Terry Pratchett’s ‘finest novel’ to become a Penguin Modern Classic
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Terry Pratchett’s ‘finest novel’ to become a Penguin Modern Classic
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/terry-pratchetts-finest-novel-to-become-a-penguin-modern-classic
Posted by dronebox
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That’s really cool, Night Watch is an excellent book. Easily my favourite of the Watch series and probably all of Discworld.
Great book, but “finest novel” is a massive shout when it comes to Pratchett, Lords and Ladies is at least its equal for me.
I was obsessed with the Discworld books as a young teen and was lucky enough to have a few books signed in person.
The Discworld PC games were also hillarious; Eric Idle did the dialogue for Rincewind!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5Rk8nBgsg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5Rk8nBgsg)
Witches Abroad is also wonderful. I love the guards series but Granny Weatherwax embodies Terry Pratchett and her goodbye was his too – The Shepherd’s Crown had me in floods.
I ain’t got that book, I have 27 of them and I’m slowly building up the collection of the whole discworld novels.
Though easily one of the best writers of all time, his imagination for the discworld is truly amazing.
Small Gods is his deepest and most profound, rare it gets the recognition it deserves.
I’m so fascinated to see what the cover art choice will be to fit the Penguin template
Finest? Hogfather, Thud, and Raising Steam would be my votes. But then it’s one man, one vote, and Havelock Vetinari has the vote
I’ve always thought Thief of Time was by far one of Pratchett’s best, and the Science of Discworld books are also amazingly creative