Have you ever read Terry Pratchett?

The title "Small Gods" comes to mind - it's about the novice Brutha who 
comes to know his god Om quite intimately. ;-)

You will find some interesting observations on the nature of an established 
church, it's priests and prophets and the nature of belief in general.

The Turtle Moves!

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On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:59:08 +0200, "TC" <do-not-reply@i-do
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>"My Name is Legion" (three short stories about the same guy).
>
>Then, you might mean "Roadmarks" (Last exit to Babylon)... although this is 

I really liked both of those stories and was disappointed that there were no
sequels. 
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Regards
     Stephen

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TC wrote:
> Have you ever read Terry Pratchett?

All of it, including Good Omens, Johnny and the Bomb, the Bromiliad, etc.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Understanding the structure of the universe
    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

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Well, I did like Amber best. A pity Roger Zelazny died of cancer - I would 
have liked to read the ending of the books.



Unfortunately he is not alone... Robert Jordan was not able to finish his 
"Wheel of Time".



Are there any bets on whether George R. R. Martin ever finishes his "Song of 
Ice and Fire"? Or is "A Dance with Dragons" the Last Book in the series?



A good series, totally unpredictable in the beginning, although probably not 
what Darran was looking for. Another good read is the "Sword of Shadows" 
series by J. V. Jones, still unfinished, too.



I should not start reading a series of books before the author finishes it.



"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:59:08 +0200, "TC" <do-not-reply@i-do
> get-enough-spam-already-2498.com> wrote:
>
>>"My Name is Legion" (three short stories about the same guy).
>>
>>Then, you might mean "Roadmarks" (Last exit to Babylon)... although this 
>>is
>
> I really liked both of those stories and was disappointed that there were 
> no
> sequels.
> -- 
>
> Regards
>     Stephen

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4a94015e$1@news.povray.org...
> TC wrote:
>> Have you ever read Terry Pratchett?
>
> All of it, including Good Omens, Johnny and the Bomb, the Bromiliad, etc.
>
I just finished "The Carpet People" which he wrote when he was 17 old and 
rewrote in 1991.
Very pleasant..
I'd love to see a 3D animation from it


Marc

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On 25-8-2009 17:51, m_a_r_c wrote:

> 4a94015e$1@news.povray.org...
>> TC wrote:
>>> Have you ever read Terry Pratchett?
>> All of it, including Good Omens, Johnny and the Bomb, the Bromiliad, etc.
>>
> I just finished "The Carpet People" which he wrote when he was 17 old and 
> rewrote in 1991.
> Very pleasant..
> I'd love to see a 3D animation from it

What is holding you back?

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4A9### [at] hotmailcom...

> What is holding you back?
Back from making a 90+ mn HD animation movie ?
Just time, money, skill and few other things that do no come to my mind a 
the moment... :-)

Marc

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On 25-8-2009 22:26, m_a_r_c wrote:

> 4A9### [at] hotmailcom...
> 
>> What is holding you back?
> Back from making a 90+ mn HD animation movie ?
> Just time, money, skill and few other things that do no come to my mind a 
> the moment... :-)
> 
> Marc

Come to think a bout it, where is the internet movie project when you 
need them?

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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:46:05 +0200, "TC" <do-not-reply@i-do
get-enough-spam-already-2498.com> wrote:

>Well, I did like Amber best. A pity Roger Zelazny died of cancer - I would 
>have liked to read the ending of the books.
>

Which books? I thought that he had finished the Amber series. I've just finished
reading the second series as I found the last two and thought it a good idea to
start from the beginning.

>
>Unfortunately he is not alone... Robert Jordan was not able to finish his 
>"Wheel of Time".
>
I did not know that he had died. I've grown board with most fantasy and have gon
back to "hard" SF when I can find it.

>
>I should not start reading a series of books before the author finishes it.
>

Or buy that crystal ball :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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The last book I read was "Knight of Shadows" - obviously I missed "Price of 
Shadows". Shame on me, ashes on my head ;-)

I'll buy the last book asap, thank you.

Besides, if you are bored with Fantasy (as I was for some time): try Tad 
Williams "War of the Flowers".

It is a good read and totally different from what to expect when reading a 
fantasy about faries. And what more can we which for than a NEW plot?

"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> Which books? I thought that he had finished the Amber series. I've just 
> finished
> reading the second series as I found the last two and thought it a good 
> idea to
> start from the beginning.

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