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...the wizards.) I don't think there are any main characters I really dislike. I'm kind of disinterested by Victor and Ginger in Moving Pictures. Though I'm sure I could name a few side characters that never really grew on me given time. Off the top of my head, A.E. Pessimal and Angua's family...

...Sir Terry, I finally gave it a try. And after five books so far, I don't regret my decision. 2. What was your first Discworld book? Moving Pictures. I wanted to start with a stand-alone novel and regarding my love for movies, this was the only possible option. 3. Will you read more? Of...

...a little company to the trip when I'm driving alone for several hours :) I still really like his stuff, but the deeper I got into Moving Pictures, the more frustrated I got when he kept censoring or taking offense to things. I keep mentioning MP specifically, because I don't think he really...

I think the change began earlier with the attempted infiltration of Moving Pictures, an early 20th century invention trying to take over a medieval-style world. Going from The Colour of Magic to Eric, the stories focus on medieval, medieval-esque, or even older civilizations in a fantasy...

I apologize for the double post, but I'm listening to him read Moving Pictures at the moment, and I had a question. Does it bother anyone that he censors the word "bitch?" He censored something he says is "a racial slur for a flamenco dancer" which I didn't really look into, but there's a small...

Rereading Moving Pictures, today it occurred to me that there is a strong alchemy base to the story. I don't mean the obvious one, that the alchemists invented - or were caused to invent - octocellulose which let them invent moving pictures. I mean the symbolism of alchemy, as it was used in the...

It's referenced in Moving Pictures. Just found it while listening to Mark Reads. :)

Moving Pictures (Annotated Pratchett File) :D

Now that he's begun Moving Pictures, it's going to be interesting in a different way. Mark has worked in Hollywood and he has already realized he's going to have a comment for almost every sentence if he doesn't hold back. I'm just wondering how many of the allusions to really old movies he's...

Ridcully -> Yob Soddoth. An outer-dimensional monster, recognisable from his distinctive cry: "Yerwhatyerwhatyerwhat." (Moving Pictures)

According to his schedule, he starts Moving Pictures on 30th March. :)

...as I watch his reactions to the plot twists, jokes, and social commentary. :D I think 'Eric' is the next one up which shouldn't take him too long to get through and then it's 'Moving Pictures'! :dance: (I wonder if someone should tell him to buff up on his movie trivia beforehand. :lol: )

If I recall correctly, Eric was said to have been done mostly to give Josh Kirby a chance to do more than just a cover picture. Still, I think there was a bit more than that to it. If nothing else, it fits nicely into the UK tradition of panto, even using some of the catchphrases. It also manage...

...Discworld Convention On April 10-12, 2015 in beautiful Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia, you will experience the magic of MOVING PICTURES with a range of delightful activities for all types of Discworld fans. +++ BREAKING NEWS We welcome our LIVE Special Guest Stars: Rob Wilkins as...

I agree but I'm also looking forward to 'Moving Pictures' and especially 'Soul Music' to see his reactions to the references and puns. :D

I'd forgotten the clacks existed that far back. Good catch. Perhaps "villain" wasn't the word I was looking for. Possibly "major character"? The press in TT is described as apparently conscous, and it begins and ends the story, and that is often an indication of a major character in Discworld...

...the way Iron Girder is in RS. Vetinari is pretty much the bellwhether of "acceptance" of technological change. He was opposed to moving pictures and music with rocks, but by the time of The Fifth Elephant he certainly was in favor of the clacks, which one would have thought represented one...

In SM, the situation pretty much took care of itself. (Still, in the Trousers of Time, who knows what other versions happened?) In MP, Vetinari was puzzled, but he didn't issue any orders. He didn't have to; by the time it was known to be really dangerous, the situation was taken care of. In TT...

In Moving Pictures, it wasn't a natural thing - and without posting spoilers, there was an outside interference. And, as Dug says - it's Terry's world and he can develop it in any way he sees fit. I would say that Discworld has been heading towards this Industrial Revolution period for quite...

So, in Raising Steam, unlike in Moving Pictures, and Soul Music, why is the time/place ready for the railway? Why is it an natural development rather than, say film or rock music? And why Lord Vetinari okay with it when in Moving Pictures he doesn't really approve? :think: