >>1807326 just a romantically naive anon. think i'll gb2 the library where i can practice social withdrawal on Mr..Snookums. great fun. see you about, guy. (you're cool.)

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:19:31 2011 No.1807415 >>1807392 I guess it's hard to use the correct terminology when you don't know it.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:20:31 2011 No.1807417 >>1807402 I hate these short holiday romances. They're always so hard on the soul.

Anonymous Fri May 27 12:40:31 2011 No.1807440

>>1807417
I know that feel. Glad my thread led you to brief happiness. Dohoho.

>mfw a thread intending to respect the great works of Sir Terry has been derailed by a tripfagging troll

Back on topic chaps. Favourite sub-series within the Discworld? Rincewind? Death? The Watch? The Witches? Moist? Tiffany? Wizards? Or one of the standalones?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:50:31 2011 No.1807452 >>1807440 Death. Reaperman was beautiful.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 13:15:31 2011 No.1807475 >>1807452 Very much this.

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