Comments on: Hey, did you know Discworld had a movie?

By: Deci

Deci — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:19:08 +0000

Real shame the books are coming to an end though and quite soon by all accounts as TP has Alzheimers :(

By: The Daakster

The Daakster — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:31:16 +0000

City Watch, that’s what it’s all about for me. I love em. Of course they are all good, but the City Watch books have something a little bit special.

By: Raffa

Raffa — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:00:50 +0000

Good Omens was a pretty cool book

By: Boobah

Boobah — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:29:25 +0000

Nifty. I’d known about the Hogfather film, but hadn’t known SkyOne had gone on to make others.

On the topic of the chart: Bah! Bah, I say! Just read them in the published order, unless you’ve discovered you really dislike one particular set of characters; they’re all in the Discworld (well, mostly) and you’ll find characters central to one series as bit parts or supporting roles in others. And a couple of those categories seem more like an attempt to shoehorn the novels without a group into categories than anything else.

Favorite scene: Rincewind’s ‘volunteering’ in _The Last Hero._ He’s finally figured out how the author (ab)uses him.

By: Brandon Tilley

Brandon Tilley — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:45:35 +0000

I thought I’d let you know that I came upon your last Discworld post two days before I went on vacation. There would be a lot of flying; The Color of Magic looked interesting; so I had it shipped overnight.

Wow, how awesome is this. “The Douglass Adams of Science Fiction” fits pretty well.

That guide to his books was just what I was looking for. Thanks!!

By: Bordektor

Bordektor — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:54:12 +0000

I loved the movie…. Mr. Teatime is VERY creepy.

By: Dap

Dap — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:16:10 +0000

Oops. Since I’m posting for the first time I’ll also take this opportunity to say… :)

By: Dap

Dap — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:14:25 +0000

I’m not surprised TP does a good interview. He spent a lot of time in provincial UK libraries meeting the people in the early stages of his career, and I went to see him a couple of times; he was very much as you’d expect from the books: funny, charming and unfailingly polite. Bearded, too, although less bald. Anyway, he was very clear even then about the roots of the disc world, but I really don’t remember much sign of where it was going. Rincewind suits the earlier books – which are all about the happy accident – but Weatherwax and Vimes are both much more directed characters; IMO what’s amazing is the flexibility he found in the idea of a large turtle floating through space. Watching the development of has been a lot of fun – and the only two constants have been Death & taxes (as embodied by Vetinari).

I’ve enjoyed the Tiffany books most, recently, but I’m glad they did a good job of Hogfather.

@Bash
Making Money is the most recent release, which is why it might not be on the list. Came out for the Christmas orders in the UK.

Nice blog, btw, since I’m a first time poster.

By: balddrick

balddrick — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:24:43 +0000

Going postal is also geting the film treatment here in the UK, dont know when its due though.

By: Softi

Softi — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:16:46 +0000

Great movies, both of them :) I’ve never quite managed to read a full book of Pratchet’s, although the hubby has all of them!