Another Witches Book?

[Tonyblack]

Welcome to the forum, Char. :greetings-wavingyellow: :greetings-wavingblue: I haven't seen you before.

You haven't looked very hard then.

 

[Char]

Welcome to the forum, Char. :greetings-wavingyellow: :greetings-wavingblue: I haven't seen you before.

You haven't looked very hard then.

Haha, yea I've been here for a little while now, but never mind! Hello, thanks for the warm welcome! :greetings-wavingblue:

 

[raptornx01]

Any book focusing on a young Nanny Ogg would have to be bound in a plain brown cover though.

 

[Dotsie]

 

[Cool Middle Name]

I want a witches book D:
What happened to Agnes and Magrat?
And... I tried reading the Aching books but could not get past the first chapter of... Wintersmith? The ripoff of the Goblin King film. Not enough adult humour. xD

 

[raisindot]

I want a witches book D:
What happened to Agnes and Magrat?
And... I tried reading the Aching books but could not get past the first chapter of... Wintersmith? The ripoff of the Goblin King film. Not enough adult humour. xD

I never liked Wintersmith all that much, but The Wee Free Men (the first Tiffany book) is one of Pterry's best books period, as far as I'm concerned. While written for the YA audience, its themes are certainly adult enough. I'd try it first.

 

[author3]

I want a witches book D:
What happened to Agnes and Magrat?
And... I tried reading the Aching books but could not get past the first chapter of... Wintersmith? The ripoff of the Goblin King film. Not enough adult humour. xD

I never liked Wintersmith all that much, but The Wee Free Men (the first Tiffany book) is one of Pterry's best books period, as far as I'm concerned. While written for the YA audience, its themes are certainly adult enough. I'd try it first.

The only thing I like about Wintersmith is the cover .Other than that i don't really like the Tiffany books except for ISWM because of Esk's appearance

 

[KamexKoopa]

I'd LOVE another Witches book much more than another bleeding Moist book

 

[Dotsie]

The way you keep saying Moist book..... makes me think of Fifty Shades of Grey....

Which I don't own, by the way!

 

[Tonyblack]

I remember once telling someone that I loved Dick books.

After that I made sure to say books by Philip K Dick.

 

[pip]

I did say accidently once that i've a massive Dick collection . People stopped breathing

 

[Tonyblack]

At least you didn't say you were a big Dick fan.

 

[pip]

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I was watching a programme on BBC4 last night, about the rise and rise of British musicals, and there was footage of rehearsals (and actual show) of Phantom, and I immediately thought of Maskerade!!

 

[Tonyblack]

I went to see Phantom on London with my Dutch friend who hadn't read Maskerade yet and told me she didn't want spoilers. It was really difficult. I could just imagine Terry at the show thinking - I could really take the p*ss out of this.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I have to admit, that it doesn't (didn't ?? - is it still going?) appeal to me.

Nor Les Mis.

 

[Mary Skater]

I have to admit, that it [Phantom] doesn't (didn't ?? - is it still going?) appeal to me.

Yes, still going. 25 1/2 years so far...

Speaking as a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom," I didn't find anything unpleasant or offensive in Maskerade. (In other contexts, I've seen spoofs/ parodies with a nasty edge to them.) But I did think Terry was being a bit too blatant in making Walter Plinge such an obvious Frank Spencer.

(Is there anyone who didn't get that reference...? Well, for the sake of non-British or under-30 readers, Frank Spencer was a hugely popular TV comedy character in the 70's. The actor who played him revealed an unexpected serious side, and a remarkable singing voice, to be first to play the Phantom in the musical.)

Getting back on topic, I've always liked the witches. But Granny and Nanny must both be in their seventies - how much longer are they going to go on for? What's a typical lifespan on Discworld? Maybe we need a flashback to their younger days. (When Esme Weatherwax could run faster than Mustrum Ridcully...)

Mary

 

[Tonyblack]

Magical people can have very long lives it seems on the Disc. There are several wizards and witches mentioned as being over 100 years.

 

[Penfold]

I had to go and check, but Windle Poons lived to be 130 (the only one whose actual age I could remember being mentioned).

 

[Tonyblack]

Miss Treason was 111 when she died.