[AikenDrum]

Who here reads Terry Pratchet books, Ive never noticed them mentioned. The Discworld
books are good once you get used to the stupid "humorous" language and words.

[FitzChivalry]

I never found him really funny, mostly slapstick humor in my opinion.
His collaboration with Neal Gaiman on Good Omens was really funny though, one of the funniest books i ever read.

[wolfshead]

I like his stuff, but I'm not really into funny fantasy.MOVING pICTURES had me in sitched though, esp. Gaspode the Wonderdog. I like Pratchett far better than a lot of the US 'funny' fantasists; he has more of a sly humour and ironic bent. Some of the uS writers seem to think humour just comes from injecting modern slang or by calling characters by silly names.

[Rob B]

I read the first 3 and thought they were pretty funny.

FitzChivalry is right, Good Omens is HILARIOUS. One of the Monty Python guys, I think Terry Gilliam, is making a movie version.

~FF

[Ntschotschi]

Hey, AikenDrum, I like your name!!
He' s one of my favorite chracters.
But I don't like Terry Pratchett. In my opinion he's too "funny" to be good fantasy.

[albino_dragon]

I agree with Ntschotschi. He's trying to be to funny and it get's a little to much
I think. But then again, I've only read two of his books.

[This message has been edited by albino_dragon (edited January 12, 2001).]

[cassandra]

I actually attened Gaiman's Last Angel tour last October in LA and someone asked him about the Good Omens movie, and how involved he and Terry Pratchett would be in the creation of the film. He said that the film was progressing along nicely, and that as far as their involvment, Gaiman & Pratchett have demanded a tour of the set, including a commemorative photograph, and a decent seat at the premiere, with lots of popcorn. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Rob B]

Cassandra-
I am jealous, I loved Gaiman's Sandman Good Omens and Neverwhere.

Can't wait for his American Gods

Terry Gilliam did an interview on filmforce.ign.com (http://filmforce.ign.com) and he was talking about the film a bit

[Sarra]

Fitzflagg, have you read 'Stardust' or 'Smoke and Mirrors' (both Gaiman)? The first is a Victorian fairy tale with a sweet aftertaste and the second a collection of his short stories and poems.

Also, to everyone who's given up on Pratchett, I'd try some of his newer stuff. It's deeper, better-plotted and more mature without the tacky slapstick (I wasn't too crazy about his earlier stuff either). Try Jingo, Fifth Elephant or Carpe Jugulum.

[Rob B]

Sarra:
Read some of the stories from Smoke and Mirros. Stardust is on my TO-READ list