Any Terry Pratchett fans out there?

[MantaRevan]

I was just reading the sequel to the "ask an atheist" thread, and it reminded me of how irreligious this forum is. One of the best fiction books I had read that really gave religion a good whipping was Pratchett's Small Gods. Considering this is also a hyper-literate forum I was wondering if any of you blokes had heard of Pratchett and his Discworld series.

 

[Ajidica]

Yes, and I loved them all.
The ones that I have read:
Monsterous Regiment
Thud!
Going Postal
The Fifth Elephant

 

[MantaRevan]

Yes. I was quite fond of Mort and Reaper Man as well.

 

[Skwink]

Yes, and I loved them all.
The ones that I have read:
Monsterous Regiment
Thud!
Going Postal
The Fifth Elephant

I prefer The Fifth Element.

 

[Ajidica]

While the Fifth Element is also very good(If they were real soldiers, they would ask what the red button does), it doesn't involve Pratchett.

 

[Moss]

Moderator Action: Moved to A&E

 

[MantaRevan]

A&E? Sorry, I've been here for but a few months, but what does this stand for?

 

[sanabas]

Arts & Entertainment.


And yes, I'm a fan of Pratchett. Have you read Good Omens?

 

[MantaRevan]

I don't believe so. Is it good?

 

[Takhisis]

It has Neil Gaiman in it.

Anyone read the Bromeliad Trilogy?

 

[sanabas]

I don't believe so. Is it good?

It is excellent. It also has religion as one of the themes.

And yeah, I've read about the Nomes. Fun trilogy.

 

[Plotinus]

Good Omens remains the best thing Pratchett has ever done.

Pratchett may personally be an atheist, or at least a humanist, but I'm not sure that either that book or Small Gods can really be seen as supporting atheism - after all, both assume the reality of gods. He's also very sympathetic to the modern pagan movement, as you might tell from his treatment of witches. He's spoken at Witch Fest, for example.

 

[Me,myself,and,I]

Pratchett is a lot of fun.

 

[SeekTruthFromFacts]

Good Omens remains the best thing Pratchett has ever done.

Pratchett may personally be an atheist, or at least a humanist, but I'm not sure that either that book or Small Gods can really be seen as supporting atheism - after all, both assume the reality of gods. He's also very sympathetic to the modern pagan movement, as you might tell from his treatment of witches. He's spoken at Witch Fest, for example.

All the Pratchett books blur into one in my mind, but it's a bit ridiculous to say that a satirical work is neutral because it 'assumes the reality of gods'.

Candide assumes the reality of Panglossian views, but only because Voltaire thinks he can rip them apart.

I think Pratchett's humanist leanings come through pretty strongly.

 

[Takhisis]

Good Omens remains the best thing Pratchett has ever done.

Pratchett may personally be an atheist, or at least a humanist, but I'm not sure that either that book or Small Gods can really be seen as supporting atheism - after all, both assume the reality of gods. He's also very sympathetic to the modern pagan movement, as you might tell from his treatment of witches. He's spoken at Witch Fest, for example.

You can have people believing in all sorts of witchcraft and being rather devout Christians. Take it as a form of polytheism with the Christian God as the centre of it.

 

[Abaddon]

Pratchett is God.

Man alive how I devour his books. Small Gods is damn funny, and I love the concept.

Too many favorites to mention. A shorter list would be the ones i've disliked, and those would be any involving witches, and Unseen Academicals. Everything else, AWESOME.

 

[Takhisis]

I take it you dislike Unseen Academicals because it reminds you of football and Leeds' latest mishap…

 

[MantaRevan]

I'm a pretty big fan of Death. He's one of my favorites in literature.

 

[Abaddon]

I take it you dislike Unseen Academicals because it reminds you of football and Leeds' latest mishap…

Yes, that or as I see it, lacking in any main character, or storyline..

 

[Takhisis]

Does it have to focus all attention in one character and one storyline?