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Jeanie wrote:
> katy wrote:
>> Jeanie wrote:
>>> kat wrote:
>>>
>>>> Madame Mim wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "maxon" <jen.magson.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:mQMFj.45341$8Z.13104@newsfet10.ams...
>>>>>
>>>>>> "kat" <kat.news.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:TLMFj.36464$3f1.10252@newsfet08.ams...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are people who haven't read Pratchett?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah me - no interest whatsoever.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>> maxon
>>>>>
>>>>> My mother absolutely refuses too - the rest of the family give her
>>>>> grief, but I figure - why?! I don't like it when she tries to get
>>>>> me to read things I have no interest in so why should I push
>>>>> Pratchett on her?
>>>>
>>>> But I assume booth maxon and your mum have read /about/ him and
>>>> know just what it is they aren't interested in.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> kat
>>>> >^..^<
>>>
>>>
>>> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the Discworld
>>> series and the impossibility of ever getting them in anything
>>> approaching the correct order keeps me from trying. What are there,
>>> 40+ books in that series?!? Some are out of print and impossible to
>>> get anymore. We have no library here where I live.
>>>
>>> Jeanie
>>>
>>>
>> There's 37 out and several that are waiting publication. None are out
>> of print or unavailable AFAIK...we've never had a problem finding
>> them...and they don't need to be read in consecutive order. The
>> premise of Discworld is the same no matter which you are reading and
>> his footnotes are self-explanatory. WHen I first started reading
>> them, I started somewhere in the middle and haven't made any attempt
>> to lkeep them in order. I think there are 4 publ;ished that I ahve
>> not read...and none that I did not like...and there are repeating
>> characters throughout so you become attached to the sotires and the
>> intertwining plots....they are a great read, even if you only erad a
>> couple of them...problem is, if you read a couple of them and like
>> them, you want to read all of them! I oftentimes buy used books from
>> B&N...I don't care if they are pristine and if you order a certain
>> amount the shipping is free.
>
> There are 32 listed at booksfree.com. Perhaps I'll tackle one and
> see what all the fuss is about.
>

The first one I ever read was Moving Pictures. It's a stand alone book out
of the series. You don't need to read them all in order, but it can make
better sense if you read the ones that use the same main character in the
right order.
There's some help here.
http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/miniseries.html
http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/themes.html


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Managed it in the end. It was perfectly good, but the hassle getting it..
and this is the legal version we are entitled to because we pay Sky £££
every month. register - done that already. Oh dear, you didn't use this
computer, you can't use 2...phone call because the computer used doesn't
exist now. Wait. Download. try to watch. get told you don't have the
license to watch - go to the website. I don't know how that got sorted - I
went and read half a book in the meantime. Once it was we could watch it
for 6 days.

While I was watching it I recorded part 2 on the Sky box and watched it
straight after.

Not at all bad. Nice and OTT. Good specialFX. I enjoyed it.


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Madame Mim wrote:
> Probably not - they keep a tight lid on that sort of thing when they
> offer downloads 'officially'.
>
> Good luck on getting a watchable copy - I shall keep my fingers
> crossed for you.
>
>
> "kat" <kat.news.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:qQAFj.52966$5P1.51011@newsfet15.ams...
>> Madame Mim wrote:
>>> We got hogfather around about christmas - and if you record on a DVD
>>> you don't need to worry about international standards most people cn
>>> convert these days.
>>>
>>> Although if hogfather is a guide maybe nobody will have to record
>>> anything.
>>
>> <sobs>
>>
>> we were watching something else earlier and I went to delete it from
>> my sky+ box and my finger slipped and I deleted the wrong thing.
>>
>> So now we are trying to download it from the sky website and got
>> told we were using the "wrong" PC. and even when all that is sorted
>> out I wouldn't be able to copy it I suspect. :-/
>>
>>
>> --
>> kat
>> >^..^<
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kat wrote:
> Jeanie wrote:
>> katy wrote:
>>> Jeanie wrote:
>>>> kat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Madame Mim wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "maxon" <jen.magson.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:mQMFj.45341$8Z.13104@newsfet10.ams...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "kat" <kat.news.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:TLMFj.36464$3f1.10252@newsfet08.ams...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are people who haven't read Pratchett?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah me - no interest whatsoever.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>>> maxon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My mother absolutely refuses too - the rest of the family give
>>>>>> her grief, but I figure - why?! I don't like it when she tries
>>>>>> to get me to read things I have no interest in so why should I
>>>>>> push Pratchett on her?
>>>>>
>>>>> But I assume booth maxon and your mum have read /about/ him and
>>>>> know just what it is they aren't interested in.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> kat
>>>>> >^..^<
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the
>>>> Discworld series and the impossibility of ever getting them in
>>>> anything approaching the correct order keeps me from trying. What
>>>> are there, 40+ books in that series?!? Some are out of print and
>>>> impossible to get anymore. We have no library here where I live.
>>>>
>>>> Jeanie
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There's 37 out and several that are waiting publication. None are
>>> out of print or unavailable AFAIK...we've never had a problem
>>> finding them...and they don't need to be read in consecutive order.
>>> The premise of Discworld is the same no matter which you are
>>> reading and his footnotes are self-explanatory. WHen I first
>>> started reading them, I started somewhere in the middle and haven't
>>> made any attempt to lkeep them in order. I think there are 4
>>> publ;ished that I ahve not read...and none that I did not
>>> like...and there are repeating characters throughout so you become
>>> attached to the sotires and the intertwining plots....they are a
>>> great read, even if you only erad a couple of them...problem is, if
>>> you read a couple of them and like them, you want to read all of
>>> them! I oftentimes buy used books from B&N...I don't care if they
>>> are pristine and if you order a certain amount the shipping is free.
>>
>> There are 32 listed at booksfree.com. Perhaps I'll tackle one and
>> see what all the fuss is about.
>>
>
> The first one I ever read was Moving Pictures. It's a stand alone
> book out of the series. You don't need to read them all in order,
> but it can make better sense if you read the ones that use the same
> main character in the right order.
> There's some help here.
> http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/miniseries.html
> http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/themes.html
>
>
> --
> kat
> >^..^<

Thanks!

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"Jeanie" <Nobody DeleteThis @home.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the Discworld
> series and the impossibility of ever getting them in anything approaching
> the correct order keeps me from trying. What are there, 40+ books in that
> series?!? Some are out of print and impossible to get anymore. We have
> no library here where I live.
>
At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of the later
Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until you are really
desperate for something to read.

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Granny by Gaslight wrote:
> "Jeanie" <Nobody.TakeThisOut@home.com> wrote in message
> news:KDRFj.4396$vD1.1235@trndny09...
>
>>I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the Discworld
>>series and the impossibility of ever getting them in anything approaching
>>the correct order keeps me from trying. What are there, 40+ books in that
>>series?!? Some are out of print and impossible to get anymore. We have
>>no library here where I live.
>>
>
> At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of the later
> Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until you are really
> desperate for something to read.
>
> .
> GbG
>
>
Which is totally a matter of opinion....
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Granny by Gaslight wrote:
> "Jeanie" <Nobody DeleteThis @home.com> wrote in message
> news:KDRFj.4396$vD1.1235@trndny09...
>> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the Discworld
>> series and the impossibility of ever getting them in anything
>> approaching the correct order keeps me from trying. What are there,
>> 40+ books in that series?!? Some are out of print and impossible to
>> get anymore. We have no library here where I live.
>>
> At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of the
> later Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until you are
> really desperate for something to read.
>
> .
> GbG

I have a hunch you may be right. <g>

Jeanie
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Granny by Gaslight wrote:
> "Jeanie" <Nobody.DeleteThis@home.com> wrote in message
> news:KDRFj.4396$vD1.1235@trndny09...
>> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the Discworld
>> series and the impossibility of ever getting them in anything
>> approaching the correct order keeps me from trying. What are there,
>> 40+ books in that series?!? Some are out of print and impossible to
>> get anymore. We have no library here where I live.
>>
> At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of the
> later Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until you are
> really desperate for something to read.
>
> .
> GbG

Just thought....

Have you ever read the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde?

Jeanie
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Jeanie wrote:
> Granny by Gaslight wrote:
>> "Jeanie" <Nobody.RemoveThis@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:KDRFj.4396$vD1.1235@trndny09...
>>> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the Discworld
>>> series and the impossibility of ever getting them in anything
>>> approaching the correct order keeps me from trying. What are there,
>>> 40+ books in that series?!? Some are out of print and impossible to
>>> get anymore. We have no library here where I live.
>>>
>> At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of the
>> later Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until you are
>> really desperate for something to read.
>>
>> .
>> GbG
>
> Just thought....
>
> Have you ever read the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde?
>

I have, though a while ago now.


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kat wrote:
> Jeanie wrote:
>> Granny by Gaslight wrote:
>>> "Jeanie" <Nobody.DeleteThis@home.com> wrote in message
>>> news:KDRFj.4396$vD1.1235@trndny09...
>>>> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the
>>>> Discworld series and the impossibility of ever getting them in
>>>> anything approaching the correct order keeps me from trying. What
>>>> are there, 40+ books in that series?!? Some are out of print and
>>>> impossible to get anymore. We have no library here where I live.
>>>>
>>> At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of
>>> the later Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until
>>> you are really desperate for something to read.
>>>
>>> .
>>> GbG
>>
>> Just thought....
>>
>> Have you ever read the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde?
>>
>
> I have, though a while ago now.
>
>
> --
> kat
> >^..^<

The fifth one was released last year. "First Among Sequels." I haven't
read it yet. Still waiting for it to turn up at the used book store I
frequent. <g>

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Jeanie wrote:
> kat wrote:
>> Jeanie wrote:
>>> Granny by Gaslight wrote:
>>>> "Jeanie" <Nobody.TakeThisOut@home.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:KDRFj.4396$vD1.1235@trndny09...
>>>>> I've heard about him, but the sheer volume of books in the
>>>>> Discworld series and the impossibility of ever getting them in
>>>>> anything approaching the correct order keeps me from trying. What
>>>>> are there, 40+ books in that series?!? Some are out of print and
>>>>> impossible to get anymore. We have no library here where I live.
>>>>>
>>>> At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of
>>>> the later Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until
>>>> you are really desperate for something to read.
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> GbG
>>>
>>> Just thought....
>>>
>>> Have you ever read the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde?
>>>
>>
>> I have, though a while ago now.
>>
>>
>> --
>> kat
>> >^..^<
>
> The fifth one was released last year. "First Among Sequels." I
> haven't read it yet. Still waiting for it to turn up at the used
> book store I frequent. <g>
>

I think I must have read 3 of them. I hadn't heard about the new one. Our
library gets these things, but with branches all over the county there is no
saying where they might be originally displayed. A locak used book store
would be useful.


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"Jeanie" <Nobody.TakeThisOut@home.com> wrote in message
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>> At the risk of a public lynching I would say the vast majority of the
>> later Discworld books can be safely left on the shelves until you are
>> really desperate for something to read.
>>
>> .
>> GbG
>
> I have a hunch you may be right. <g>
>
As Katy said, this is just my opinion, but when you read the first books
they bounce along, as though he is eager to get everything down and it all
comes tumbling out and still makes me laugh.
Now, the later books are just as funny, in places, but they are also
'clever' and sometimes 'meaningful'. They no longer feels as though he had a
wonderful idea and had to get it down on paper, it is more of an idea that
is put down on paper and made wonderful as he went along. I suppose an
academic would say they are better crafted, or something, and I dare say
they are. But they no longer sparkle.

The last couple I read I actually didn;t care if I finished them or not. His
earlier books I read in one sitting.
..
Natch, this is not confined to Pratchett. Tom Sharpe, who I lionise as a
writer of upheaval and chaos has had some real clunkers, but his first few
books... Cor blimey!
It must be damn hard thinking up new ideas to fill a whole novel all the
time - and still keep it reading fresh
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"Jeanie" <Nobody RemoveThis @home.com> wrote in message
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>> GbG
>
> Just thought....
>
> Have you ever read the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde?
>
8(( No. My last modern novel was The Historian, or something about Dracula
and since then I have gone backwards. I am currently with Peacock again.
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"Jeanie" <Nobody.TakeThisOut@home.com> wrote in message
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>> .
>> I do enjoy reading the occasional loony book though. Histrory
>> scattered with alien artifacts. UFOs zipping over Moses, Hidden
>> cities under the Gobi Desert, that sort of thing.
>
> Ah! Then you'd probably like "Saucer" by Stephen Coonts. Right up your
> alley.
>
Ah, but that is not a loony book; it is a novel, where anything goes. I
meant the books where the authors swear it is all true - at least, to get
the money, they do; some of them actually mean it. 8(
Now I think of it, I haven;t read a good one for ages. There was something
about a mystical crescent stretching over France which was grade A hokum -
wasn;t that after the Holy Blood, Holy Grail split up?
Shows how long it is. Older ones are best. 50-60-70s. They churned out some
smashers then - complete with photos. ))
Adamski would have LOVED Photoshop.
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