The Truth - the best discworld book?

BossArky

Read this last week over Xmas, probably the best one I've read so far. Slightly similar to Going Postal (printing press / postal service). Otto the Vampire is great, plus a few minor appearances from the watch. Lord Vetinari plays a interesting minor to medium role too.

Now, starting the 5th elephant, which will be then followed by Thud (after reading some non discworld in between).

ozt9vdujny3srf

Its excellent but it certainly aint the best.

I think Night Watch is the best so far still, i think Vimes should turn into a Veteneri like character now and only referred to in passing as one of the people who runs things.

Cunning Alias

Have to say I thought it was great. Loved all the pokes at journalism. Wouldnt be my fav though. Im partial to the Death and Witches books.

Doctor DooM

No way


Jingo
Night Watch
Soul Music
Thief of Time

Guess they just say something to me

Actually I thought the truth kind of petered out towards the end..? first 3/4 ruled!

c - 13

In no particular order -

• Soul Music
• The Light Fantastic
• The Colour Of Magic

Are three that really stand out for me.

Cormic

hmmmm

Small Gods.
Guards Guards.
Thief of time.

In no particular order.

theCzar

Truth is high up for me too, as is 5th elephant. Night Watch is probably my fav. Jingo also good. Interesting Times is probably my 2nd favourite actually.

Jack B. Badd

People make faces at me when I say I thought Going Postal was incredible but I really enjoyed it. The Truth slightly less so. I think I just love seeing the little guy beat the big bad b*stards of the world

BossArky

I keep mixing up Guards, Guards and Nightwatch.

Can someone summarise each one in 3 points to jog my memory. Too lazy to google

Orion

In order of preference:

1. The Colour of Magic
1. The Colour of Magic
1. The Colour of Magic

jongore

Nightwatch
Pyramids
Lords and Ladies

(and although it's not Discworld 'Good Omens')

mikhail

BossArky wrote:

I keep mixing up Guards, Guards and Nightwatch.

Can someone summarise each one in 3 points to jog my memory. Too lazy to google

Guards! Guards!: plot to put a king on the throne; dragon; Night Watch consists of four people (first Watch book)
Night Watch: Vimes goes back in time; Carcer; revolution.

BlitzKrieg

Night Watch was the best written of all the discworld books.

I was disapointed because Thud felt like such a step back for the character of Vimes after Night Watch.

Guest

Anything with nanny ogg and granny weatherwax makes me laugh and the best of that lot has to be Masquerade, as for the Truth one of the better ones id say, the enterance of father pin and sister tulip administering to a man with his dog/badger is not to be forgotten lightly.

about to start monstrous regiment, hope it works out well, looks different to anything from the ramtops or Ankh-Morpork. lets hope its good?

Sam Vimes

Laney Defeated Skinhead wrote:

Its excellent but it certainly aint the best.

I think Night Watch is the best so far still, i think Vimes should turn into a Veteneri like character now and only referred to in passing as one of the people who runs things.

never!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i think night watch is the best

Demetrius

The Colour of Magic, Light Fantastic and The Fifth Elephant were my best.

The Scone of Stone-only Prachett could have thought up that!:)

BossArky

Demetrius wrote:

The Scone of Stone-only Prachett could have thought up that!:)

Having recently read MacBeth I am assuming that Prachett was taking the piss/referring to Scone, the place in Scotland where the high kings were crowned.

BossArky

mikhail wrote:

Guards! Guards!: plot to put a king on the throne; dragon; Night Watch consists of four people (first Watch book)
Night Watch: Vimes goes back in time; Carcer; revolution.

Ok, Guards Guards was the better of those in my opinion.

r3nu4l

BossArky wrote:

Having recently read MacBeth I am assuming that Prachett was taking the piss/referring to Scone, the place in Scotland where the high kings were crowned.

Yep, this is exactly what he is doing. I love the Discworld books and recent ones are really devloping but a large portion of Pratchetts work is simply taking historical events and putting a discworld spin and reasoning on them. I have nothing against this at all because he does such a great job and the characters are so well thought out

The Truth was one of the best of what I term 'the new books' where Pratchett has begun the modernisation and technological development of discworld, although I loved Going Postal too.

Ickle Magoo

My favourite has to be Reaper Man - makes me laugh out loud still, even tho I've read it hundreds of times!