End of an era...

9082365

:rolleyes: I was attempting to draw your attention to the existence of a Dutch Discworld Convention. If this is the level of your observation powers perhaps your failure to notice PTerry on sale is just that?

Nagy Vilmos

I am in the same dilema. Wants it and dont's at the same time. :sigh:

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racketeer

It wouldn't surprise me to learn in future years that there are notes for one or two further books but I wouldn't want them to be diluted by anyone else's hand. This book has several themes that were under development by all accounts.

Nagy Vilmos

There are a few unfinished manuscripts in various states, but according to Rhianna, who now is the keeper of the flame, she will not 'in the foreseeable future' do anything with them and that we should consider all that has been published as canon.

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OriginalGriff

And that's a good thing. They wouldn't be Discworld, without Pterry's wry twist, even if they followed his original plan (which I doubt he ever did, except in the broad outline). Good on yer, Rhianna! You honour your father more in refusing to bow to pressure. :thumbsup:

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Sander Rossel

Member 9082365 wrote:

a Dutch Discworld Convention

But how many people are attending? ;)

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Eddy Vluggen wrote:

should be available on Bol

The "Schijfwereldreeks" sounds awful, I think I just found out why it isn't more popular here! :laugh:

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

Read one of the books first

What part of "I don't really read novels" didn't you understand? ;)

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

What mini-series?

This one[^].

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Lost User

Sander Rossel wrote:

The "Schijfwereldreeks" sounds awful,

You read it in English ofcourse. The great masters are always read in the original language.

Sander Rossel wrote:

I think I just found out why it isn't more popular here! :laugh:

Combine that with the forced reading in school that prevents people from ever picking up a book again during their entire life..

Sander Rossel wrote:

What part of "I don't really read novels" didn't you understand? ;)

You read the Lounge.

Sander Rossel wrote:

This one[^].

Never seen them, and don't know whether I want to :)

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Nagy Vilmos

That's not to say she won't do something with the legacy. She hinted that she may use the setting, places and maybe even characters in her later work but it would never be passed off as 'in the style of' or 'with additional material by'. Rhianna has the intellectual rites [sic], along with Lyne [Sir Pterry's widow], to do what the hell she likes with Discworld, including, but not limited to, a total re-imagination or shift forward 1,000 years. That does not mean she will. I think she will leave it ten or twenty years and when her writing has matured she'll start using it as a spring board for her own adventures. The Diske is in good hands.

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Jorg Plate

The british DiscWorld Convention 2015 has 900 members and was sold out in 2 or 3 days.

Graham Lemon UK

Having read every Discworld novel, in order of publication, right from the first, I am going to buy "Shepherd", read it (including the last page!), then put it on the bookshelf with all the others and pick up "The Colour of Magic" and start again. I believe in that way, there will always be a 'New' pTerry novel to look forward to.

Sometimes, it just is, OK!

Paul Kemner

One reason is that Pratchett's first Discworld stories were reasonably-good play-around-with-fantasy tropes parody. As he wrote more, his writing skills skyrocketed. They also fall into an odd category- they have humor, but the characters are in serious jeopardy and the stakes are usually high. In most humor/parody we just laugh at the jokes but don't care about the characters. When people decide to give his work a try, they usually start with the first books, and wonder what all the fuss is about. If you start with one of the later books, you don't know the backstories of many of the characters. Another approach is to read one of the standalone books, like Dodger or Nation. That way you can get a better appreciation for his style and themes, and see if it's worth your time slogging through the first few novels. Or you can watch the Hogfather movie. ;)

Paul Kemner

They do seem to hold up to repeated reading. I noticed the same thing with the Fritz Lieber "Fafhrd & Grey Mouser" stories- having read them again after several decades. It's fascinating to see Lieber creating many of the tropes that Pratchett riffs on. Guilds for thieves and assassins that discourage competition? A personification of death with a quirky craftsmanlike approach to his work? A major decadent city, awash with pollution, with Ankh in its name? It's all there!

Slow Eddie

Like the reference to Pyramids. I will of course run out and buy and read the book this weekend. Thanks for the update. It is too bad the last book isn't about Rincewind. (Who knows maybe he is in there !!) It would have come full circle. I will truly miss the man and his Works. Speilberg should do a discworld movie the british efforts I have seen have not been up to par. The eight year old kid in my 66 year old head would love that. :laugh:

David Days

AND A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON

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WilWol

Spectrum has published a lot of Pratchett's works: See e.g De boekenplank.

Sander Rossel

Thanks, will look into it!

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sandyson

I've only read The Colour of Magic, which I enjoyed very much. My kids are much more current and one of their friends gave us this DVD - Hogfather[^], which, again, I enjoyed quite a bit. It's made for TV, so maybe under the radar. On another note, if you also appreciate Neil Gaiman, there's always Good Omens[^]

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moongarden

So let me get this straight... You don't read novels. There's a novelist you've never heard of. Could the two facts be connected?

Sander Rossel

moongarden wrote:

There's a novelist you've never heard of.

There's many novelists I haven't heard of, as goes for everyone. There seems to be only one of us who doesn't read though, as I've clearly said I've heard of Terry Pratchett, as wel as many others ;)

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