I'd never thought of reading the Discworld in order.
and his name is Galder Weatherwax
I remember noticing that and at the time thinking that it explained everything. Although it has been such a long time since I read the Light Fantastic, I can't quite remember quite what it explained. Was he slightly more competent than the usual wizard or am I completely off base?
I'd never thought of reading the Discworld in order.
I know! It's so weird!
(Have just looked at a list of the books, and tried to remember what order I first read them all in. I think it was something like this: Moving Pictures Soul Music Guards! Guards! Men At Arms Witches Abroad Eric Reaper Man Sourcery Feet Of Clay Mort The Colour of Magic The Light Fantastic Wyrd Sisters Maskerade Jingo Interesting Times Equal Rites Pyramids Small Gods Hogfather Lords and Ladies The Last Continent
So... it was all a bit confusing. I kept wondering why the Bursar was constantly switching between being normal and completely off his head.)
Was he slightly more competent than the usual wizard or am I completely off base?
Very competant, by the looks of things. Until he accidentally summoned the Luggage, anyway...
Hmm. I read the Discworld books in order because I bought each of them as soon as they were published. You youngsters today. Hmph.
Also, my copy of 'Mort' has "To Stephen, all the best, Terry Pratchett" written on the flyleaf. :-)
Re spoilers: on atbvs we used ROT-13, which had the interesting effect of turning posts into something that sounded like a magical conjuration. The problem was that after a while you started to recognise character names like Ohssl and Natry and Fcvxr even when they were ROT-13ed, so the spoiler text didn't really work too well any more...
The first Discworld book I read was Moving Pictures - and I'm pretty sure that, at the time, Soul Music was out but Interesting Times wasn't yet. So I must have been twelve. :)
ROT-13 is very helpful and non-spoilery, and I like it. But it is a bit of a pain when people are using it on forums without saying what it is, and you don't have a clue how to figure out what it says...
Oh! Also, just remembered. There's a scene in 'Lords and Ladies' where Granny Weatherwax tels Ridcully that Galder Weatherwax was a distant cousin. Yay for continuity. :-)
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and his name is Galder Weatherwax
I remember noticing that and at the time thinking that it explained everything. Although it has been such a long time since I read the Light Fantastic, I can't quite remember quite what it explained. Was he slightly more competent than the usual wizard or am I completely off base?
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I know! It's so weird!
(Have just looked at a list of the books, and tried to remember what order I first read them all in. I think it was something like this:
Moving Pictures
Soul Music
Guards! Guards!
Men At Arms
Witches Abroad
Eric
Reaper Man
Sourcery
Feet Of Clay
Mort
The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Wyrd Sisters
Maskerade
Jingo
Interesting Times
Equal Rites
Pyramids
Small Gods
Hogfather
Lords and Ladies
The Last Continent
So... it was all a bit confusing. I kept wondering why the Bursar was constantly switching between being normal and completely off his head.)
Was he slightly more competent than the usual wizard or am I completely off base?
Very competant, by the looks of things. Until he accidentally summoned the Luggage, anyway...
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Also, my copy of 'Mort' has "To Stephen, all the best, Terry Pratchett" written on the flyleaf. :-)
Re spoilers: on atbvs we used ROT-13, which had the interesting effect of turning posts into something that sounded like a magical conjuration. The problem was that after a while you started to recognise character names like Ohssl and Natry and Fcvxr even when they were ROT-13ed, so the spoiler text didn't really work too well any more...
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The first Discworld book I read was Moving Pictures - and I'm pretty sure that, at the time, Soul Music was out but Interesting Times wasn't yet. So I must have been twelve. :)
ROT-13 is very helpful and non-spoilery, and I like it. But it is a bit of a pain when people are using it on forums without saying what it is, and you don't have a clue how to figure out what it says...
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*loves the Discworld*
(If you feel inclined to try them out, I'd recommend Guards! Guards! or Reaper Man, to start with...)
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I started with Mort, couldn't get through it, and a few years later picked up Reaper Man and quite enjoyed it.
I think Pterry may be the only writer on earth whose series got better as he went along.
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(This is only the second time in all of recorded history that I've ever agreed with stormwreath about anything).
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