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# I've only read
colour of magic
the light fantastic
equal rites
mort
Night Watch

AND

The Truth.

Oh, and the Wee Free Men.

But manwife told me all about the platypus thing, and I love it.
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:47, archived)
# *highly recommends "Maurice and his Educated Rodents"*
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:48, archived)
# Aha
I'm always up for requests.

I'm trying to go in order, but I might just say 'fuck it'.
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:49, archived)
# better to go in order
some characters undergo heavy development through the books
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:52, archived)
# The first four are in order, right?
I need to buy more.
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:53, archived)
# with the first couple of books it doesn't really matter
but the newer ones should be read in order, at least those concerning the same cast of characters, like the watch

and they are in order, yes
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:56, archived)
# *claps*
So far my favourite one would be Night Watch or The Truth.

In fact, the Truth is my favourite so far.
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:58, archived)
#
www.sfsite.com/lists/pratchet.htm

edit: oops, that's not up to date. "Going Postal" and "Thud" are missing
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:06, archived)
# you're a stunner, ta
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:08, archived)
# i've read them all, by dint of the missus owning them, and not having anything of my own to read at the time
they're fairly accesible and entertaining
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:49, archived)
# I think so.
Certainly Pratchett's one of the few authors to make me laugh out loud whilst reading. Those books and Spike's books about when he was in the war.
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:50, archived)
# oh christ
they're the funniest books I've ever read, but also quite tragic when he starts to lose it a bit

"The monkeys have eaten all the fuckin' buns!"
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:52, archived)
# :D
I just want to direct the next big budget drama they do for discworld- or do the casting so I can get Mark Heap as Rincewind.
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:54, archived)
# Yes!
This, very much. I will pay money.
(, Sun 17 Jun 2007, 15:46, archived)
# Milligan or off of Buffy?
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:54, archived)
# Milligan!
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:55, archived)
# best war diaries ever
The man was a genius

The bit where the piss-tub goes through the ceiling in Bexhill is comedy gold

(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:57, archived)
# Oh it's all good, I think.
I'll always remember one thing he said.

Apples be ripe, nuts be brown
Petticoats up, trousers down
(, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:00, archived)