It's been over a year already. How do you remember Sir Terry fa/tg/uys?
Fondly.
Well.
>>46306183
Who?
>>46306183
Probaby better than he remembered himself.
time flies
>>46306183
Fondly, as has been said.
Just recently finished Shepherd's Crown, which had a nice section from his daughter about his final time, and how he wanted to work more on the book, and other books as well.
I really love his books, and I'm thankful he created as many as he did.
>>46306183
Quite fondly. I hope to be a jolly old guy when i hit 60+
>>46306183
About as well as he remembers
>>46306183
I stopped liking his books around Jingo and...well to be honest they do not stand up to a fresh reading. Good author, nice guy but can't say as I miss his work.
>>46308697
Terry Pratchett is /tg/core
>>46308704
>/tg/core
So he's a shitty meme? Sounds about right.
"And then, Windle Poons died."
I've read this book a gorillion times and the second time these words come up, I get all the feels.
>>46308731
You do not talk shit about Pratchett.
>>46308731
>>46308541
You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!
>>46306183
The aliens aren't supposed to surrender.
;_;
>>46309821
I loved that series.
>The Lost City right behind Tesco's
>>46306183
I'm honestly not too familiar with his work, beyond the Death character and a comic and movie or two.
Nevertheless, he was a great writer and talent like that will always be missed. I'm sure he was remembered as fondly by his fans as much as I miss Brian Jacques.
>>46306183
It has not been a good year for the survival chances of celebrities I like. I guess that's part of getting older.
>>46306183
To be honest, the only Discworld novels I liked was the Tiffany Aching series.
However I have liked all the movies and TV series that have come about from it.
I'm hoping Wee Free Men or others get made into a movie or series but I won't hold my breath.
He's the main inspiration behind my premade pickup campaign I pull out for social occasions.
Him and Dungeons of Dredmor.
>>46308525
Leave now, search up Terry Pratchett on wikipedia, buy a disc world novel, read it, enjoy, fall in love with Discworld, find out Sir Terry is dead, cry a lot
>>46309974
anon, (barring the fact that written literature is dead to me) why must we invite such pain into our lives?
>>46309974
Anon, other anon was making an attempt at humour by suggesting he has forgotten who Terry Pratchett is, due to his mental condition when he died.
>>46310074
>“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
>Death thought about it.
>CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
>>46310074
The ending of a beautiful thing is always sad, but that's no reason to avoid beautiful things.
>>46310086
I doubt it. He wasn't THAT popular, that everyone would know who he is.
I also have a shred of hope for humanity, because your scenario is just revolting.
>>46310159
>I never read anthing by him but I am sure that he's not good on the basis of this arguement.
How about fucking reading one of his books before talking about them, fuckface?
>>46310189
>>46310189
>You're not allowed to comment about Harry Potter until you've read the books
>What, you don't want to read them? Why? They're amazing!
>>46310159
>i will only read books that i grew up with
>trying something new is bad
It is ok anon, hungry hungry caterpillar is a nice book too
>>46310212
Anon, your still shit.
No amount of greentext will change this.
Cmon, people, stop insulting each other. Pterry wouldn't want to be remembered like this.
>>46310212
You're the type of person to say a food you never tried is bad, or the same about a movie you've only seen a trailer of, too, aren't you?
I'm not forcing you to read anything, but blurting your logic just makes you sound like a pretentious asshat.
>>46306183
I'm still in denial. Terry was a big part of my life. I've read almost his entire library, i loved every word.
The only thing about discworld i don't like is that it was cut off early, there was, is still so much potential. The industrial revolution was only just starting to build up steam.
I'd love a semicanon continuation where a different writer writes each book, and writes their own take on a particular area of the disc.
I still can't believe he's gone.
>>46310159
Well, in serious terms he was a marvellous fantasy writer who used his works to provide good social commentary (as opposed to tumblrite nonsense) via well-written storytelling. While his earlier books were somewhat bog-standard fantasy stuff, as he progressed his unique authorial voice grew stronger and more well-defined. Even at its jokiest, the Discworld often made you think after you laugh.
That said, the books definitely grow elss laugh-out-loud funny as time went on, and Sir Terry's Alzheimer's grew worse. His book 'Night Watch' was dark, often horrifyingly so at times, while stuff like 'Thud' and 'Snuff' often don't have many comedic bits in them at all (though there are some sections that will definitely make you grin).
If you want to get started, I'd suggest 'Guards! Guards!', 'Interesting Times' and 'Small Gods' for everything that made Pratchett's early reputation. They're quite good, very funny, and are a good intro to many of the Discworld's main characters.
Vimes best protagonist
>>46310159
I never grew up with him either, and having started reading his stuff only recently I can tell you that the writing is genuinely clever and funny.
We like Pratchett because he was a good writer and all around cool guy. Read his stuff, you won't regret it.
>>46310306
A Vimes and Rincewind book would be awesome. Shame.
>>46310265
>I'd love a semicanon continuation where a different writer writes each book, and writes their own take on a particular area of the disc.
That never goes well: see Dune and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
His daughter has already been asked to do this, and she refused.
>>46308541
Shas I thought you were cool
Because of my severe austist problems I can never finish novels but I bought some of Pratchetts work for my brother and he told me everything about the stories and such. Getting off topic but I pray that Ol' Terry is enjoying himself in the pearly gates. His stories have touched millions and will continue to do so in death. The documentary about euthanasia he did really hit me hard, never have I cried like that before
>>46310306
He had the best arc.
Still preferred the witches.
>>46310265
>I'm still in denial. Terry was a big part of my life. I've read almost his entire library, i loved every word.
>I still can't believe he's gone.
I hear you man. I didn't cry when one of my relatives passed away, but I was a weeping wreck when Sir Terry left us. His works were a major part of my life and a major inspiration for me to start writing on my own, and to think that we'll never read anything by him again is just fucking depressing.
That being said, I think he welcomed death (or maybe Death? I certainly hope so) in the end; some of the stuff I remember him writing near the end was just heartbreaking.
>>46309844
Which series is that? I've only enjoyed Discworld, I'm afraid.
>>46310371
Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead, Johnny and the Bomb.
>>46306183
>It's been over a year already.
The lilacs are in bloom, anons.
>>46310395
The bit in Johny and the Dead with the funeral was the only time i have cried reading a book.
>>46308541
filtered
>>46310420
>The lilacs are in bloom, anons.
How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
Fuck, I'm sniffling again.
>>46310432
I need to reread those, I've forgotten what bit that is.
>>46310395
Thank you. Om bless.
>>46310445
Oh god, I just reread Night Watch.
I... I just have something in my eye.
It still catches me off guard when i remember hes gone. Witches were always my favourite, and i loved Tiffany aching stuff. Which made the last book all the more painful. Though it was clearly made up out of bits and pieces and notes. Hardly flowed very well.
>>46308541
Fucking filtered
I'm not religious but Good Omens was amazingly hilarious.
>>46310505
I can't bring myself to read it.
Once I read it I will have read all the Discworld books. The story will be over. I am happy with the story that could be anything.
In will read it one day. Just not today.
>>46310332
I know, i know, but it's such a shame it's over, especially since he wanted to keep writing.
>>46310358
It seemed like he got as much as he could put in order before he left. I remember how i found him, a hardcover copy of interesting times on display in my library. I was pretty young, I'm so glad he influenced my life.
You're right, he was most certainly an inspiration.
Has anyone here read carpet people, the bromeliad trilogy, or the long earth trilogy?
>>46310293
Night watch is my favourite.
>>46310605
>Has anyone here read carpet people, the bromeliad trilogy, or the long earth trilogy?
I've read the first two, but I didn't know about the third. I'll add it to my list.
>>46310605
I have read Bromeliad, Carpet People and the first 2 in Long Earth.
What I found interesting was that there was a lot of tributes made to him when he died from the literary world, but he never won any "serious" awards for literature, only for fantasy and children's novels.
>>46310625
Anything with vimes is god tier, night watch is superb, good taste anon.
>>46310651
>>46310661
Also good taste.
>>46310445
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cn7ZW8ts3Y
>>46310681
Fantasy's long been seen as a child's thing, even moreso than scifi for some reason (maybe spaceships are more 'modern'? I dunno). Not even a knighthood could erase that stigma.
>>46310681
I don't know what it's like across the pond but here in Old Blighty if it's fantasy it's basically seen as mindless pap to give to dim children.
Suggesting it get an award? Don't be fucking stupid.
Or at least that was the view 10ish years ago. Things are changing now it seems.
>>46310707
>pic related
I'd rather be like Susan and get angry. It's a more productive emotion, I feel. Might actually push me to help the efforts to cure death.
>>46308541
wrong type of Alzheimer's, Shas'o
>>46310734
>>46310747
Fantasy is seen as okay if it's foreign, in which case it counts as literature for some reason and can receive awards.
>>46310705
The Watch novels really are some of the better Discworld books, I'd agree. Maybe it's because for all the trolls, dwarves, lost heirs and Nobby Nobbs they have, it's still a bunch of average Joes, Janes and dwarves doing the job that's in front of them.
That being said, I'd really have wanted to see where Moist von Lipwig would've gone. I always felt that Vetinari was trying to arrange his replacements in case something happened to him, and between Vimes, Moist and to a lesser extebnt, de Worde, the city was in fairly good hands.
Or maybe I'm just sad that we'll never see Raising Taxes.
>>46310159
Harry Potter works as a darkly humorous take on the anarchy of an average school, just with magic that enables situations like no one giving a fuck about broken or vanishing bones.
It fell apart when it started taking itself seriously.
And I say that as someone who actually grew up with it.
There are too many people who spout their unreflected opinions on things they have watched or read or played ages ago and build hype and circlejerks that turn off everyone else.
The issue is at its most severe in videogames (just look at Halo and Mass Effect), but also pretty strong in other media.
I read Lord of the Rings in three days as a young teenager and enjoyed the shit out of it. Nowadays I'd never manage to slog through the book. My adult verdict is "pretty writing, but not very engaging".
>>46310791
Really? Any examples? I'm not trolling or anything, I'm just a cultural wasteland who doesn't really read all that much fantasy. The Discworld's pretty much my be-all and end-all. I haven't even read Harry Potter or LotR, just saw the movies.
>>46310797
You never know, with the vampire lady freind Vetinari would have probably made a very good undead patrician.
>>46310839
I never really got that vibe. If Vetinari was the kind of man who'd seek immortality so that he could rule forever,he wouldn't be Vetinari, if that makes any sense. He'd want to ensure that Ankh-Morpork prospers to be sure, but I don't think he'd want it to stagnate under his own style of ruling.
>>46310824
>>46310837
>>46310856
>>46310824
>>46310837
>>46310856
>>46310869
I'm not gonna stop crying, am I?
>>46310864
I dont know about that, under others the place was an utter wreck.
Vetinari's mode of rule just seems to be: What do people not want to happen, why? How do we make it happen in a way we want?
>>46310901
PROBABLY NOT, SADNESS IS A GLAND THING THOUGH, SO I WOULDN'T KNOW.
>>46310901
It's fine. We'll both forget, in a day or two, and go about our lives as usual. People are adaptive like that.
At least until next year.
>>46310823
I can't remember the name of the award or the particular author, but I believe it was a spanish author who wrote a book that involved the main character speaking with supernatural entities, which would almost certainly count as fantasy if it was in English but was waved over for some curious reason. I would need to find the exact copy of the private eye I read it in, since it has a literary section in the back that talks about things like that.
>>46310944
You want to know the honest truth? I've never really forgotten, couldn't bring myself to. Like he wrote in Going Postal, "A man is never dead as long as his name is still spoken".
>>46310988
I misspoke. Of course we won't actually forget, just... not think about it, not without a reminder or some other catalyst to make us do so.
Happens all the time. Just like one stops thinking about their ex, that one time they called a teacher "mom", and global warming.
>>46309919
it nearly happened but the scripts that were put forward were so shit that the guy who bought them decided to put it off for a while.
that was about three years ago now, I think
So I've read the first two and would like to read more, but I don't have the cash for a ton of books right now. Could I get a few suggestions as to which should get?
>>46308541
he had short term memory issues, not long term you piece of shit.
His books are still here, every time I read them I get a joke I missed before.
>>46311069
Small Gods
>>46311069
First two what?
>>46311069
Interesting Times if you want more of the first two.
>>46311069
I don't know why, but the line that described Nanny Ogg as "Having a face like a mouldy apple but a mind like a buzzsaw" sticks with me.
>>46310681
>never awarded
Bitch please, he was fucking knighted as a knight bachelor.
>>46311069
Find a local second-hand or charity bookshop and buy whichever books they've got. You've already read the worst two, from a writing and characterisation standpoint, so just read whatever.
Hogfather is a good starting place.
You can try following a reading order or a subseries thing, I guess.
>>46311270
He never won any literature awards that weren't for fantasy or children's novels, that's my point. He was knighted but never won anything like the Man Booker award.
>>46311283
>Hogfather is a good starting place.
Hogfather is GOAT
Reminder.
>>46310701
>I don't watch or read good things just because people acknowledge they are great
>>46311283
>>46311313
Hogfather is good and all, but I prefer to recommend reading in miniseries order, so that the character development is more noticeable.
>>46311365
Nigger, I watched Blade Runner, Terminator, Alien and all other kinds of shit because they are considered classics.
I hated Blade Runner, found Terminator to just be an average slasher movie and loved Alien but fucking hated Aliens.
My point is that I don't give a shit about public opinion anymore. If there's a large circlejerk, I'll assume that the work in question is actually of questionable quality. It cannot possibly ever be as good as the hype.
>>46310701
>I'm so not mainstream
>But my opinions are still based on other people's opinions
>Notice my bait senpai
>>46311365
>>46311414
>>46311444
Shhhh, it's okay, you can keep your opinions, just stop arguing. This ain't the time.
>>46306183
Fuck me, time really doesn't wait, does it? I'm going to have to write faster.
>>46311414
>don't give a shit about public opinion
>take to a public, yet anonymous imageboard to intentionally express opinions on subject matter you dont like when you could have just said nothing and spend ages defending self.
OK
>>46310209
You crafty cunt.
I think you would like his books.
>>46308731
kill yourself
>>46311171
I do like learning that there are still a few books by him I have yet to read. I was unaware of his young adult series.
>>46306183
A preserved lilac flower pinned to my sweater.
>>46311655
Just look up his bibliography.
Shall we take a moment to remember our favourite moment of the series?
>He wanted to go home. He wanted it so much that he trembled at the thought. But if the price of that was selling good men to the night, if the price was filling those graves, if the price was not fighting with every trick he knew....Then it was too high.
>>46311776
>Shall we take a moment to remember our favourite moment of the series?
THAT!!!!! IS!!!!! NOT!!!!! MY!!!!! COW!!!!!
Seriously, reading that made me pumped as hell.
>>46306183
Eh, I read Guards! Guards! and wasn't particularly interested in reading other Pratchett novels so it was really just another headline for me.
>>46311776
That scene at the end of Hogfather when Death asks his daughter to sift through the universe to find one particle of justice and explains the importance of believing in the small lies before the big ones. It's been a long time since I read the book, I cannot remember the exact wording.
Please excuse me while I go to rectify this gross oversight.
>>46306183
>How do you remember Sir Terry fa/tg/uys?
With my copy of GURPS: DIscworld, of course.
>>46312073
“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
MY POINT EXACTLY.”
>tfw I didn't know of Pratchett or read any of his works until after he died
I read The Color of Magic recently and enjoyed it a lot, but the thought of him being dead bums me out and I haven't read any more.
>>46312165
You're in for a great journey if you ever decide to continue.
>>46312165
See >>46311171 and just do it. Lots of great people and great writers are dead. It happens. But their legacy remains, and that's all that they are now.
Pterry himself wrote that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken.
>>46312211
>Lots of great people and great writers are dead. It happens. But their legacy remains, and that's all that they are now.
Hell, great writers leave more behind than most people. Most people aren't remembered for multiple generations by anyone but their family.
Pratchett's better off than most people end up.
>>46311776
Good Omens.
What happen to cassette tapes left in cars.
>>46311475
She waited once, iirc, but no, generally, Time waits for no man.
Man, I did really like Thief of Time, but it's definitely one of the most interlinked books in the series, with a portion that's kind of simultaneous with Night Watch, which is even better
>>46312094
That'd be the one. Cheers anon!
>>46312270
kek.
Though it occurs to me that the thing that inspired that - you wanting some new music for your long drive, you go to the services but the only thing that's decent there is *that* tape (which you inevitably already have) will probably be completely lost on newer readers, in this age of easily downloaded digital music and connecting your MP3/Phone to your car stereo .
Hell, it barely works on me, and I'm only 20
>>46312190
>>46312211
I've read books by dead authors many times before; I don't know why this should be different. Maybe it's just that this author's death was more recent. The deaths of Tolkien or Howard seem distant because they died decades ago.
You're right, though. I shouldn't let it get me down. I'll continue reading the Discworld books. Thanks, anons.
>>46312861
You might want to look up his bibliography and read the non-Discworld books too, maybe even before the series.
Good Omens is particularly good.
>>46306183
I celebrate my birthday.Fuck. He was my most favorite author, too.
>>46310749
Anger was what Sir Terry used as well.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/24/terry-pratchett-angry-not-jolly-neil-gaiman
>everyone thinks he was a Bard
>yfw he was actually a Barbarian with really high charisma and int
Banks was better desu
>>46313433
Never heard of him. Do they have similar styles? I might check him out.
>>46313433
>Hear that he has cancer
>a few months later he's fucking dead
Pancreatic cancer is pretty nasty, it turns out.
>>46313433
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture
>You will never live in the Culture
>You will never be a spaceship with a cool name and enough firepower to wipe out entire fleets in microseconds
feels bad
>>46308702
>.
I'd say it depends. Reaper Man, Interesting Times, Night Watch and Witches Abroad for example are highly rereadable for me.
Reaper Man in fact always brings out a tear or two.
>>46310587
Read the Bromeliad a looong while ago, liked it but can't remember the details. Read the first novel of the Long Earth. Saving the rest, as well as the Johnny novels, The Carpet People, The Dark Side of the Sun and the last Tiffany book.
I'm quite sure I'll read the alst one several decades from now. I just need to know there's some writing of his I haven't read.
>>46310681
It's the same reason some people like to call their novels "magical realism". They don't like to think they are reading fantasy. The Canterville Ghost has always been, and will always be, fantasy. Ditto for the Iliad, the Odissey, and so many other great works.
Yet in the past 70 years, some wanna be intellectuals started to look down on it, God knows why. The same with sci fi.
Yes, there's a lot of trash, but then again, every genre has lots of trash. Sturgeon's law and all.
>>46310791
>>46310823
Look for magical realism. A Thousand Years of Solitude is considered one of the best works of the genre. Love it, and
>>46311299
All the writers that didn't even nominate him for those awards fully know that 80 years from now Pratchett will still be widely read, while their works are forgotten.
>>46311069
Witches Abroad. Or Interesting Times. Or Reaper Man.
>>46312165
I'd kill to be you and still have all of his works to discover. What a journey you have ahead. Cannot imagine it.
>>46313570
>You will never
Don't say that, we need a century TOPS until immortality. After that it's only a matter of time.
>>46313474
Somewhat similar, Iain M Banks was more sci-fi and a bit more serious. Still had a great sense of humour. Both were British, and about the same age, so they've had similar frames of reference and humour.
He's the guy that did The Culture novels.
>>46313474
>Do they have similar styles
Not really, but he's still pretty good. And if you've been on /tg/ for any length of time you've heard of the Culture - he wrote sci-fi with and added "M", but Iain [M] Banks shouldn't be hard to find
>>46312083
>gurps: disk world
Gurps has ruined yet another good setting.
>>46311776
>I HAD PLANNED TO SHOW YOU MARVELS. FINE CITIES. ANYTHING YOU WANTED.
>"Anything?"
>YES.
>"Then we're going to the dance, Bill Door. I always go every year. They rely on me. You know how it is."
Renata fucking Flitworth, that's where the shit's at.
Is Brandon Sanderson worth it?
>>46313718
I think he's pretty good. The Stormlight archive is ongoing and it's probably the best thing he's done, as soon as the main character stops moping around.
>>46310587
I did that with the last Redwall book. Put off reading it for four years, then finally read it last year.
>>46313799
Whenever Kaladin stops being emo, the books get great.
>>46313718
Most of his early work tends to be a bit meh, but by the Stormlight Archive era he got better.
You should probably stick with Stormlight, since he carried a lot of his earlier work in with it, meaning that while it's a lot better, you'll still recognise a few cliches he's fond of.
Also I've been told the Mormon Allegories may get to you, but as a Bonglander I barely even noticed them and he doesn't go full Goodkind with them (I.E, his mouthpiece actually gets valid concerns thrown in his way, not just a legion of strawmen).
>>46312165
My mother and now dead nan read Color of Magic and Light Fantastic to me when I was wee child.
It was okay to mediocre genre fiction.
>>46314347
>genre fiction
Please leave /lit/. You are not welcome here.
I remember him with a lilac plant in the garden and his books in my bookcase.
>>46314347
I wonder who could be behind this post
>>46310445
I think I'll rereread something.
>>46310701
>cunts like you are why I will never read any of his stuff
>I also would have refused to read it
>most of these authors are incredibly overhyped jack-offs
>Come at me, bro.
That's sad anon. I see no reason for defiance in the fact that you enjoy things or not based on how much others like them or not, instead of your own opinion.
Is there anything you actually like? Rocky Horror Show? Salior Moon? Invisible Cities? Folk music? Pussy?
>>46310823
Not that anon, but as someone who actually doesn't read much fantasy:
Some of Borge's tales like Aleph and Tlon, Uqbar, Orbius Tertius
Invisible Cities from Calvino, perhaps Cosmicomics
Several books from Neil Gaiman, specially American Gods
John Dies At The End
Malazan Book of the Fallen
Actual mythologies have interesting stuff, whereever you live, there must be local material virtually unkown to most and the web. For others, here:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
>>46312094
That's where I went from atheist to agnostic.
It doesn't matter if a god exists or not, if justice exists or not, if the world is fair. Through us, those untangible ideas come to be.
>>46314347
Do better then. I assure I will buy your books if you do.
>>46311171
I don't know why, but whenever I see a large collection of work like this, I feel intimidated, because I feel like I'll never possibly be able to read rhem all. I feel almost positive that I'd lose enjoyment too quickly partway through. I guess I have motivation issues.
>>46311414
>It cannot possibly ever be as good as the hype.
Nothing ever lives up to all the hype, anon. That doesn't mean it's not worth a read.
I grew up in the Discworld fandom; it was pretty much the primary hobby of my parents and to this day it's pretty much the only thing I ever have in common with my mum. I remember idolising Terry at quite a young age, around about the time I realised I was too stupid to be a doctor so I thought I could maybe be a writer instead. I was even an extra in some of the TV movies, because they got fans in.
Around about the time of the first Moist von Lipwig books, I stopped looking forward to reading Discworld. I don't know if it was the books declining in quality or me changing, growing, developing new and different tastes but I stopped reading Pratchett and ended up kind of trapped in a fandom I was no longer part of. But felt like I couldn't break ties with; it's such a huge part of my family's life that it would be like a preacher's son trying to tell dad he's an atheist, or converting to judaism.
I still liked Terry and the surrounding folk as people, but I was just completely unengaged. I tried getting back into it, tried reading Snuff or the Tiffany Aching series (which always left me cold). One dark day in Birmingham I even tried reading the Long Earth books, but it just didn't work.
I remember Terry through my parents, but I've managed to uncouple from the fandom now. Like most fandoms, it can be toxic and cultish and I found it personally damaging to try and make myself a part of something that just didn't work.
>>46314347
Okay, I'll bite. Please recommend me some authors who do comedy in a fantasy based setting better. I've been feeling pretty shitty so I could use something like that right now.
>>46311776
>"The trouble is, you see, that if you do know Right from Wrong, you can't choose Wrong. You just can't do it and live. So.. if I was a bad witch I could make Mister Salzella's muscles turn against his bones and break them where he stood... if I was bad. I could do things inside his head, change the shape he thinks he is, and he'd be down on what had been his knees and begging to be turned into a frog... if I was bad. I could leave him with a mind like a scrambled egg, listening to colors and hearing smells...if I was bad. Oh yes." There was another sigh, deeper and more heartfelt.
"But I can't do none of that stuff. That wouldn't be Right."
>>46317247
>I could do things inside his head, change the shape he thinks he is, and he'd be down on what had been his knees and begging to be turned into a frog... if I was bad.
But Granny literally does that (Or at least threatens to) to get people to shut up and leave her alone. Some people apparently even find being made to think they're frogs is therapeutic.
>>46311069
torrent my man, you can probably download his entire literary works from somewhere in <2 minutes
>mfw internet + shitty tablet/e-reader = millions of books at your fingertips
what a time to be alive
>>46317446
That's the thing about morality, so much of it is context-dependent. Threatening somebody with something and actually doing that thing are worlds apart. And of course, your reasons for doing it are another story entirely.
GNU Terry Pratchett
>>46308541
Oh snap!
>>46310212
Well, you're allowed to comment, of course, but it'll be a stupid comment considering that you're commenting on something you haven't read.
>>46306183
His death finally convinced me to read his work. Bought the eight first volumes of Discworld and love it so far
>>46313361
>high INT barbarian writter
>Can write a full book if he goes full berserker rage
>This entire thread
I don't mind if it becomes a yearly thing.
>>46306183
It was his death that got me to start reading.
Now I've only got 4 of the books left to go.
Every time I finish one I feel glad I got to read it. But also sad knowing there is a finale end coming.
I can only read them for the first time once. It will never be quite the same.
He really made a world. Like few others have. An entire world to see and explore. But soon. Very soon it's ends
>>46310856
Rincewind, defiant to the end.
>>46318704
Got more comic pages? I really liked that one.
I re read every last Discworld novel over the past year except Shepard's Crown. I just, haven't wanted to admit to myself that it's over.
I started reading discworld books at the age of 11 and never stopped. At first it was the adventure, as I got older I started to really enjoy the humor. But as I became an adult, I expected to find it all juvenile and lose interest.
But I never did.
Because I started to see the satire, the indignation over injustices and the evil we do.
I was as captivated by the characters, as invested as in one of those books of "real" litterature that I also read.
He made me feel as no other author about being weak but still doing the right thing. About childhood and the wisdom of old witches. About justice, war, intolerance even if the messengers were goofy guards, wizards, post masters.
And in the end, as through all his books really, about death.
I will never stop reading you Sir Pratchett.
>>46318704
I just wish there was a light blue edge on that sword, like the books.
Some anons commented he never won a prize for his writing.
What is this thread, if not the sort of prize he liked the most?
>>46318704
So Death is sad that nothing stops him from working?
Couldn't he just stop himself?
>No, I haven't read any Discworld. What gave it away?
>>46321770
He stopped working once, it didn't end well for anybody involved. Reaper Man - good read.
>>46306183
I don't. I was never a fan.
>>46308731
He really is though. People just like Discworld because they think they're supposed to. Doubly so now that the dude is dead. It's mediocre at best.
>>46322325
>Reaper Man - good read.
best death novel.
>tfw the villain is ashopping mall
>>46318695
Isn't there a barbarian Ninja build where you can actually use Barbarian rage to make yourself sneakier? This guy must have done so for his writing.
>>46320710
Bullshit.
Guy also made himself a sword out of meteorite and got knighted by the Queen with it. There's a reason he's referred to as "Sir" Terry Pratchett, and it's not out of politeness.
>>46311069
>So I've read the first two and would like to read more, but I don't have the cash for a ton of books right now.
If only there was a place one could go to get books free.
Like a bookstore, except you don't pay for the books, you just bring them back after a few weeks.
There should be a name for this...Seriously nigger, get a library card. Shit's great if you don't want to buy an e-reader and pirate.
>>46322325
Didn't he take a holiday in Mort?
>>46325663
Not to mention Hogfather
>>46325669
>>46325663
Then he had a replacement. Death quitting without replacement equals madness
I've only read the Death series, but I don't think I've ever had a more magical time reading before. It really changed my perceptions of death (and lead me to write an 7000 word document on how and why we personify Death).
>But Bill Door was already rising and unfolding like the wrath of kings. He reached behind him, growling, living on loaned time, and his hands closed around the harvest scythe.
>The crowned Death saw it coming and raised its own weapon but there was very possibly nothing in the world that would stop the worn blade as it snarled through the air, rage and vengeance giving it an edge beyond any definition of sharpness. It passed through the metal without slowing.
>NO CROWN, said Bill Door, looking directly into the smoke. NO CROWN.
ONLY THE HARVEST.
>>46322481
Mediocre?
You don't get knighted for services to literature, by writing mediocre books.
Let's assume someone never read any Pratchett's book,and has a little idea what are they about.
What book would be best to read first and what to read next?
>>46322325
>>46325663
>>46325669
>>46325715
Mort (had an apprentice), Reaper Man (got "retired", things went to shit), Soul Music (had Susan), Hogfather (one night only)
>>46325842
Depends what sort of thing you like in other books - Guards Guards/Men At Arms is a very good way to introduce yourself to one of the biggest bits in the setting, but if you're not a fan of police stuff it might not be the best starting point.
Other "starting" novels that are good places to begin include: Wyrd Sisters (Equal Rites is before it, but less in keeping with the rest of Witches stuff, which begins as a riff on Shakespeare),
Mort - which is the start of the story of Death and Co.
The Colour of Magic is the first book in the series, and though it's not as polished or pruned as the others - it does give an okay tour of the world though, and starts the Rincewind story, about the worst Wizzard in the world
Pyramids and Small Gods are excellent standalone novels, though Small Gods is pretty heavy (but excellent)
On the other hand starting anywhere can work fine - my first Watch book was near the end of that sub-series
>>46320710
>Some anons commented he never won a prize for his writing.
He got a knighthood.
>>46326100
He also never stopped being Death for that one night in Hogfather.
>>46326134
True, he was still Death, but that wasn't the job he was doing.
IIRC he even actively didn't do that job at one point - when he gave the little matchgirl the best Hogswatch gift
>>46325842
IIRC there was this fanmade reading order thing which grouped things by series and which relate to which.
It gave several good starting points.
(though>>46326100
listed most of them)
>>46308541
Kek
>>46312165
>tfw I had the Colour of Magic sitting on my shelf for 3 years and didn't read it until after he died
>tfw I read Good Omens andThe Long Earthwhen he was alive
>tfwThe Long Earthwas shit
>tfw I'll never tell that mad old bastard his shit was amazing
>tfw the same thing happened with David Bowie
>>46308541
You monster. Never change.
I've been thinking lately about the Discworld series as a whole, it's essentially takes place in a transition-period between two ages.
The series begins at the end of the age of heroes (where Rincewind somehow mantles the role of the great wizard and saves the Disc) and ends after finally transitioning to the new age (discovery? industry? something else?).
I generally don't. I don't get Terry Pratchett fans. Maybe I was too old when I read him the first time, but there's nothing noteworthy about his writing other than that he makes fun of cliches.
>>46327060
That's the early ones. Read Reaper Man, Nightwatch or Witches Abroad and you'll see how deeply humane and thoughful were his stories.
While still being fun. Just don't read it if you believe that serious subjects should always be written about with no fun allowed.
>>46326155
But he did to the Tooth Fairy guard and Earnie.
>>46325802
He did.
What a sad way for him to go. Unseen Academicals, Snuff, and Raising Steam were good, but obviously affected by his condition. I was really growing to love Moist and the industrial revolution arc.
And his documentary on assisted suicide really fucked me up bad.
>>46318704
Oh sweet Jesus the feels of that pic
>>46327400
I've read Witches Abroad. I'm all for joking about serious subjects as well, I've just never found Pratchett's take on subjects interesting. There are so many other better writers than him writing about those same subjects. Like I said, I was probably just too old, and had already read some of those authors, which is probably why I wasn't impressed.
>>46330450
What authors do you consider better? Not shitposting, looking for ideas of what to read next.
>>46310132
Yeah, I live on the other side of the globe (read: somewhere in Asia) so it took me a while to discover Discworld.
At least where I live isn't exactly bumfuck nowhere so it's still possible to buy Discworld books round here.
The collection's nowhere near as complete as your typical bookstore in say, Britbongistan though.
>>46325802
Being knighted isn't actually a big thing, it's pretty much just PR for the mostly irrelevant institution called the royal family.
>>46330495
Just so you know, I'm not talking about fantasy authors. Still interested?
>>46311776
>But Bill Door was already rising and unfolding like the wrath of kings. He reached behind him, growling, living on loaned time, and his hands closed around the harvest scythe. The crowned Death saw it coming and raised its own weapon but there was very possibly nothing in the world that would stop the worn blade as it snarled through the air, rage and vengeance giving it an edge beyond any definition of sharpness. It passed through the metal without slowing. NO CROWN, said Bill Door, looking directly into the smoke. NO CROWN. ONLY THE HARVEST.
>>46330569
>Just so you know, I'm not talking about fantasy authors. Still interested?
Yes. Possibly even more so, actually.
>>46330635
>What can the harvest hope for, if not the care of the reaper man?
>>46330569
>most irrelevant institution
He talked about the monarchy a couple of times. He said that while he had never been a huge fan of it to begin with, when he had been knighted himself, and had seen some of the other fellows also being knighted - soldiers, mostly - who had given up parts of themselves to protect their country, saw their smiling faces and damaged bodies beaming with pride and thankfulness-
That the monarchy was worth it, if only just to give these people some dignity in protecting their own, to give them some honour, whatever that was worth.
You can look at that cynically too, but eh.
>>46311069
>have most of the books and short stories in pdfs and whatnot (although one or two of those files are incomplete for some reason)
>on holiday, left laptop at home
Shit.
Hold on I might be able to dig up where I uploaded them to.
>>46308541
>>46330693
After looking back on my notes on his talk, what I had written down is "For unsung heroes medals and monarchy is good."
But then again he also took his own wrinked mother along to his knighting and his most horrible thought would be "if the lights go out and there's a panic I might accidentally go home with the wrong Mother."
>>46310799
Really? LOTR was the other way around for me. I was a kid when the movies came out, slogged through the books, but I was really only reading them for the movies.
Read them as an adult recently, loved the shit out of them.
Definitely agree with you on things you like as a child not always translating well into adulthood though. I mean, I was a fucking beetle borg fan.
>>46330569
Still interested. I mostly read fantasy, but you've got to branch out.
its still a shame i discovered him only a couple months before his death.
>>46330569
Not fantasy? At least scifi?
There's plenty of great writers in both genres, so I wonder how come none of those "better writers" have anything to do with fantasy.
I just hope you aren't one of those snobs that look down on anything not firmly grounded in reality.
Would like to know what writers are those as well.
>>46322481
>People just like Discworld because they think they're supposed to.
I don't think that's true at all. I actually came to Discworld before I ever started frequenting /tg/. I saw a few of his books on my dad's bookshelf when I got sick of reading YA lit and borrowed some. Since I was the kind of no-friends middle-school faggot who brought books to school to read during recess, my English teacher noticed and asked if I was a fan. I said the books were pretty good and she helped me get into the rest of the series. I went to the library and devoured them by the dozens, racking up loads of late fees in the process.
I re-read Guards, Guards! a little bit ago (I think it was that one, not sure) and was dismayed that I didn't enjoy it as much as I did when I was younger. The preachiness, which I used to think of as occasionally inspiring and only sometimes annoying, seemed like it took up more of the book than I remembered in the first place. So taking the books seriously is harder for me now, but most of the humor was still pretty fun.
>>46311064
>>46309919
Wasn't there going to be a Watch TV series coming out sometime this year? I remember hearing about it. His daughter was attached in some capacity.
>>46310332
>Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Oh, god, don't remind me
I picked that up and was like 'huh, didn't this guy write Artemis Fowl?' and was thoroughly disappointed
>>46313680
It had a mech operate by three trolls in it, shut up, admittedly the whole thing stopped working because the trolls pedaled so hard they forgot why they were pedaling due to the heat buildup, but still.
>>46331214
I had the same experience with LOTR that you did, I think our experience is more common than that other fellow's because I've seen lots of people who experienced those books this way.
>>46308541
filtered
>>46310824
that pasta was years before he died. I remember it as one of the first things I saw on /tg/
>>46325734
I kind'a want to read that Death essay now. Do you still have it?
I remember always wanting to go to the bookshop two towns away, because that where they sold his novels. I remember visiting the library every day for a month waiting for them to get their copy of Masks.
I think somewhere Pratcett ignited the spark in my mind for philosophy and sociology. Despite his preachiness, there are stuff there that I still marvel at in small gods and Hogfather.
>>46313112
It was my 28th birthday last year and it was a shitty one as we all lost Terry.
This year I turned 29 and ended up in a four hour telephone shit-fest with my mother because I didn't want her to drink around her grandchildren (as she's a raging alcoholic) so they would have better memories of her rather than her being drunk all the fucking time.
If next year is shit too i'll straight up stop having birthdays. If anyone asks I'll be 30 until I die and I'm not giving anyone the date any more.
>>46333992
Well, you only really have to get to 30 to be a wizard anyway.I'm sorry to hear that, Anon. Here's hoping things are better for you next year. Happy belated birthday, for what it's worth.
>>46332927
You liked Artemis Fowl but not the Guide?
>>46334245
I read Artemis Fowl when I was really young and to be honest, I was mostly ambivalent towards it. I remember very little of the actual plot details past the first book, which I think I reread at some point.
I loved the Guide series. After Adams died, though, Eoin Colfer wrote an unofficial final sequel to the Guide series, and it was not very good.
>>46332193
Generally not sci-fi, although Philip K. Dick has written some great stuff. If we're talking great literature which treats many serious subjects with a good dose of humour, my go-to would be Catch-22, which is fucking hilarious and tragic at the same time.
>>46334307
Huh, I never heard about that. Writing an unofficial sequel to a finished series, that's some crazy shit.
>>46334361
I wouldn't be hasty enough to call Guide a "finished series" at any point. It was supposed to be a trilogy but he made it into five books. I don't think he planned on writing anymore, so maybe you're right. Either way writing a sequel for another guy's work is always something I've thought of as being pretty wack.
>>46308541
Here's your (You) you trip fagging piece of shit
>>46332889
I suspect it's in development hell at the moment, given that it was initially pegged for this year and we've had pretty much nothing new come out of it.
Shame, but I'd rather it late or never than it being half arsed.
>>46330723
>drive.google.com/open?id=0B0iycz0jc3eAaFJObUhaaTlVaTg
There we go.
Sorry for the long wait, it was past midnight over here
>>46310306
I still want a Vettinari book. He's my absolute favorite and seeing how little he was used was a big shame.
>>46338115
Thank you!
(Not that guy, but felt gratitude was in order)
>>46311776
A lot of stuff is pretty quotable but the two bits that stick out for me are:
1) Toward the end of The Light Fantastic when the narrator describes how inconsequential we are to the Old Gods and how they aren't evil because at least evil has the decency to WANT to enslave/kill you.
2) "Don't put your faith in revolutions. They never last and the next one is always just around the corner. That's why they're called revolutions."
>>46310212
>The Ocean is shit. It's just a bunch of dried sand.
>Of course I've never seen it, it's shit!
>>46310334
What's cooler than being cool?
>>46334549
The four book "More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide" I owned growing up is a testament to that.
>>46308541
I wasn't going to contribute to this thread, but you changed my mind. This m8s can't take a good joke. Good on you.
>tfw in the middle of rereading a series because I remember fuck-all
>tfw need to reread the LOTR books and the rest of Tolkien because I haven't read those
>tfw need to finish reading Gaunt's Ghosts
>tfw need to finish the last Cain book
>tfw want to read Conan shit
>tfw now I want to get around to reading Discworld
>oh and I also need to read Dune
send help
>>46306183
By still not reading a single one of his books and feeling guilty
>>46313626
Why would you ever want to be immortal?
>>46313626
You seem like you might enjoy this:
https://blog.jaibot.com/500-million-but-not-a-single-one-more/
>>46340293
>unable to die
Shit-tier twilight zone twist
>living as long as you want to
Do you want to die today? You're suicidal.
Do you want to die tomorrow? Still suicidal.
How far in the future do you have to say "I'll be okay with dying at this point" for it to stop qualifying?
My friends. I love my nerd lore, from dnd to 40k, and a lot in between. I must confess I know little of Sir Terry, other then in his name, and something of a diskworld. As per
>>46309974
I have done so. Reading the tweet about his passing, I literally cried. I do him a disservice by not knowing his works better. I recognize my failing and will be sure to correct it.
>>46308541
I wish ill upon you for that comment.
As a close, here is a punch in the feels.
At last, Sir Terry, we must walk together.
Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.
The End.
>>46338218
Thank you anyways, I had the files lying around so I might as well share.
Like I said it's incomplete, but it should have most if not all of the "core" books
