 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indeed, not unexpected, but so very, very much a loss.
I listen to his books nightly to help me go to sleep and wonder at the fantasy, the parody, the comedy he manages to weave together, with just enough philosophy to make me think a little harder sometimes.
I'm sad now.
|
|
|
|
|
|
So all I've tried reading from him is Dodger and I wasn't taken. What would be the best to try reading next?
Since all I know about you Sirus is that, like me, you're "a friend of Evadne Cake" 
I'll tell you that the ones I enjoyed most were the Discworld books with female central characters:
Maskerade
Witches Abroad
Hogfather
A most of them were capable, self-reliant women, a few a bit outrageous.
(You might like Greebo, too, who appears in the second one!)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Posted: |
Mar 13, 2015 - 10:30 AM
|
|
|
|
By: |
Gary S.
(Member)
|
So all I've tried reading from him is Dodger and I wasn't taken. What would be the best to try reading next?
Since all I know about you Sirus is that, like me, you're "a friend of Evadne Cake"
I'll tell you that the ones I enjoyed most were the Discworld books with female central characters:
Maskerade
Witches Abroad
Hogfather
A most of them were capable, self-reliant women, a few a bit outrageous.
(You might like Greebo, too, who appears in the second one!)
Granny Weatherwax who appears as one of the main series characters starting with Equal Rights maybe one of my favorite characters in any series. I chuckle just remembering her trying to fly a broom in Equal Rights. Although there are many fine characters in the series, I am reading them in order at this point (I had previously read The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rights, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad) and as mentioned above am nearly finished with Mort and will read Sourcery next which features the hapless wizard Rincewind the protagonist in the first 2 Discworld novels.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well if I am going to read a series I prefer to start from the start. T
It's not really necessary with Diskworld books, honestly. You might get tired of certain characters (Rincewind got on my nerves eventually), so it's okay to skip any or all, I think.
BTW, I forgot "Lords and Ladies" in my list of those with prominent female characters. It might have been one of the most intriguing in terms of its deeper ideas, next to "Witches Abroad."
|
|
|
|
|
|
.... am nearly finished with Mort and will read Sourcery next which features the hapless wizard Rincewind the protagonist in the first 2 Discworld novels.
I liked Sourcery for its ideas and imagery. As mentioned, Rincewind began to get on my nerves at about this point.
I HIGHLY recommend the Nigel Planer readings of all these, by the way. He did an excellent job of doing the character voices (although I really would have preferred a woman reader in the female stories, like they did in "Wyrd Sisters").
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good to know. If I don't like the first two I will move on to others.
How are they going for you, Sirus?
|
|
|
|
|
|
You mean the first two lives?
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'm enjoying "The Fifth Elephant" right now, and "Turtle Recall".
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
