NON PRATCHETT BOOK DISCUSSIONS Because we do read other books besides Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, occasionally, this section is for talking about those other authors and their books. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:08:29 +0000 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:08:29 +0000 Terry Pratchett Books Forum http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/forums/non-pratchett-book-discussions.19/ Harry potter is it really good? Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:13:19 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/harry-potter-is-it-really-good.1903/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/harry-potter-is-it-really-good.1903/ invalid@example.com (colourofmagicgirl) colourofmagicgirl Now I don't want to offend anyone by saying this, but, I really can't get past the first chapter of any of the books. This is just my opinion but I really get bored from Harry Potter and if one of my friends reads this she is going to kill me! I must say the films are quite good though. ]]> 9 Mythology, Fairy Tales, Folk-lore - a question to you readers Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:25:10 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/mythology-fairy-tales-folk-lore-a-question-to-you-readers.2664/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/mythology-fairy-tales-folk-lore-a-question-to-you-readers.2664/ invalid@example.com (Hsing) Hsing Thanks for tips! :)]]> 6 lovecraft Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:04:31 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/lovecraft.1648/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/lovecraft.1648/ invalid@example.com (caffinated_geek) caffinated_geek 12 Top 100 Books You Can't Live Without Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:11:36 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/top-100-books-you-cant-live-without.1371/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/top-100-books-you-cant-live-without.1371/ invalid@example.com (Marcia) Marcia Books you can't live without: the top 100 | News | Guardian Unlimited Books

Where do they get these lists from?]]> 10 This years book choices, and literature blogs Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:12:40 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/this-years-book-choices-and-literature-blogs.2343/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/this-years-book-choices-and-literature-blogs.2343/ invalid@example.com (Hsing) Hsing
Only a few expections and many dissapointments. One of them was by Nick Hornby, who could expect that? (It was "How to be good", none of the main characters seemed to make much sense in a plot that was kickstarted by a deus ex machina that didn't even appear... maybe he didn't know how to write the main male character without explaining this sudden and radical change, so...

This years book choices, and literature blogs]]> 1 The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:32:45 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/the-gargoyle-by-andrew-davidson.2234/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/the-gargoyle-by-andrew-davidson.2234/ invalid@example.com (Kobble) Kobble The Gargoyle. Has anyone else read it? At all?

I read this book just a few days ago and I, personally, was pretty wowed. I found it truly amazing. Has anyone else here read it? I need someone to discuss with!]]> Unabridged audio books - equivalent of having read the book? Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:43:38 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/unabridged-audio-books-equivalent-of-having-read-the-book.2015/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/unabridged-audio-books-equivalent-of-having-read-the-book.2015/ invalid@example.com (Hsing) Hsing unabridged audio book, does it feel the same to you as having read the book? Would you think of it the same of it as if you'd consumed it with the eyes after having consumed it via your ears instead?

I'm not quite sure. I can't clearly point out any disadvantages hearing the unabridged book over having read it - except I was raised to value reading so much that I wouldn't say of myself I know a book, I'd just say I listened to the audio version, as if it was...

Unabridged audio books - equivalent of having read the book?]]> 9 Another request for recommendations Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:32:27 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/another-request-for-recommendations.923/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/another-request-for-recommendations.923/ invalid@example.com (Hsing) Hsing
I am, so to say, looking something more chocolate of the literary world than healthy wholefood. If you know what I mean. With this weather and my current chronical lack of sleep, I don't want to use my brain for anything but uni right now... (Limited resources, you see. :p) Not at 9 pm, in any case....

Another request for recommendations]]> 23 A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:03:20 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-by-john-irving.2115/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-by-john-irving.2115/ invalid@example.com (redneck) redneck
I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice - not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I...​

A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving]]> 2 What's your book behaviour? Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:27:02 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/whats-your-book-behaviour.1983/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/whats-your-book-behaviour.1983/ invalid@example.com (Gypsy) Gypsy
Sometimes I find that I am very reluctant to switch genres or authors. It's a periodic occurrence, (possibly in sync with the phases of the moon?) and I swing between two extremes.

One extreme is reading and re-reading one book or that author's series, to the exclusion of all else (like eating, sleeping...).

This often happens in that blurry sci-fi fantasy genre, where I get hooked on a series, or a writing style, and...

What's your book behaviour?]]> 10 Eragon Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:22:55 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/eragon.1232/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/eragon.1232/ invalid@example.com (discaimer) discaimer 51 Comic fantasy recommendations? Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:11:42 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/comic-fantasy-recommendations.1904/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/comic-fantasy-recommendations.1904/ invalid@example.com (Sunna) Sunna 6 The Series of Unfortuate Events by you know who Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:30:29 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/the-series-of-unfortuate-events-by-you-know-who.1902/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/the-series-of-unfortuate-events-by-you-know-who.1902/ invalid@example.com (colourofmagicgirl) colourofmagicgirl
The Series of Unfortuate Events by you know who]]> 1 Stephen King - The Dark Tower Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:37:47 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/stephen-king-the-dark-tower.1422/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/stephen-king-the-dark-tower.1422/ invalid@example.com (nightguard5008) nightguard5008
Stephen King - The Dark Tower]]> 6 No spoilers - Harry Potter...Deathly Hallows Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:28:34 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/no-spoilers-harry-potter-deathly-hallows.1666/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/no-spoilers-harry-potter-deathly-hallows.1666/ invalid@example.com (mazekin) mazekin
I read the book. I enjoyed the book. The bit where ::for those of you who have read it, insert faveourite bit of choice here ::was brilliant! I laughed (not much) I cried (at the end) ...a good time was had by all. Except those who died, of course...

And I'm quite proud to...

No spoilers - Harry Potter...Deathly Hallows]]> 11 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (SPOILERS!) Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:58:00 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-spoilers.1620/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-spoilers.1620/ invalid@example.com (Hsing) Hsing Who else awaits the outcome of the story? Out with you!
And: Is it too late to speculate geekily what will happen?]]> 46 Ray Bradbury Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:36:43 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/ray-bradbury.1610/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/ray-bradbury.1610/ invalid@example.com (redneck) redneck
Does anyone else here read Bradbury? If you don't, you should give it a try. He's been decreed as the best American short story writer for the past century.]]> 6 Gene Wolfe Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:55:39 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/gene-wolfe.1581/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/gene-wolfe.1581/ invalid@example.com (Avie) Avie
It is complex, scary stuff with layers upon layers of meaning, humour, plot and sub-plot. Wolfe is a master.

Try the "Books of the New Sun" as possibly the most acessible series (multi award-winning) and move on to the mysteries of the "Long Sun" and "Latro" series.

These are not easy reads but they will reward you a thousand times over with the subtle complexities of the text....

Gene Wolfe]]> 4 Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:57:51 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/robert-jordans-wheel-of-time.793/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/robert-jordans-wheel-of-time.793/ invalid@example.com (Garner) Garner
I understand Jordan's been given a very short time to live by his doctors, but is certain he'll have book 12 out before he dies, which will finish off the main storyline even if it doesn't address every plot thread. (That'd require a few more books, appearantly)

Anyway, for anyone who's never read the...

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time]]> 29 high fantasy books... Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:07:54 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/high-fantasy-books.804/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/high-fantasy-books.804/ invalid@example.com (tanatie) tanatie 21