I definitely have to second **Thief of Time ** or Hogfather – I love Death and Susan. Although, Thief and **Hogfather ** are the first two I read, and I’m now reading the first two in the series – the differences I’ve already noted are somewhat disconcerting. I daresay I don’t like Death quite as much in his earlier characterization…
but so far, they’re all great. I can’t believe I only discovered Discworld this year!
btw (and I may have missed this completely – apologies) has anyone played the Discworld games for PC?
Thief of Time, Hogfather, Soul Music and Small Gods are my favorites.
I have read some in order and some not in order. The last one I read was “Night Watch”, which I thought was quite good.
Like alot of you, Vimes is one of my favorite chars. I admire that “Do the job that’s in front you.” attidute of his.
My fave is probably Night Watch. I didn’t read them in order (more or less in reverse in fact). Having just finished Guards Guards I sort of wish I did. It feels weird to read about the Watch with just 4 members and Vimes only the captain. And until I read Guards Guards my image of Lady Ramkin was of a probably attractive average weight woman, not of a huge whale of a wellie-wearing woman.
The problem with reading the books in order is that TP’s talent improves with each book. His earliest boos are not a patch on the majority. I couldn’t get into Colour of Magic.
It helps to be a fan of old fashioned fantasy to read Color of Magic. Just like it helps to have knowledge of whatever he’s parodying to enjoy others of his books.
Part of the reason I loved Pyramids was because I had just taken an egyptian anthropology course and was very amused at the parodies.
Personally, I like the Rincewind books more than the Witch books. The witches just annoy me. Also, the Rincewind books tend to have more of the other wizards which I find very amusing. The Archancellor and Ponder Stibbons could do vaudeville together.
How could I have forgotten the Archchancellor, he’s a great character. In my own personal “cast” of the Discworld, he’s played by Robbie Coltrane. And Vimes is John Thaw (why’d he have to go and die on me?!), Angua is Sarah Michelle Geller (what a great cult cross-over that would be!) and the Patrician is Angus Deayton (he has the perfect dry delivery)
Now there’s gonna be loads of “noooo, you could not be more wrong” - type replies. Hee hee.
I agree, though the one with the Opera and Carpe Jugulum was better. The Witch books are better when the Witches don’t seem so insufferably arrogant, and when there are other characters to pick up the slack. The Witches can’t carry the whole book.
[QUOTE=Angua]
Nooo!!! I can’t actually assign a “cast” to the characters - though, I do have images of what they all look like in my head.
Besides, Sarah Michelle Geller does not, under any circumstances have enough cleavage. QUOTE]
I do this with just about every book I read, but particularly the Discworld books as they are so very vivid. It changes though - I had Dame Judi cast as Lady Sybil, till I found out she was meant to be child-bearing age.
As for SMG as Angua - well, it’s amazing what you can do with a wonder bra these days!
Strange how discworld book discussions tend to turn into casting questions
I personally like the Wizzard’s books (not so much Rincewind himself) and the Librarian. 2 other non-mentioned books are the “science of” books (1 and 2, although 2 wasn’t very good IMO).
Of the series I read Small gods first and was hooked. After that, I found, and read, them in order.
I would stay away from “dark side of the sun” I found it (rather hard to find really) and didn’t like it at all.
My fav is probably night watch but I would only read that after reading all the Watch books in order.
I’m not sure who I’d cast as Angua. My mental picture of her is interesting - tall, probably blonde, but not neccesairily, and well endowed in the chest area. Who would fit the bill?
Angua has to be lean and powerful, and wolflike in some sense. She’s also Aristocracy, and maybe has a hint of East European about her.
Perhaps someone along the lines of Anna Kournikova, if she were a good actress (which I seriously doubt). So if anyone can think of anyone like that, I choose her.
