“Oh, come on! Are you telling me the answer to the afterlife is a slogan from a self-help book?”
AMP 2011: Day 71
So, my absolute favorite Discworld novel is Night Watch...followed closely by Monstrous Regiment, Carpe Jugulum, and Hogfather. And, to find that roga had written two stories that featured some of my most beloved characters - Sam Vimes, and the Death of Rats - was awesome. Add to that, the crossover element of both stories, and I was in flaily fangirl heaven. So, of course, they both had to be podficced!
How Are The Mighty Fallen: An Instruction Manual, is the story that has Sam Vimes in a perfectly grumpy cameo appearance. But mixing Matt Parkman of the NYCPD ( he's from the show Heroes) with the various species of Ankh Morpork's City Watch - that's the stuff amazing stories are made of. And then, the best part of everything? How Captain Carrot gets to be David to the rampaging giant's Goliath. The works of Hebrew S. Kool to the rescue! Plus, since Matt's a telepath, I got to play around with filters to show how different species' thoughts sound in his head. Download the mp3 here. You know you want to....
Next up is The Undiscovered Country, which takes Amber from season four House (spoiler alert: she dies at the end of the season) and introduces her to Death. And to the Death of Rats - he has a few lines of dialogue, too! Again, I got to mess around in GarageBand, and I am proud to present to the listening public...drum roll please.....what Death sounds like (in my head)! Aside from the fun that making Death's voice was (deep, echo-y, somber), this story has so much going for it. The questions Amber raises about belief and the afterlife, the emotional range roga gives her (especially since, as a character who was alive, I really didn't think much of Amber), the witty repartee and general awesomeness of the dialogue - all add up to an amazingly fun time....well, fun for me (maybe not so much fun for Amber). You can find the mp3 here, and see for yourself.
Seriously - in both of these stories, roga manages to give us so many moments of satirical brilliance, completely in the style of Terry Pratchett. All these little nods to the diversity and multiplicity of the denizens of the Discworld - you could easily imagine that these two crossovers are some little-known scribbling of Sir Pratchett himself. Even if the Discworld novels aren't really your cup of tea, these two podfics are worth a listen, simply because roga has such a way with words. Happy listening, everyone.
So, my absolute favorite Discworld novel is Night Watch...followed closely by Monstrous Regiment, Carpe Jugulum, and Hogfather. And, to find that roga had written two stories that featured some of my most beloved characters - Sam Vimes, and the Death of Rats - was awesome. Add to that, the crossover element of both stories, and I was in flaily fangirl heaven. So, of course, they both had to be podficced!
How Are The Mighty Fallen: An Instruction Manual, is the story that has Sam Vimes in a perfectly grumpy cameo appearance. But mixing Matt Parkman of the NYCPD ( he's from the show Heroes) with the various species of Ankh Morpork's City Watch - that's the stuff amazing stories are made of. And then, the best part of everything? How Captain Carrot gets to be David to the rampaging giant's Goliath. The works of Hebrew S. Kool to the rescue! Plus, since Matt's a telepath, I got to play around with filters to show how different species' thoughts sound in his head. Download the mp3 here. You know you want to....
Next up is The Undiscovered Country, which takes Amber from season four House (spoiler alert: she dies at the end of the season) and introduces her to Death. And to the Death of Rats - he has a few lines of dialogue, too! Again, I got to mess around in GarageBand, and I am proud to present to the listening public...drum roll please.....what Death sounds like (in my head)! Aside from the fun that making Death's voice was (deep, echo-y, somber), this story has so much going for it. The questions Amber raises about belief and the afterlife, the emotional range roga gives her (especially since, as a character who was alive, I really didn't think much of Amber), the witty repartee and general awesomeness of the dialogue - all add up to an amazingly fun time....well, fun for me (maybe not so much fun for Amber). You can find the mp3 here, and see for yourself.
Seriously - in both of these stories, roga manages to give us so many moments of satirical brilliance, completely in the style of Terry Pratchett. All these little nods to the diversity and multiplicity of the denizens of the Discworld - you could easily imagine that these two crossovers are some little-known scribbling of Sir Pratchett himself. Even if the Discworld novels aren't really your cup of tea, these two podfics are worth a listen, simply because roga has such a way with words. Happy listening, everyone.