The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld - Terry Pratchett

A Book of Ook and Ogg (888 words)
by duskmaiden - written on 31/01/11 (Very useful, 35 readings)
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and wonderful inhabitants from witches and trolls to dwarves and wizards that populate this world and you get perhaps one of the most successful series in modern literature, Terry Pratchett s Discworld. Like millions of others I am very much a fan of Pratchett s brand of silly intelligent humour with its wry observations on all aspects of modern life, the parody, word play and the downright awful puns he writes. Who can resist his larger than life characters from his anthropomorphic Death with his white horse Binky, the majestic Granny Weatherwax, the wise beyond her years Tiffany Aching and her sidekicks the vaguely y Scottish Nac Mac Feegles. Of course not ...

The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld - Terry Pratchett

Wit, wisdom but no substance (323 words)
by Siibillam-Law - written on 14/06/10 (Useful, 8 readings)
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The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld is a collection of quotes and funny little moments from all of Terry Pratchett s highly praised Discworld books. From the very first one The Colour of Magic, all the way up until Making Money (this book was published in 2007, so no quotes from the new one). The book contains all the best one-liners, gags, jokes, and all the sharp wit Pratchett put in all his books. While it s certainly a good book, I only rate it three stars because it seems like a bit of a cheap cash-in. I mean, yes, it s a pretty cool book for the die-hard fans but sometimes, out of context, the quotes just aren t as good. Granted Pratchett s writing is especially good ...

The Truth - Terry Pratchett

THE TRUTH- the 25th Discworld novel (183 words)
by emitchard - written on 31/10/00, updated on 31/10/00 (Useful, 27 readings)
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not ruin the plot by telling you anything else but it is well worth reading if you have already read a diskworld book - if you have not then you might want to read some of the other Terry Pratchett books first (Mort is a good one to start with) This is yet another brilliant novel from Terry Pratchett. (If you were wondering how I got the book early try ordering a book yourself from a disorganised websight) ...