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Okay, finished reading it. And here's my review from another BBS... More about it later...

...there's been debate about the content of the book, the synopsis on Amazon reads as follows: "To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air...

This quote is quite ruined for me by the fact, that his audience were some football captains with maybe less than half of his intelligence.

This one from Lord Vetinari in Unseen Academicals gets my vote.

Re: Spanky and Defenestration; SoD4JD He's probably off civilizing humans somewhere, while Pastor Oats is visiting Ankh-Morpork. Someone has to continue the work. Slant can, anyway. It did take some nerve, considering his general flammability and the tendency of Discworld gods to use...

...Nutt. And apart from Angua and the Librarian, I think, it was mostly all human characters. I was awaiting more from Mr Slant, but Lord Vetinari took over and waved his gavel all over the place. I was thrilled that Slant stood up and talked to a god (Om); previously, I'd assumed that Discworld...

SPOILERS FOR OTHER BOOKS in which VIMES APPEARS (TT, J) I feel that is true now, but was less true earlier. Someone says that the real reason Vimes protects Vetinari is that Vimes want to kill Vetinari himself... yes, it was in the nature of a joke, but there was some truth to it. Vimes...

[AVAST YE SPOILERS AHEAD] I don't think that's an accurate statement. Vimes and Vetinari are not archenemies because neither one is trying to "put down" the other. They certainly don't hate each other; Vimes may not like a lot of Vetinari's political actions or the different ways that Vetinari...

If I recall correctly, Sir Terry said once that he hadn't realized that Vetinari had a beard until he saw Briggs play Vetinari in the first play adaptation (Guards! Guards!, I believe).

...Briggs replace Planer for purely nepotism purposes, but for me Briggs is absolutely the best reader. No one really knows what Lord Vetinari looks like...just like no one really knows what Jesus looks like, in spite of all the frescoes showing him as a tall, long-haired Aryan hippie. What...

Hellooo and welcome Sarap. I'm afraid I know nothing about the audiobooks but, to my mind's eye, he does look like how I envisage Vetinari. Here's a picture of him from last year's convention. :D

...maps, the Discworld Companion, he has adapted the books as plays and played in those plays. Not to mention that he looks like Lord Vetinari! Take a look at this Wiki on him. I've listened to audiobooks by Nigel Planer and Stephen Briggs and, while I think Nigel is very good, Stephen has...

I love Going Postal, I'm one of the it's-in-my-top-ten camp. Even top five. Re. the debate about how people felt about Moist's character - there's a difference between liking and enjoying a character. I thoroughly enjoy the character (in GP, not MM which I broadly disliked) and am very happy to...

So hard to chose but if I'm pressed I'd have to say Lord Vetinari in first place with Sam Vimes in second place and Susan in third place. Bubbling under would be Death, Nanny Ogg, Magrat, Detritus, Nobby Nobbs, Carrot, Adora Belle Dearheart, Sacharissa Cripslock, Jackrum Lu-Tze :think:

Hi Laura and welcome to the site. :) I think the quote you are after is by Lord Vetinari in Feet of Clay and it goes like this:

Yes, we know Vetinari plays Thud because that was his official motive for starting up the Post Office again. The Clacks downtime was interfering with his long-distance Thud game. His other motives were not given but can be inferred. I agree that Hong totally misunderstood Vetinari. Vetinari...

the magnificent seven Barbarian-version.. :lol: I had not think of it, and TP already mentioned them in Lords and Ladies, so maybe he likes it and took the idea of 7 people against an army ;) Ok I know this is an old discussion, but I'm re-reading IT now and I saw this bit and I thought ...

It's great! I don't think I've read Medical Notes, A Few Words from Lord Havelock Vetinari, or the Scouts and Football ones! New fiction! :)

OK - finished both Snuff and then UA and the argument for Pepe having an elvish bloodline (not being an elf or even half a one) certainly has more evidence to substantiate it than Buddy (Imp y Celin) has in Soul Music. Which does not mean that he's definitely of the elvish persuasion, but he...

...books have dogs in them. And Gaspode is not a terrier; he is a mutt of many breeds. The only true terrier in the DW books was Wuffles, Lord Vetinari's dog, who died long before GP. If you wanted to make it more general and talk about Dogs, well, Mr. Fusspot fits the bill, but, as said, it...