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Yes - that's exactly what I meant Dotsie - it's moving away from A-M and exploring other parts of the Disc which was one of things I liked most about CoM and LF because we were tourists too looking over Twoflower's and Rincewind's shoulders. So Pyramids took up the broader brush and just at a time when I was starting to lose interest in the series as Wyrd Sisters took a while to grow on me - on 1st reading I was looking at that as a bit of a cheap cop-out in parodying Macbeth.
Pyramids was the fresher of the two books in my opinion in doing something properly different and introducing more original concepts that in a way helped me see Wyrd Sisters on further readings in another perspective and appreciate the other twists the Terry had put in there, besides doing a very competent send-up of our other brilliant British Bard. This is not I think setting Terry too high on a pedestal as Shakespeare was far more than a great poet and playwright as he also dealt with universal themes through satire as well as drama (instead of comedy)
Pyramids was the fresher of the two books in my opinion in doing something properly different and introducing more original concepts that in a way helped me see Wyrd Sisters on further readings in another perspective and appreciate the other twists the Terry had put in there, besides doing a very competent send-up of our other brilliant British Bard. This is not I think setting Terry too high on a pedestal as Shakespeare was far more than a great poet and playwright as he also dealt with universal themes through satire as well as drama (instead of comedy)
I was afraid this would happen - if we discuss which book we are going to discuss, we'll end up discussing the books here. So I've decided that I'll put all the titles into a hat and pull them out at random. We are going to discuss all the books and we don't want to end up with all the least popular ones being pushed to the end.
I'll sort out a reading list later and post it here.
OK - I've been playing with bits of paper and drawing them from a hat and here is the random list of books for discussion.
Witches Abroad (1991) – 1st June 2009
Guards! Guards! (1989) – 6th July 2009
Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001) - 3rd August 2009
Going Postal (2004) - 7th September 2009
Thief of Time (2001) - 5th October 2009
Equal Rites (1987) - 2nd November 2009
Night Watch (2002) - 7th December 2009
Pyramids (1989) - 4th January 2010
Wyrd Sisters (1988) - 1st February 2010
Thud! (2005)
Carpe Jugulum (1998)
Wintersmith (2006)
The Fifth Elephant (1999)
Soul Music (1994)
Maskerade (1995)
Monstrous Regiment (2003)
The Colour of Magic (1983)
Making Money (2007)
Small Gods (1992)
Jingo (1997)
The Last Hero (2001) (with Paul Kidby)
Mort (1987)
The Last Continent (1998)
The Truth (2000)
Feet of Clay (1996)
Eric (1990)
Interesting Times (1994)
The Wee Free Men (2003)
Men at Arms (1993)
Hogfather (1996)
The Light Fantastic (1986)
Reaper Man (1991)
Lords and Ladies (1992)
A Hat Full of Sky (2004)
Sourcery (1988)
Moving Pictures (1990)
Witches Abroad (1991) – 1st June 2009
Guards! Guards! (1989) – 6th July 2009
Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001) - 3rd August 2009
Going Postal (2004) - 7th September 2009
Thief of Time (2001) - 5th October 2009
Equal Rites (1987) - 2nd November 2009
Night Watch (2002) - 7th December 2009
Pyramids (1989) - 4th January 2010
Wyrd Sisters (1988) - 1st February 2010
Thud! (2005)
Carpe Jugulum (1998)
Wintersmith (2006)
The Fifth Elephant (1999)
Soul Music (1994)
Maskerade (1995)
Monstrous Regiment (2003)
The Colour of Magic (1983)
Making Money (2007)
Small Gods (1992)
Jingo (1997)
The Last Hero (2001) (with Paul Kidby)
Mort (1987)
The Last Continent (1998)
The Truth (2000)
Feet of Clay (1996)
Eric (1990)
Interesting Times (1994)
The Wee Free Men (2003)
Men at Arms (1993)
Hogfather (1996)
The Light Fantastic (1986)
Reaper Man (1991)
Lords and Ladies (1992)
A Hat Full of Sky (2004)
Sourcery (1988)
Moving Pictures (1990)
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poohbcarrot said:
But while I am a devout Monty Python fan, I realise their humour was somewhat off-the-wall and not to everybody's liking. I even seem to recall that Benny Hill used to be more popular in the US than Monty Python.
used to be more popular in the US than Monty Python.
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