What is it about the books of Terry Pratchett that make them so ...

There have been 11 small screen adaptations of Pratchett's work in 32 years, both animated and live action (from very low to quite medium budget), although ...

What is it about Terry Pratchett's books, that makes them so popular?

For someone who wrote such beautiful prose, his themes were also deep and hit me to the core. He wrote clever and kind characters (Vimes, Carrot) ...

In your opinion, what makes Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels so ...

Characters: Pratchett manages to create characters that are personifying certain philosophical ideas and yet reflect upon those ideas. DEATH ...

Anatomy of a Fantasist: A Beginner's Guide to Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett was a British author, best known for his “Discworld” series of satiric fantasy novels. He wrote more than 70 gleefully hilarious books during ...

The Genius of Terry Pratchett - Daniel Vedder

Pratchett has Wodehouse's terse, clipped British humour; the kind that can get you laughing just as hard at what hasn't been said as at what has ...

Terry Pratchett's Discworld Might Be The Highest Form of Literature ...

As a writer, I've been inspired by the strength of their storytelling. These are humorous fantasy novels with heart and soul and plots that are ...

Chapters in Discworld Books | The Forums of Sir Terry Pratchett OBE

It seems patronising, like a "dumbing down", as if my attention span is so short and the book so inferior, that the book has to beg me to keep ...

Terry Pratchett Is the Greatest Writer of All Time - Clacks Header

Not only do his books keep the reader stuck between quietly giggling to themselves and cackling loudly, drawing the attention of onlookers, it ...

A Lifetime of Pointed Silliness: Terry Pratchett's Making Money

Pratchett draws on the slew of characters he's built up over the years, the scheming denizens of Ankh-Morpork, but we're never taken too far off ...

"Happy" books? | The Forums of Sir Terry Pratchett OBE

Most of what I read the past years made our world look like a hellhole. So, does anyone have recommendations for books that do not make you wish ...

A Beginner's Guide to Discworld - In the Margin

There are actually no rules when it comes to reading Discworld – you can pick up any book and it'll make sense on its own, even if there are ...

The Noobs Guide To Terry Pratchett's Discworld Universe

What sets the Discworld apart from other fantasy works such as the Lord of the Rings is the fact that these novels aren't so much a series than ...

A beginner's guide to Terry Pratchett's books

Terry Pratchett breaks every writing rule in the book. He takes being ridiculous more seriously than every writer I've ever read. And most importantly, he doesn ...

Terry Pratchett - Sandy Millin - WordPress.com

There are so many layers to all of his books, the humour, the ... get back to reading, and resent anything that tears you away. I ...

Want to read some Terry Pratchett, or get some for a kid, but don't ...

The Colour of Magic. If you insist on starting Discworld at the beginning, this is the book you'll start with. It's pure slapstick parody–a ...

Terry Pratchett | 667 Dark Avenue: Answering the Wrong Questions

YES!!! I love his Discworld novels. I think what makes them great is the characters. You can connect with them, and what your favorite character ...

Terry Pratchett - Thurb

The main selling point of the early books was comedy, but the later books become gradually more serious, particularly the City Watch books, which tend to ...

Bick's thoughts on the Discworld novels

One thing I most enjoyed with Discworld books was the sense of a world changing. Many stories we read feature change, but often its the shift of ...

Ploughing My Way Through The Discworld Books - John's Adventures

Pratchett is very good at making observations about the belief system of us humans, how we make sense of the world and how our imagination is what brings ...

Discworld discussion Why does everyone hate the first two books?

Readers in the 2010s would not necessarily be familiar with these, so a lot of the humour would be lost on them. The later Discworld books, even ...

American Gods

Novel by Neil Gaiman

American Gods is a novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow.

Unseen Academicals

Novel by Terry Pratchett

Unseen Academicals is the 37th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. The novel satirises football, and features Mustrum Ridcully setting up an Unseen University football team, with the Librarian in goal.