Pratchett love post

[dangermousie]

I adore Terry Pratchett and have been catching up with books of his I haven't read. I just finished Small Gods and it was so very good.

Brutha is such an unusual protagonist for Pratchett. Usually his protagonists are cowards or conmen who finally do the right thing (Rincewind, Moist) or heroes who are hard-bitten cynics with an angry sense of decency (Vimes, the Witches). Brutha is...an incredibly nice, sweet, idealistic person. I loved him.

SG won't displace my favorite Pratchetts - the Guards books (Fifth Elephant is my favorite Pratchett book, period) but it was wonderful.

This, btw, is the ranking of all the Pratchett books I've read so far.

The Fifth Elephant
Men at Arms
Guards! Guards! (Remind me to tell you about how I acquired this one)
Feet of Clay
Jingo
The Last Continent
Interesting Times
The Light Fantastic
The Colour of Magic
Small Gods
The Last Hero
Reaper Man
Maskerade
Mort
Sourcery
Eric
Moving Pictures
Carpe Jugulum
Going Postal
Thud!
Equal Rites
Making Money
Hogfather
Night Watch
The Truth
Thief of Time
Monstrous Regiment

Oh, and my favorite character? Carrot Ironfoundersson, a 6 feet tall dwarf (adopted) who, in the worst-kept secret in the city, is the lost heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork. Prefers being a policeman though. And is boyfriend of the most awesome female Pratchett character ever, Angua von Uberwald - part-time vegetarian, part-time werewolf, and always awesome. It's my only Pratchett ship, actually :)

Comments

[akosikae.livejournal.com]

I love Small Gods, too. It's my first Pratchett book that's why it's so special.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

My first was Guards Guards and I loved Pratchett ever since.

[ambergold.livejournal.com]

Terry Pratchett, sounds familiar...is it sci-fi or fantasy?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

fantasy. Very good.

[mycenae.livejournal.com]

I just finished The Fifth Elephant yesterday! It's only my second Discworld book. I read The Colour of Magic first and found it pretty meh, but I really enjoyed Fifth Elephant and Carrot and Angua. Can you tell me which other books they appear in?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The first guards book: Guards Guards is where Carrot first appears.

Angua first appears (and they hook up) in the second book in the series: Men at Arms.

Then we have Interesting Times, then Jingo, then Fifth Elephant.

The next guards book Nightwatch is very Vimes-centric so they barely appear. The latest guards book is Thud!

[weissman.livejournal.com]

my two favorate Prachett chraters are Capt Carrot and Sgt Angus. Its such a great love story with two great characters. I love his books and have read all of them.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

They are so very awesome

[thelana.livejournal.com]

Small Gods is totally one of my favorites, even though it's a standalone. Probably just because it does a great job of approximating my take on religion or the idocies of religion.

BTW, True Blood season 2 finale was yesterday, and Bill and Sookie got some cute scenes.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

SG is so very clever.

Cute GIF. I sort of got bored with TB, I confess.