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I'm putting this here because his 'Discworld' series was adapted to several mediums including books, TV, movies, video and board games. Whether your favorite character was a constant like Rincewind or Death, a mature and cynical figure like Vimes, a person with such strange inheritances as Susan, a humanistic and powerful figure like Granny Weatherwax, an up-and-comer like Moist von Lipwig, or a unique appearance like the Monstrous Legion or Maurice, I hope you join me in discussing your favorite work and version.

Commander Vimes and Lord Vetinari are pretty much my favourite characters in anything, ever.

I'm seriously crying here. 😢

Let me guess, 'Night Watch' is your favorite book? It features both of those characters heavily, and certainly is at the top of my list.

I was sad to hear that he was passed away. In a strange sense I was also a bit sad to hear that there'll be one more posthumous book published from him. Because...well...the last two books had made me feel depressed of his health. Don't get me wrong, once that posthumous book gets published I will still read it, but it'll probably feel like...like reading the last words of a dead man. I'd also heard that he'd said somewhere that he was planning on writing a book about Carrot's and Angua's wedding, but I guess that won't be happening either.

I don't think I have a single favorite book from Terry Pratchett, but my favorite characters was always Death. Which I suppose is just as well, because in a sense he was the closest thing to a main character this series had, so there was a lot of him to enjoy. His books, and the Witches books, were my favorites, as well as those featuring Moist von Lipwig, with the exception of "Raising Steam". In any case he'll be missed. He gave me a lot of good laughs.

I'm somewhat worried that some Hollywood executive is going to buy the rights for the books and start churning out blockbusters on them however. It is only a matter of time.

I probably won't read it either, for the same reasons. I'm actually very leery of 'Raising Steam'; I liked those books, but I've heard that it was a very clear sign of his decline.

Have you seen the television productions of some of his works, like 'Hogfather' and 'The Light Fantastic' and 'Going Postal'?

I thought it was a pretty clear sign as well. Moist von Lipwig and the Patrician were both...rather wasted, character-wise.

Hm, yeah, I've seen them. I haven't seen "The Light Fantastic", though. I know that back when I finished basic school we had a farewell party with our class and I curled up in a secluded spot with my friend to watch it from her laptop whilst all my classmates were getting drunk, but we never got very far because people would keep interrupting. I've watched Hogfather and Going Postal though. I liked them quite a lot actually. I've also watched the cartoon-versions of "Soul Music" and "Wyrd Sisters" - the animations were not so good, but they got the "soul" of the books across very well, I thought.

I hope that they do a television production of 'Lords And Ladies', personally. The animation just threw me off too much to watch those at the time, although I'll probably try to look them up again.

Have you read any of his non-Discworld books?

Yeah, I think Lords and Ladies would work well with television - or as an animation, with a slightly increased budget or at least a couple of people who know how to make cartoons on the staff. Who knows, I've noticed that the anglosaxon-style faes and elves have started gaining popularity again. Perhaps someone will be willing to throw some money in the direction of that project.

Hm, let's see. I've read "Good Omens" in my native language once, but didn't find it to my liking. I'm thinking of giving it another try though, this time in english. Translating tends to wreck havoc on otherwise good books. I've also read "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" - in fact I have it on my shelf right now, in english, with the pretty cover art. Then there's also "The Carpet People" and the "Bromeliad/Nomes" trilogy, the latter of which I found very much to my liking because I enjoy works of fiction which show the human world from the viewpoint of something very, very small.

Ah, yes, translation is a whole 'nother ballgame.

I found the 'Johnny' series to be interesting, although dark in spots. I've heard good things about the Bromeliad trilogy and keep meaning to look it up.

Ah, thanks. I didn't know what to think of the "Johnny" series, so I never read it.

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I found out while I was in class and I was devastated. Texted my dad as soon as I could. Terry Pratchett's books were one of the things we both held close to our hearts and could share together.

This thread reminded me that I need to begin reading the Discworld series in the most unfortunate way possible.

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