Terry Pratchett Interview: 25 Years of Discworld
Terry Pratchett talks about his Discworld series, one of the longest-running fantasy book series written by one author, and celebrates its 25 years of publication. He talks about how he started writing it and how it evolved into what it is today, for him and its fans.
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Yeah but the movies …
Yeah but the movies kinda ruined those books – probably for the best this way.
erm y not both?
erm y not both?
Er, never seen …
Er, never seen anything like his imagination in _writing_? You know, Pratchett’s field of work?
Thought people could fill in the blanks, apparently not.
Then you need to …
Then you need to get out more. But I agree. He is an amazing aurthor.
I’m a Harry Potter …
I’m a Harry Potter fan… and I agree. I’ve never seen anything like Pratchett’s overwhelming imagination.
Hear hear! I agree …
Hear hear! I agree wholeheartedly.
i did, i loved it …
i did, i loved it but for me the best has got to be hogfather.
Watch The Colour of …
Watch The Colour of Magic, it’s pretty good.
Also, if I’m not …
Also, if I’m not mistaken, Mirror’s Edge.
His daughter writes …
His daughter writes videogame scripts… she did Overlord 1 and 2.
sometimes i am …
sometimes i am alomost in tears thinking ` why didn`t terry pratchett`s discworld novels be made into a series of movies instead of j k rowlings harry bloody potter `
Holy crapmonkies. I …
Holy crapmonkies. I see where he got his idea for Rincewind – he looks and sounds like Rincewind would to me.
Yeah I see what you …
Yeah I see what you mean. I think the earlier references were more to other books in the genre, (the first couple of characters in colour of magic are a parody) , but given his love of punning I’d be surprised if other media refrences didn’t turn up right from the start. I wonder if l-space has the answer?
true but DW was a …
and does the song title/lyric happen more than once in any book? it’s almost worth rereading them just to find out.
true but DW was a parody of the fantasy genre right from the beginning. the mythology-made-real thing was always there too. but i think finding ways to work song lyrics into the dialogue is a little different. was it always there? i’m not sure. i thought it started after soul music, which was packed with references… obviously.. my favourite was “the grateful death”
He also throws in …
He also throws in film references, references to other books, folklore, UK TV programmes and so on.
oh and btw… has …
oh and btw… has anyone else noticed the song lyrics thing? my favourite was in Making Money. Terry managed to smuggle in the title of Tenpole Tudor’s Swords of a Thousand Men. “sword of a thousand men’s blood” lol. think it started with Soul Music. i’d like to know if anyone noticed it before then.
i read my 1st DW …
i read my 1st DW book a few years ago after seeing it rated no.1 in a list of best fantasy of all time. at first i wondered what all the fuss was about… and ended up reading all the books back to back. from the other comments this is obviously not unusual. i don’t think any other series could keep me interested so long. incredible achievement.
i’ve just started …
i’ve just started the series a couple of months ago and am now up to going postal. (i’m reading in order)
my favourite character is nobby nobbs of the watch.
I’ve started …
I’ve started reading the series over again from the start and am now currently on Sourcery, one of my favorites. Man what a great series and a great author.
I’m on my second …
I’m on my second discworld book now, was always turned off by the covers. Making Money at first glance looked like some kind of financial self help guide to me lol. I just finished Thud and am now reading Nightwatch and I have to say I LOVE this series, particularily the ones about commander Vimes and the Watch. Vetinari is my new all time favourite character.
Terry patchett …
Terry patchett plays the elder scrolls IV oblivion
if only there was a way to combine my favorite game and my favorite books, man, a bethesda discworld game would be absolutely fantastic
I’d wished he’d …
I’d wished he’d worn his hat. It’s a cool hat
i’ve read Terry …
i’ve read Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. and OMG!, it’s fantastic and funny. espesily when bad language is used in the dialoge. i don’t read very often, so give me a one of hes books and i promise u, i fliping read it!
Pity me. I think …
Pity me. I think Terry Pratchett is one of the grear thinkers inliterature. His views on how the world (not only Discworld) make him equal to other ‘fiction’ writers like Aldous Huxley.
Have you even read Discworld?
Why don’t you just …
Why don’t you just let us have your ways and read Pratchett and you read Sartre and stop bothering us. That’d be really sweet of you