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Mr. Praline
04/17/09

In reply to Terry Pratchett vs. the Global Economic Crisis
I love the Discworld series because there's such variation within them -- if you want a thoughtful and serious novel, read Small Gods and Reaper Man; if you want pure hilarity, read Maskerade and Interesting Times. He can't miss.
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termitehead
04/17/09

In reply to Terry Pratchett vs. the Global Economic Crisis
I could never get into Pratchett books. I tried twice and got maybe 50 or 60 pages in before I just had to put them down.
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Islandkiwi
04/20/09

@termitehead: It may have been your starting point. If you read the early books they come off pretty rough. Pratchett's skill improved over time.

Going Postal might be my all-time favorite, and works as a stand-alone.
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PipeRifle
04/17/09

In reply to Terry Pratchett vs. the Global Economic Crisis
You've got an image up there for the audiobook, and I recommend it to any non-readers out there. Stephen Briggs does an amazing job bringing Pratchett to life, and has made many a workplace hour bearable.

He does Captain Carrot as kind of Welsh, though. Not sure I would've gone that way.
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curiousnun
04/17/09

@PipeRifle: but carrot is meant to be an adopted dwarf, all the dwarves in the discworld are described constantly as if they would be welsh in the real world...
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Grey_Area
04/17/09

@curiousnun: Really? I always got an Ashkenazi Jewish vibe from the Discworld dwarves. Llamedos is obviously Wales.
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LittleDragon
04/17/09

In reply to Terry Pratchett vs. the Global Economic Crisis
Beware the Pratchett. He is worse then cocaine. Once you start you can't stop. My mother forgot to eat for two days while reading Making Money.

This man is a genius.
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jbq
04/17/09

@LittleDragon: A glance over my shoulder reveals the entirety of the Discworld chronicles. I've re-read them many times, and they're as addictive then as on their first read.
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Silentkiller2774
04/17/09

@LittleDragon:

Pratchett is awesome. The discworld series is one of the best I have read, now if only Vetinari was president of the US....
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Grey_Area
04/17/09

@Silentkiller2774: Is it terribly inappropriate to admit that I have a burning man-crush on Havelock Vetinari? Oh well, too late now.

@SF_iris: CRIVENS!
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Ghede
04/17/09

@jbq: Oh thank god, I'm not the only one.
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Silentkiller2774
04/17/09

@Grey_Area:

It's not inappropriate at all... I just have to wonder about the age gap.
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Grey_Area
04/17/09

@Silentkiller2774: Honestly, I'm at the early edge of middle-age, sure we don't like the same music and we come from different dimensions, but Love will find a way. *sigh*
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Silentkiller2774
04/18/09

@Grey_Area:

Oh I realize you might be old enough, but the real question here is this: How old is vetinari?
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Grey_Area
04/18/09

@Silentkiller2774: About the same age as Vimes if not younger. In Night Watch he is still studying at the Assassin's Guild while Vimes is a rookie with the City Watch. So, fiftyish?
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
01/30/09

In reply to Elvis Has Left the Planet
I read a short story, the main character/narrator worked at a New Age bookstore in Colorado, and her boss, an elderly Southern man was... certainly at LEAST an avatar of EP.
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bonniegrrl
01/30/09

In reply to Elvis Has Left the Planet
Meh. I still think he's alive and well.

[vids.myspace.com]
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BullfightsOnAcid
01/30/09

In reply to Elvis Has Left the Planet
I'm glad you included Elvissey by Jack Womack. The plot sounds like it would be a humor based novel but it is in fact an intense trip into a future where society has been pushed to extremes. Womack creates a future linguistic style that makes this story not about the future but in fact from the future. I highly recommend any of his books from the Dryco Series.
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NerD: Blattella
01/30/09

In reply to Elvis Has Left the Planet
I'm sorry to say, but I thought Bubba Ho-Tep was a piece of garbage. And this is coming from a long time Bruce Campbell fan, and someone whose alarm music in the morning for 3 years was Elvis's Blue Hawaii.
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Hamslicer
01/30/09

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Didn't he make a cameo in "Death Becomes Her"?
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NerD: Blattella
01/30/09

@Hamslicer: No, you are thinking of Jim Morrison.
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Dunny0
01/30/09

In reply to Elvis Has Left the Planet
I don't know why, but when I read the headline and saw the picture... For a moment I thought this was an article proclaiming Bruce Campbell death... and I panicked a little.

It's very interesting just how obsessed people still are with Elvis. I'm hard pressed to think of any other celebrities that have his longevity - so to speak.
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Liz Weinbloom
01/30/09

@Dunny0: Marilyn Monroe. For similar reasons. I also may or may not have taken a college course on 1950s culture that featured a two week unit on Elvis and a two week unit on Marilyn.

Next Triviagasm: A list of uses of the Marilyn Monrobot pun in scifi.
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bluehinter
01/30/09

In reply to Elvis Has Left the Planet
Wow! You mentioned every single sci-fi Elvis reference in my repetoir, including Barry the Time Sprout! Well done!
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Ghost_in_the_Machine
01/19/09

In reply to Let's Hope Terry Pratchett's Brain Helmet Works
Amazing. A post on fringe science with a cool looking gadget and no one has mentioned Walter Bishop yet.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
01/19/09

@Ghost_in_the_Machine: We were all too upset/hopeful for Terry.

But it does look like one of Walter's rigs, doesn't it?
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
01/19/09

In reply to Let's Hope Terry Pratchett's Brain Helmet Works
Anything that might help with Alzheimer's is worth it.

Anything that might help Sir PTerry is priceless.

(I'm really glad he got knighted while he still has enough brains to appreciate it. And as someone who's likely gonna go down with Alzheimer's in 30 years, I want a damn cure NOW.)
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Plague
01/19/09

In reply to Let's Hope Terry Pratchett's Brain Helmet Works
Just looking at the photo saddens me greatly.

I truly hope he still has "a few books in him" that he claimed a few years ago so he can wrap up the series the way he wants to.
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OgilvyTheAstronomer
01/19/09

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Fingers crossed - as we all know, one-in-a-million chances happen 99% of the time.
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Grey_Area
01/19/09

@Ptarmigandalf: NIIIICE!
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