Mark Reads Discworld

[Tonyblack]

If you look on YouTube rather than his website, he's actually posted the first three parts.

 

[DaveC]

I know! I watch them every Sunday! It's appointment viewing for me!

 

[=Tamar]

Mark has just run into another Discworld pun, in the 9th section of his reading of Equal Rites. The usual bad language as he reacts.

 

[Tonyblack]

I do so love his reaction to the puns. Reminds me of my reaction to them while sitting on a bus reading them.

 

[Tonyblack]

I have a question for other members of Mark's site. It seems to me there's a spoiler scrambling device built into the software, so that some members' posts read as gibberish. Is there any way of decoding this? I have joined the site and had an answer to one of my comments, but have no idea what it says.

 

[DaveC]

I have a question for other members of Mark's site. It seems to me there's a spoiler scrambling device built into the software, so that some members' posts read as gibberish. Is there any way of decoding this? I have joined the site and had an answer to one of my comments, but have no idea what it says.

Go to http://www.rot13.com, it comes up as a blank page where you just copy the text in and click the Cypher button underneath, this will un-gibberish it.

Vice versa for you to post your own spoilers.

The alternative for on the go is to find an app to download, which I've also done.

 

[Tonyblack]

Thanks Dave.

 

[DaveC]

Due to being on tour soon, Mark is now binge reading and watching his next 5 or six weeks of books/shows.

Meaning he has just finished Mort! And starting Sourcery soon!

But the posts will still be on schedule for every other day as usual..

 

[Tonyblack]

I'm looking forward to his reaction to Mort.

 

[=Tamar]

He won't start Sourcery until people commission the rest of the book. He only has maybe one fourth of it commissioned.

While it may be a good thing to have a break between books, I'd hate to have the great read-through stopped, especially this early.

 

[DaveC]

Mort videos are now up...

And hilarious!

Here's the first, there are 4 this week:

 

[Tonyblack]

I watched them last night - very good indeed.

 

[MongoGutman]

Is there a schedule for when the his comments/reviews go up on his site?

 

[DaveC]

Is there a schedule for when the his comments/reviews go up on his site?

Yep

It alternates with the other series he is reading by Tamora Pierce. So this week its Tuesday/Thursday. Next week is Monday/Wednesday/Friday and so on.

All the videos go up on Sunday mornings.

https://www.google.com/calendar/emb...p.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles

 

[MongoGutman]

Thanks Dave - I think you get the best effect by waiting 'till his comments/reviews are posted.

I'm surprised sometimes by the obvious things Mark misses until they're spelt out for him - like Death's plan for Mort and Isabelle - which was repeatedly telegraphed from almost the moment Death showed up - and some of the connections he does make which seem a little alien, coming from an American cultural perspective

 

[=Tamar]

I think you get the best effect by waiting 'till his comments/reviews are posted.

But I can't wait...

I'm surprised sometimes by the obvious things Mark misses until they're spelt out for him - like Death's plan for Mort and Isabelle - which was repeatedly telegraphed from almost the moment Death showed up - and some of the connections he does make which seem a little alien, coming from an American cultural perspective

I think what surprised Mark was not that Death had tried to find a husband for Ysabell, but that Ysabell was in favor of it. (But he didn't say exactly what he had expected, so I could be wrong.)

I'm a little puzzled by your last comment. Mark grew up in Colorado. He just hadn't read much, if any, fantasy until the last few years, so he doesn't have the 20-odd year backlog of expectations that long-term fantasy readers are likely to have. What seems alien to you?

 

[Tonyblack]

I'm with you, Tamar. I watch the YouTube updates on Sunday and then watch the episodes on his page.

 

[Tonyblack]

I'm having trouble opening Mark's site at the moment - AVG keeps blocking it as a threat called "Exploit Blackhat seo".

Anyone else having this problem?

 

[Penfold]

It worked ok for me Tony.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

You could report it to AVG as a false positive as they happen time to time, Tony.