Get round to reading Going Postal as soon as you can. It's not only one of his best books but they made a 4 Hour TV Movie from it and thats also the best Pratchett TV adaptation. Hogfather was good but The Colour of Magic was let down by Sir David of Jasons' Rincewind. A thin wiry sprinter Jason is not.

I was excited to see how this would work out as a movie, and was so disappointed by the casting choice of Rincewind that I couldn't finish it after his first scene. That was just terrible!

It's sad because other than Jason the casting was largely spot on. Christopher Lee had to replace Ian Richardson as Death due to Richardson's death but for many Christopher Lee was always first choice for Death. I also thought Sean Astin was fine as Twoflower because while the Agetean Empire is based on Feudal Japan there is no rule to say they speak Japanese. David Jason was fine as Albert in Hogfather but as Rincewind? No.

I still think the one that plays Hiro in heroes would have been the better choice ;)

Hey Wishbone I found the book, it's called The Currents of Space.

Well, I know the title, but I don't think I've read it. I believe it's one of his Galactic Empire novels, which means that on the timeline of his universe (he has many, but this is the largest of them) it falls between the robot novels and the Foundation novels. I'd say they're definitely not among the best of his work, but I've only read a couple of them. I think the only one I have is Pebble In The Sky.

Yeah it's in the dead zone where nothing really happens in his universes :P

Hey you were right. A month ago I just finished reading Robots and Empire, and I loved it! His writing style is not the best, but it grows on you. I'm really looking forward to checking out the rest of his books. Thanks again for the recommendations :P

My pleasure. Did you jump right into Robots and Empire? I imagine there'd be quite a few things that would seem puzzling if you haven't read them in order. Like I said, The Caves of Steel is the first of the robot novels, so I do recommend reading that one at least, as a basis for reading the rest of them.

Just to bring this thread back on topic for a second, I have noticed Steam has changed it's pricing on some games that are also available here to match the GoG pricing. My guess for the ones that differ is that Steam has them priced on a fixed contract with the publishers, and either can't change it until the contract comes up for renewal, or hasn't talked to the publishers yet about updating. I'm probably totally wrong, but that's my theory.

Good idea. Reading that should clear up a lot of questions for you.
I haven't read all of the robot novels, and those I have were many years ago, so I don't remember. However, I do remember that it is touched upon at one point in one of the last two books in the (original) Foundation series.

I just finished reading Moving Pictures. Now I know where you got that reference from ;)

To be honest it's good but not great. It has many a hilarious bit, but it isn't consistently engaging. I concede lull points are a given, but there is a surge of energy in some parts, and a lack in others. Regardless I still like it a lot, and Sir Pratchett really manages to hit the nail on the head when it comes to humour; I can easily give this a 4 out of 5 rating.

I'm really looking forward to reading Strata once I'm done reading through a book on Poe's short proses.

Interesting... As adapatations go I LOVED Hogfather, Liked The Colour of Magic (the Rincewind was different but still worked once I got over the change) but couldn't finish Going Postal.... it is one of my top 3 Discworld books but... it just fell flat for me. There were just far TOO many changes from the book that irritated me and Moist didn't come across as clever, audacious and witty enough, just... lucky.

I know this is an old thread, but I might as well throw in my two cents about Pratchett:

For me, Night Watch is the best of the lot. Not only very funny, but thematically beautiful. Old age, confronting one's past, honouring the fallen, standing up to wrongdoers, doing the right thing not because you have to, but because you know you should. A genuinely brilliant piece of literature. The ending just before *SPOILERS* Vimes travels back to the present damn near had me in tears. Sad, defiant, quietly triumphant.

After that, Eric has to be up there. As a fan of classics, the parodies of Faust and the Illiad especially were quite wonderful. The Truth is excellent as a mirror of the modern media, as well as a play on the way people think and perceive the world. Wasn't a huge fan of Going Postal, actually thought the TV adaptation was better as it cut out most of the rather sluggish first half of the book. Making Money was much better even thought it stuck to a very similar formula. After the Truth my favourites would have to be in no particular order: The Last Continent, Small Gods, Interesting Times, Soul Music, Thief Of Time and Jingo.

As for discworld books in general, I have yet to come across one I have not finished. Even when they aren't very funny, they are very readable and very accessible. One of the best aspects of Pratchett is that he is very good at explaining characters, places or situations very succinctly and often quite humourously, so even if you pick up a book that is not the first in a series, you will often be up to speed very quickly.