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  • 41 of 41 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    RichardW

    5 Stars A One Man Storytelling Empire 16/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Comic genius of the first order, mixed in with vibrant, intelligent storytelling.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some of the earlier novels don't quite get there - read some of the later ones first, then go back and savour the early days.

    Terry Pratchett really is an extraordinarily versatile chap. If you're not yet a reader of his work you might find this difficult to believe, given that the vast majority of his output are comic fantasy novels based on a flat planet called Discworld. After all, how long can he keep writing those and still be saying something fresh? In answer, it's because Discworld really isn't all that different from our world. Certainly there are trolls, dwarves, witches, talking dogs galore, heroes, vampires, werewolves, magicians, and more; but fundamentally, it's populated by people you know. At the heart ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    demongit

    5 Stars writing at its best 27/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages superb plot every time

    Disadvantages Disadvantages if there are any i dont wanna know!

    *The novels* I have been reading Terry Pratchett books since I was quite small! I spotted Diggers in the public library, and being small, from looking at the cover I assumed it was about little people going on adventures! The book went straight over my head and back to the library! 3 Years ago I spotted the book again and thought it would be a good challenge to try and read the book! This time I took it all in and instantly wanted more! After reading the 3 books in the series: Truckers, Diggers and Wings I moved on through the Pratchett section of the library! Diskworld was the setting for a ... more
  • 18 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 davidbuttery

    Member since 23/01/2001

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    5 Stars There's no justice. There's just me. 22/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Characterisation, humour, Small Gods' courage

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The strain is just beginning to show here and there

    (Well, as far as this op is concerned in any case...) Okay, let me put my cards on the table right at the start and say that this review deals only with Pratchett's Discworld series. Yes, I have read some of his other work, but it's so different to the Discworld books that I don't want to mix things up. Terry Pratchett has written, at the last count, twenty-six Discworld novels (incidentally, can we take the ® as read, please? It does get on my nerves. Thanks), which have received a great deal of acclaim from a great number of people. And, for the most part, rightly so. From its inception ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Kaiberie

    5 Stars Don't read if you have a weak bladder 03/05/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Laughter at the mere mention of the character

    Disadvantages Disadvantages One book a year...Withdrawl symtoms if I miss the release...

    It's not very often I re-read books and laugh as hard (or harder) the second third and fourth time around. It's even rarer that I have to put down a book because I can't see...laughing so hard there are tears in my eyes is not something I even usually do at movies. But Terry Pratchett, the sick and funny one, is one of the people that can consistently make me laugh and do it without any trace of artifice or gimmic. He is a clever and subtle writer, whilst still writing stragiht jokes. His books are both cerebrally challenging and entertaining. The characters are endearing and often just about ... more
  • 0 of 0 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Injebreck

    5 Stars A modern day genius 15/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Funny, yet suspenseful

    Disadvantages Disadvantages When's the next book out?

    There's little that can be said about Terry Pratchett's Discworld series that hasn't been said before - but it's all true! He is undoubtedly one of the best comic fantasy writers of modern times and is revered by his fans. He can frequently be found popping in to the newsgroups that have sprung up to talk about his writings and comes across as a very self-effacing man. The books are based on a (presumably!) fictitious world, the Discworld, which trundles through space supported by four elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle, where magic is commonplace. Yes, this is comic fantasy ... more
  • 1 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Laura_lu_uk

    5 Stars Lets Live On Great A Tuin 25/11/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Brilliant writing, humorous and imaginative

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not everybodies cup of tea for a few or more reasons. They may not like fantasy, if theis is the case, my advise is, read one of his books, then decide.

    Terry Pratchett may write for the younger of generations, (although that is debatable), but he really is a genius. He has the most brilliant imagination which he uses so very well in the Discworld series. With characters such as Great A'tuin (on which the Discworld balances), Rincewind, the orangutang that used to be human but made a mistake and ended up the way he is, that wishes to STAY as an orangutang (hes the librarian). There are places such as the Unseen University, the Mended Drum (that once was 'The Drum', and got broken, becoming 'The Broken Drum', then got mended again, becoming the ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    redemption

    5 Stars Terryiffic 06/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Amazing Author

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It takes time to write books

    You have to wonder who could make up a whole new world in their mind, then populate it with all sorts of weird and wonderful characters like wizards, gnomes witches and even anthroprmorphic personifications (beings who are beleived in by enough people that they are actually brought into exsitence). Terry Prattchet is such a man. Terry Prattchet novels have been my absolute favourite since i was introduce to his works be a friend about 6 years ago, since then i have read every book with awe as i marvel at his unique abaility to link fantsy events with real life things for example a crude ... more
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