The Funniest Pratchett Books

[Matrim]

Interesting Times - the dialogues between the members of the Silver Horde were absolutely hilariuos and I still laugh out loud whenever I reread this book.
Feet of Clay - maybe the funniest of the books about the City Watch.
Good Omens

 

[nighteyes]

Well, it's allways hard to pick a favorite,... so I won't.

I do have a few favorites: Guards guards and Nightwatch, Mort (the first one I read), Small Gods and Last Hero, although the last one is Hors Categorie.

I also like his books for Young adults, especially the two Tiffany Aching Novels. I love the Nac Mac Feegle and I nearly crawled on the floor laughing when I read the part where one of them tries to impersonate a bird.


This is my first message here so i'll excuse me for my spelling and other mistakes because abviously English is not my first Language, and I doubt anyone of you understands Dutch.

 

[FicusFan]

Well, it's allways hard to pick a favorite,... so I won't.

I do have a few favorites: Guards guards and Nightwatch, Mort (the first one I read), Small Gods and Last Hero, although the last one is Hors Categorie.

I also like his books for Young adults, especially the two Tiffany Aching Novels. I love the Nac Mac Feegle and I nearly crawled on the floor laughing when I read the part where one of them tries to impersonate a bird.


This is my first message here so i'll excuse me for my spelling and other mistakes because abviously English is not my first Language, and I doubt anyone of you understands Dutch.

No it isn't obvious that English is not your first language, except for the 'Hors Categorie' - something about catagories ? . You did a very good job with your English and your post. Welcome.

We do have several members from that area, sorry I am confused by the 'Low Countries' as they are referred to in my Historical Fiction books. But I think there are 5 or 6 people from there, who post on the board, mostly in Fantasy.

 

[nighteyes]

Thanx!

Hors Categorie is french, used especially in the tour de France. The mountains they come across are divded in categories (4th categorie easy, 1st catgorie hard) and Hors Categorie means it can't be put in a categorie because it's really really hard. Hors means outside in French.

So I mean Last Hero can't be fitted among the real discworld novels, and ofcource it's really really good.

 

[David Croft]

Nice way of putting it.

A do love the graphics in that book as well.

 

[FicusFan]

Thanks for the explanation. I don't know anything about the Tour de France, and didn't remember anything from my high school French.

I also don't have Last Hero, because it is an illustrated book, and because it never went into mass market. Won't pay trade prices for an illustrated kids book. Also it won't fit with all my other Discworld/TP books which are small. Probably silly reasons, but I need some reason not to buy every book in the store.

 

[nighteyes]

well,...

It's certainly not a childrens book, it's actually one of his funniest books and the drawings are really good. I was able to buy it for 8 Euro at a bookfair, in hardcover edition, but I would have bought it anyway.

So, no reason for you not to buy everything that has Pratchett on the cover, never a waste of money.

 

[FicusFan]

well,...

It's certainly not a childrens book, it's actually one of his funniest books and the drawings are really good. I was able to buy it for 8 Euro at a bookfair, in hardcover edition, but I would have bought it anyway.

So, no reason for you not to buy everything that has Pratchett on the cover, never a waste of money.

It was published as a kids book here. I don't buy books with drawings. I like to imagine my own pictures, or they interrupt the story. I don't do comics or the Japanese stuff either. I will pass.

They are also publishing more of his stuff here as kids. Sort of Discworld for munchkins {shudder}: Wee Free Men and some other stuff.

 

[nighteyes]

Wee Free Men was published as a young adults book here, altough it is also one of my favorites, but I geuss the language was a bit easier to read.

And about drawings, I like to see them, cause funny enough I still see the characters differently when I read the regular books. I had formed them in my mind before I saw the pictures, and they stay that way.

I have the same with Tolkien, although I saw the movies, Hobbits remain furry little creatures to me, cause I think I read it wrong the first time I read his books (furry feet became furry little creatures for me, kinda like little bears). Can't help that, it's just that way in my mind's eye.

 

[Ell]

Hey

I'm Ell, new here (as if you didn't know that), and so devoted to Terry's Discworld books that, well, strictly figuratively speaking he would have to cut me loose from them if he had known of my existence. Period.
On this subject, however, I feel that the earlier books are not at all as good. The witches are delightful, and it has been a great pleasure seeing Death develop with time, but in my opinion it's not until Feet Of Clay that the books become absolute giggle-provokers. The earlier ones make me laugh out loud occasionally, but mostly it's confined to internal amusement while the later ones... oh boy.
Although of course anything with Vimes, Granny Weatherwax, occasionally Rincewind and, as of late, Postmaster Moist von Lipwig is bound to be of almost fatal hilarity.
Or is it just that I am easily amused?

 

[Faeriekins]

Heylo, I'm new. ^-^

I recently read Going Postal.. I though it was hilariously funny, I thought Moist von Lipwig was amazing as a character and the whole poeticness of the plot made me laugh. Then again, I have nothing to compare it to. Shame on me as it was the first Terry Pratchett book I read. But! There is salvation for me. I have been given about 7 or 8 of the Discworld books so I shall be delving into those ASAP.

 

[algernoninc]

welcome to the discussions. I'm a long time fan of Terry Pratchett humor, although i found out that he is good in small doses - I tried to read his books in sequence - one after the other, and i become more critical of his results after the 20th volume.
Anyway - i think the first 15 books are the best, with the occasional gem afterwards. I would say : Pyramids, Guards, Making Movies, Small Gods were my favorites, but rather than mentioning books, I would open the discussion about a top ten favorite characters, as some of them appear in multiple novels:
01 - Rincewind
02 - The Librarian
03 - Granny Weatherwax
04 - Death
05 - CutMeOwnThroat Dibbler
06 - Cohen the Barbarian Hero [in Interesting Times]
07 - Corporal Carrot
08 - Corporal Nobbs
09 - Detritus the troll
10 - Lance-constable Angua [The She-Werewolf in the guards]

honorable mentions : Captain Vimes and his spouse, The patrician, The Luggage, the rest of the witches, the rest of the wizards at the college of the unseen ....

 

[Jordy]

They're all just great... the only one I didn't quite like is Small gods and I certainly can't point out a favourite one. At the moment I remeber I spent a couple of minutes laughing at each paragraph at the end of Thief of time..

 

[tifa]

hi,
im new to this area and am a hugh fan of the pratchett books, and have just finished reading the books about Tiffany Aching and the nac mac feegles i think they are hilarious and cheeky, my fav characters are definantly death though he is just so amusingly funny,granny weatherwax, tiffany, the nac mac feegles and of cause the other witches, i am always looking forward to his new releases and hope it will be about the witches and the nac mac feegles because i nearly wet myself laughing at some of their comments my fav is 'eat a face full of dandruff'.

 

[assumpta]

I have read almost all the discworld books and the first book that springs to mind is "Hogfather" which I thought was hilarious, an excellent parody on our own fairy tail creatures such as the tooth fairy and father Christmas.

I believe this book is part of the death series as it revolves around Susan, the granddaughter of Death.

this was how i was introduced, my dad bought it as a stocking filler, thinking it would be a nice christmassy book! first ten pages and i was hooked for life!

 

[Izeil110]

Hey, I just finished reading my first Discworld novel, Guards! GUards! and thought it was absolutely funny. Also I would like to then proceed to ask the question that from glimpsing around this thread a bit, I see that some of the people may get tired from his books or something. Is this the case with that? I planned on getting more Discworld novels because they just seem so funny and interesting. Vimes seems like a great character, and I wouldnt mind reading more about the world heh. But just would like to know if the majority of you feel that pratchett books get tiring

 

[DailyAlice]

Hey, I just finished reading my first Discworld novel, Guards! GUards! and thought it was absolutely funny. Also I would like to then proceed to ask the question that from glimpsing around this thread a bit, I see that some of the people may get tired from his books or something. Is this the case with that? I planned on getting more Discworld novels because they just seem so funny and interesting. Vimes seems like a great character, and I wouldnt mind reading more about the world heh. But just would like to know if the majority of you feel that pratchett books get tiring

I am a strong champion of Pratchett. I believe him to be a literary treasure and that his work will survive forever. So you obviously aren't going to get a calm, balanced answer out of me.

He is very, consistently funny, but anything can be overindulged in. If you find yourself getting indigestion, cleanse your palate with some Charles DeLint or China Mieville or Ursula K. LeGuin. Something totally different. You'll soon find yourself hungry for more helpings.