I meant that I didn't see much difference between Hitchhiker and Discworld, and as Colfer was entrusted to write the sixth Hitchhiker book, he might not make too bad a job if writing a Discworld novel either. You're right though, Artemis Fowl is quite different from Discworld, I'm not contesting that.

^ why would we want to see discworld continue ?
there are 40 books

all written by pratchett himself
thats a vast body of work and it can stand on its own

it doesnt need any sort of continuation

40 books is enough to tackle for anybody and 40 books by a single author in the same setting is a body of works that unsurpassed in so far i know
it doesnt need another author to "continue" it

its pratchett's life work let it stand on its own it is more then capable of that

Again: "not saying he should"... it was a momentary thought, mostly wondering how the series could theoretically be handled by him.

It was confirmed a while back that even Rhianna Pratchett - exposed rather more closely than most to her father's view of the world - won't be trying to continue the novels, though we'll probably see more [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wee_Free_Men#Film]adaptations.

Yeah, the automatic thought process basically goes "There's gotta be more Discworld books, there's always been more Discworld books." Not anymore there's not. This is slightly depressing.

I'm in two minds about whether I'd like to see more books or not... nothing would ever be the same as Pratchett's own work, but it would be a shame if there was never another story set in the Discworld.

I kind of like the idea of his daughter curating some kind of ongoing work... maybe nothing regular but just every so often let a writer release something set in the Discworld to keep it going.. who knows what will actually happen though.


Also, my brother just shared this on Facebook and I think it's brilliant and very fitting :)

I'm fine with more adaptations of his work, but I don't really think that anyone could pull off continuing it. By now there's just such an intricate web of subtle references, connections and inner workings of his universe that a person who did not create it couldn't quite push it forward anymore in such a way - while twisted and utterly bizarre, Pratchett has created a world which makes you think differently about everything around us, and as such, it's got logic, life and consistency of its own. I don't think anyone could replicate that without spending a lifetime analyzing Pratchett's work.

If you want more Discworld stories, here you go: https://www.fanfiction.net/search.php?keywords=discworld&ready=1&type=story (Quality may vary)

Nah. No more books. Please, dear World Full Of Idiots, please let one legacy untainted. For once. Pretty please ?

Adaptations of existing work (movies, series, video games etc.) ? Sure. She knows her father's work well enough for that. Daedalic or Wormwood Discworld game ? License away, m'lady.
But more books ? That would only please [doubleplusbad]people[/doubleplusbad].

Gah. Whatever. I don't need to read the garbage if it ever comes out. Like Asimov and the Arthurian Cycle, the man produced enough for a lifetime of rererererererererereading.
Better put that my own fanboy rambling. Me like this.

I like your style, vv221 - Ella, elle l'a - et tu l'as, je dirais! :-)

But what about Discworld Noir??

I've bought this title in physical form, actually anticipating that somewhere, sometime, the publishers will catch up with the fact that it is bluaady hard to have anything dating Windows 7 these days, even when was happy enough with XP...

Well, I haven’t tried this one yet, and I wanted to point only to games that I know for sure to be great ;)

But then again:

Death hefted his scythe threateningly, incidentally smashing an hourglass by his shoulder...
... in Bes Pelargic the Emperor's chief torturer slumped backwards into his own acid pit...
... and took another swing which Mort dodged by sheer luck.

Quoting Mort.

I do not think your recommendation is keeping with how Terry Pratchett saw the world, at least when it was supposed to be a little bit fair and satisfying, unless you put forth a suitable end for the torturer, as well, methinks!

Only to those who might not accept this Sir Terry's stance:

As much those Last Heroes might rather choose to free Prometheus ("Mazda") as opposed to ride with the Valkyries to eternal feast, individuals should be allowed to define their own dignity.

You have not seen Terry's documentary following fellow countrymen to CH to end their lives? (in youtube u can find it)

He quite clearly stated that once he could not write by any way at all (by dication etc) he would fly to CH, and put end to his life commercially, because UK will not allow him this choice freely.

But also, it was clear that his preferred way would not be this - because it is rather cruel and impersonal, plus only for those who are privileged enough - but to meet Death in his own garden with a glass of brandy in his hand.

Having his cat nap in with him must have been the next best choice! At least this is how I would like to see it...

And that "edit" is that you rather hate France Gall, especially as she went onto Eurovision with that mercenary Serge Gainsburg, eh? :-p

Sorry, being bit speculatively playful, because it seems rather appropriate with Sir Terry!

Kevyet mullat! As we Finns say about those whom we would see in Heaven, even when personally we might not believe in it.

As said I have not been able to play this title with OS portability issues, but it got meanwhile very appreciative peer reviews in Amazon UK - to me this is a fairly good reason to take the plunge, especially now.