This thread is for talking about the Great Discworld series that's been around since the late seventies early eighties.

Discworld is the spawn of D&D parady,British Humor and a good dose of Terry's deseased imaganation. mixed together in a big pot.
Whens 'Nightwatch' going to be realeased...?

And here's some Hex errors.

+Mr.Jelly Mr.Jelly+ +Red for start+
+Out of cheese error+

 

Originally posted by Speli:
By the way, the word "deaseased" (which isn't a word), is that suppose to be "diseased" or "deceased"?

 
V Decased is also a word. V



Taken from engrish.com

All those decased citizens...How tragic.

I've only read one book from the Discworld series and it was called 'Mort' I really enjoyed it. It was funny and nothing like I've ever read before. I'd definately like to read another. Which do you guys recommend?   

I have read all of the Diskworld Novels, and played the first part of the first game but my game crashed and I am too lazy to start over.

Here is a page with the reading order

Of the new books, The theif of time is a death book and should go after Hogfather, Last Hero is after the last continant, although I would recomend reading a couple of watch books before reading it. Night Watch (Which is out right now) Is probobly a night watch book... and The Amazing Maurice goes almost anywhere, although a character from Reaper Man appears in it.

As I said Night Watch is now out, I have a hold at my local libary, I should get my hands on it in a month or two.

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The Watch books are the best although the Witch and Death books are also very good. The Wizard series... Interesting Times is very good but the rest are just ok.

'Er...what is this thing called?' said Colon, as he followed the Patrician up the ladder
'Well, because it is submersed in a marine environment I've always called it the Going-Under-The-Water-Safely Device,' said Leonard, behind him. *Thinking up good names was, oddly enough, one area where Leonard Quirm's genius tended to give up. 'But usually I just think of it as the Boat.'

 
the "the Boat" bit is a wonderful bit too, because it doesn't matter if you fail to spot it, but it's quite a laugh if you do. 

The problem with the Wizard series is the fact that the UU staff keeps on changing throughout the first 3 or so books, Once the real staff shows up (I think it is in Moving Pictures) the stories get much more intersting.

Some other good Discworld quotes
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."

"'Chapter Fifteen, Elementary Necromancy'", she read out loud. "'Lesson One: Correct Use of Shovel...'"

Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because -- what with trolls and dwarfs and so on -- speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green.

About Nobby...
He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no one knew where he kept it.

I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. I TURN UP ONLY ONCE.

My favorite series overall is the watch.  My favorite book, however, is Carpe Jugulum.  In fact, my favorite Discworld moment is in it.

(As best as I can remember)
"An ax?  That's not a holy symbol!"
"Let's make it holy."

A question - I've seen Discworld animated DVDs - Witches Abroad and Soul Music.  Are they worth picking up off Amazon.com?

anyone who posts in this thread is a total nerd....

SHIT! I just posted in this thread...

 

Originally posted by bart182:
anyone who posts in this thread is a total nerd....

You say this at scifi cartoon fan forum?  I woulda thought that would go without saying.

  It may be, but I can't do it.  You have to have a brain that thinks randomly - it's not even logical.  Lately, I have way too many things in my journal, and it takes ages to find out any hints for what to do next.  However the butler is really funny

I might as well put my .02$ on the movies. I have only seen Wyrd Sisters, The character design is strange very angular. Granny looks great though and I like her design here with the goggles more then the Paul Kidby giant hat pin design. Magrat looks horrible, I always pictured her as very, very plain. In the movie she looks just ugly. I am not going to bring up The Librarian and Greedo...
The voice acting is bad, every line is said very slowly with long pauses, I always thought of Discworld dialog as very quick, back and forth. Again Granny's voice was good and Christopher Lee is now the voice I hear when I read Death's lines.
The pacing is strange they kept a lot faithfull to the book, but it was a little too much. It seemed at times to be missing the point of some scenes.

All in all I am glad I watched it, it was entertaining and worth a rental. I don't think the DVD has any major extras...

I am right now reading Night Watch... not liking it. I despise time travel stories with a passion... It is also due back at the library in two days...

My bf just got me into Discworld a while back. I love the Watch 

"Nobby - disqualified from the human race for shoving."

The witches are good too, and Death is such a dote, I feel quite sorry for him. Haven't started much on the wizards yet.

Your talking to a guy that likes Hentai.Ask the next-next man.

Who's artwork is better..?

Paul Kidby or Stephen Briggs.

Paul's Artwork is great,Lord Vetrenari look's just like as I Imagined him.

Yes.I don't anymore because I have a crappy Hypertext and not the Old Tellnet.

And if he Is I hope he continues.I like the way he try's to act Human.And the time he played the Hogfather.

DROP THE SCYTHE AND TURN AROUND SLOWLY

And the picture of him petting a Kitten was cute and funny.

Use the spoilers tags when you talk about it, I have a copy fresh from the Library on my Desktop right now.

Apparantly Point and Click is officially dead, so the future for proper Discworld Games look Barran.

Nope, just didn't realize it was released. The new Discworld books come out in America and England at the same time.

I read Neil Gaimen & Pratchett's Good Omens last year and throught it was great.  I also saw the cartoon of Wyrd Sisters and would really like to read the book.  I reently got a lot of Discworld books for the bargin section of a local bookstore (The Rincewind Trilogy [Sorcery, Eric and Interesting Times], The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Theif of Time, and Night Watch).  I'm reading Sorcery right now.