2Dogsmother said: I personally started the Discworld series at "The Colour of Magic" and have read them in chronological order. It really doesn't matter what you read first. I adore Granny Weatherwax, Sam Vimes and Rincewind (a Wizard). I think there is enough to satisfy anyone's personal tastes. I even rather like Lord Vetinari.
Robyn, I'm sure you don't need to be told to hang on to that signed print! I'm envious!! I've actually never seen one of the shows or plays; I tend to avoid those when they're made from books I've really liked. Just a quirk of mine. Likewise I don't often read books from which shows have been made that I've liked and for the same reason - don't want to know the differences. I have made exceptions, just not often.
I got the print from Discworld . com a LONG time ago when Sir Terry could still sign his name. It's not personalized. Just his name. It took forever to get here from the UK.
Good Omens first series is quite good and pretty close to the books. Gaiman of course wrote the scripted and produced and show ran it. He said he promised Terry before he died. Tennant and Sheen are BILLIANT!! Supposedly, Pratchett and Gaiman worked out what the plot of book 2 would be at a con of some kind but by then both were busy and never got to write it. It's good but not the same as series 1. It also ends on a cliffie just as a warning. Gaiman promised the story would be finished even if Amazon didn't renew it for the 3rd series.
Of the BBC shows, the one truly worth watching is Going Postal, they got the steampunk aspects right.
Orion, OMG!! I'd adore a signed book. I have pretty much done away with my bookshelves except for my signed stuff. I'm old enough I need larger print so I most just do ebooks where I can blow the print up really big and usually, I do audio. My husband is a doc {who just retired in April} but I've been on my horse farms by myself for 3 decades, so I tend to like to have a book in my ear for company. I go thru about 200 books a year in audio, but a lot are relistens. My audible account is over 2,000 books.
I always figured if I ever got anything nice enough to register daylily wise, I'd use characters or references to Discworld, like a mini blue eye called Crivens, or Wee Free Men.
You're in the allegedly cold North; what is your secret?
That looks deliberate on the part of the tree!
