Mort
is most excellent. Soul Music is my other favourite one, although I like the stuff with Vimes in, too.
Shame his most recent four or five have been shit - in my opinion, anyway.

Also, to those of you who saw the televised Colour of Magic, I believe it was on last Christmas. David Jason as Rincewind: your thoughts?
(berk, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:31, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

You're so incredibly wrong it's beyond funny.
Nation wasn't much good, but every single discworld book has been excellent. With the exception of Jingo, which was a bit formulaic. I didn't like The Fifth Elephant at first, but upon re-reading it, I changed my mind.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:32, Reply)

I liked Going Postal
Don't think I read Jingo. I'm reading the plot outline and it's not ringing any bells :(

I've also lost all my discworld books in some freak blackhole event.

No Al, not up my vag before you say it
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:37, Reply)

It wouldn't be unfair to say that Making Money was more or less just a rehash of Going Postal,
but Going Postal was great, so that's not an entirely bad thing. There hasn't been a bad Discworld book yet.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:38, Reply)

Haven't read that
He has been churning them out recently though so I am probably massively behind

Haven't read the three after Thud!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:41, Reply)

In his defence
he's not got long left
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:44, Reply)

Well it's not long before
he starts writing about wizards and ends up writing about the price of beans
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:47, Reply)

I think he'll get lost before he finds his typewriter

(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:54, Reply)

I still own them all
but I genuinely think that his earlier stuff was far superior; the last few have been written in a style that gets on my nerves and is really quite formulaic. But even so I'd rather pick up a crap Pratchett than half the stuff that's in the so-called book charts. I think Nightwatch was the last one I really enjoyed.
(berk, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:40, Reply)

I think they got better and better up until you got to Men at Arms
I didn't think he would top that, but I think Feet of Clay was better. Then they have been consistently very good.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:45, Reply)

I would agree with that
but like I say - I think the Moist von Lipwig and Tiffany Aching novels (and Nation) weren't nearly as good as his earlier stuff. But, you know - meh, that's just my opinion. Personally, I would rather he wrote 2 or 3 more awesome books before he has to retire rather than churning out 5 or 6 progressively more crap ones.

I didn't think there was a new one out this year, but apparently there is, and it's about football. For all I'm moaning, I will be in the queue at Waterstones first thing on release day...
(berk, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:59, Reply)

I agree about the Tiffany Aching ones, and Nation
but kind of considered those to be an aside from the main stuff

I really enjoyed the ones about Moist von Lipwig though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 14:09, Reply)

I'd say that his writing has matured so much
probably most noticable in Night Watch.

the books are almost all utterly fantastic.

I seem to prefer the latest stuff, having not gone back and reread a bunch of the others for a while. I might set myself the task of rereading every Discworld book and see how I enjoy the progression.

I've misplaced my copy of Soul Music though, and that disturbs me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:56, Reply)