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[#BlakhOle#]

Well apparently a lot of people here like Terry Pratchett. Well I've almost finished his new one Wintersmith, following a trip to see him at the state library live. :w00t: He's just as funny in person and extremely nice; He stayed there signing every book that people placed in front of him, which was fortunate for me as I managed to get myself pushed to the back the line. :angry: I wouldn't say it's his best so far, but it's still a great read. I was going to buy Where's my Cow while I was there, but I ran out of money . But the fun doesn't end there; I've got The Last Hero to read after that. After that I think I might take up Tito's suggestion and try this Wilt saga.

[jg007]

I tend to read a pretty big range of both fiction and non-fiction and certainly Terry Pratchett is a favourite but he doesn't write enough books to keep me going

i've just finished Tom Holt's ' You don't have to be crazy to work here but it helps ' and before that 'Wintersmith' and 'wee free men'

I'm also quite big into psychology and real life stuff so i'm just starting Tory Haden's latest ' twilight children '

[Tito]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(#BlakhOle# @ Feb 18 2007, 02:25 AM) [snapback]279789[/snapback]</div>

After that I think I might take up Tito's suggestion and try this Wilt saga.
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Have in mind that it is not set in a fatasy world, in case you didn't know. It is about an English teacher of philosophy, and weird situations and characters that move around him. But I'm sure you'll enjoy it anyway.

Right now I've started reading "The Illiad" by Homero. Lets have a look at the origins of European literature.

[Japo]

Originally posted by Illiad
My good friend, if, when we were once out of this fight, we could escape old age and death thenceforward and forever, I should neither press forward myself nor bid you do so, but death in ten thousand shapes hangs ever over our heads, and no man can elude him; therefore let us go forward and either win glory for ourselves, or yield it to another.

[Titan]

Aaaaah.. good ol' Terry...

I'm one of them lazy guys who prefere to listen to audio-books instead.
Got 36 Audio-books with Terry Pratchett alone.
You gotta love the local libary that orders them from all over the country, just for me
(Amazingly, they only charge 0.50 € / book I want them to take home).
After they've recived it, i pick it up, rip it down to mp3, and return the CD's so other ppl can enjoy them.
After that, i load them (a few at the time) onto one of my phones, and listens to a part whenever i want to
Even more amazingly, the libary knows that i'm doing this, and said it was OK, since afterall, I gave more ppl a chanse of listening to books, and i only use it as i would have used the CD's.

Right NOW, i'm listening to "A hat full of sky" by Mr. T. P.

Also, slightly offtopic, there is a MOVIE (not the animated mini-series) of "Hogfather.
It was surprisingly good, and faar from the low-budget production i expected when i found it at the local video-rental. I recomend it strongly if you like T. P. at all.

Last book i read, BESIDES from any of the discworld-books, must have been The Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy.. for the 3:e tme or so.. It's a good solid book (got the combined volume with all 5 parts).

[#BlakhOle#]

Yeah I read about Hogfather, looks good. Channel 2 (most likely the one to show it down under) probably won't secure the rights for about, oooh, say... about 3 years from now? And probably only show it sometime during the middle of Winter (which, by the way, is NOT Christmas in Australia).
Our local library still refuses to accept the 21st Century (well actually 20th Century I guess) method of reading, namely the humble audiotape. But still, I find reading leaves more room for the imagination to develop. Speaking of which, it's about time I read hogfather again...

[Lulu_Jane]

Originally posted by #BlakhOle#
Channel 2

Ahem, that's ABC to you Mr. BlakhOle.

Nonetheless, you're right about who and when would be showing it.

Incidentally, I finshed as much of The 120 Days of Soddom as I could stomach. I quite enjoyed the narrative sections, but when it spirals down into what is basically a shopping list of how to shame and torture people I just stopped.

I've just started reading Faster by James Glick, non-fiction phillisophical musings on the nature of time, and how it has sped up monstorously in the last 150 years. Very good so far...

[#BlakhOle#]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lulu_Jane @ Feb 19 2007, 07:07 PM) [snapback]279909[/snapback]</div>

Ahem, that's ABC to you Mr. BlakhOle.
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Bleh :bleh: Says who? I watch it, I think I can call it whatever I like. Besides, I thought it would be less confusing to my overseas counterparts here to include the word Channel, and Channel ABC just... doesn't work. Australian Broadcasting Commitee maybe, but not Channel ABC.

Anyways, have you read about a Good Omens Movie? Well at the moment the idea is still in limbo (has been for some time now), but director Terry Gilliam (even better! ) says he still wants to make it, as well as Pratchett. Unfortunately, I still hold doubts that even the Hollywood magic can live up to the high standards of Good Omens, so a movie in comparison could be a disaster. Still, if Terry (Pratchett) reckons it can be done, then I'm all for it. k:

[Lulu_Jane]

I think after his horrific experience with hollywood during his making of The Brothers Grimm (and his bad experiences in general, y'know "they" made him re-make the ending of Brazil?!) Terry Gilliam probably doesn't want that must to do with Hollywood anymore...

The pairing of Terry Prattchet and Terry Gilliam (my hero!) would be AWESOME though...

[Tito]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lulu_Jane @ Feb 20 2007, 12:56 PM) [snapback]280126[/snapback]</div>

The pairing of Terry Prattchet and Terry Gilliam (my hero!) would be AWESOME though...
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Mmmm. Terry Prattchet and Terry Gilliam. Sounds intereting... Indeed...