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Thread: Is The Giant a Pratchett fan?
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2009-10-19, 10:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Is The Giant a Pratchett fan?
Just wondering if he's ever mentioned it...
... because this page shows what looks like an orang-utan, reading a book, and with the syllable 'ook' featured quite prominently.
Put it all together, it kinda screams "Pratchett" to me. But as far as I can recall, I haven't seen any other evidence. It could be a coincidence.
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2009-10-19, 10:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Isn't everybody?
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2009-10-19, 10:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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I actually thought I saw a Disc reference somewhere in the comic, but I can't remember where. Then again, it may have been one of those cases where it's just a cigar.
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2009-10-19, 10:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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The site is a collaboration with APE games. So the fact that there is an orangutan isn't really surprising. And given that you reach that particular when you're shopping for comic books, it's not surprising to see said primate reading a book.
It also wouldn't surprise me if either the Giant or someone at APE were familiar with Pratchett's work. I wouldn't go out on a limb at this point to say it's a reference to Pratchett though.Last edited by Theodoriph; 2009-10-19 at 10:40 PM.
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The Giant is a writer of humorous fantasy, I'd say being a Pratchett fan comes with the job He probably at least has read some of Pratchett's books, seeing how he is the leading writer of the (admittedly rather small ) genre.
Then again, in War and XPs, he listed his influences, and MythAdventures and the Hitchhiker's Guide were among them, but Discworld was not.Last edited by Zordrath; 2009-10-20 at 05:47 AM.
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2009-10-20, 07:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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But that was about how he learned how to write a good story, wasn't it? Plots and character development and such things.
I bet he read a LOT, and those mentioned in the book were just a few examples.
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2009-10-20, 07:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Semi-related, since this is a Pratchett thread:
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/a...icides-UK.html... ... ... YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
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2009-10-20, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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you know i only read the first pratchett book. been kinda meaning to go pick up the second for a while now
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2009-10-20, 08:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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You're probably thinking about the million-to-one chance, but like you said, it could just be a cigar.
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I because he has that illness at all. The article is a sad reminder of it.
Anyways... I dunno, the few things that have been referenced here seem to be so universal that I'm not sure they could be called references to Pratchett's work at all. Case of a cigar being just a cigar, I guess.
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Not only the cliffport chief, but the rookie could be Carrot as well
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2009-10-26, 01:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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read all his books, well like 95% of them.
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2009-10-26, 03:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Early Pratchett is mostly straight parody of the hack fantasy going around at the time - you know the sort, where you can just hear the dice rolling in the background every time anybody does anything. It really takes off from maybe Mort onwards, has a bit of a dip somewhere around Interesting Times and returns to form with Night Watch.
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2009-10-26, 04:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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I've always found Pratchett to be a bit like Robert Rankin in that he is frequently very amusing but more often than not comes across as trying just a bit too hard to be funny for the sake of it. He's written some good stuff though, and he's a helluva cool guy.
All great authors die. It's sad, sure, but I'm right behind him in his wish to not fade away into madness before he goes.
Although there's a horrible, regrettable part of me that can't help but want to read a fantasy novel written by someone with full-blown Alzheimer's, just to see what it'd be like.Last edited by Nimrod's Son; 2009-10-26 at 11:39 PM.
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2009-10-26, 04:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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This seems to come up a lot, but no, I am not a Pratchett fan. I'm not saying anything against his work, I'm just saying that I never managed to read it before OOTS took off, and now that it has, I consciously avoid it so that I can be sure that my ideas aren't being influenced.
So much so that I don't actually understand the OP's point and how an orangutan reading a book is a Pratchett reference. I selected photos of various primates in positions that lent themselves to reading, playing games, or wearing t-shirts. No reference intended.Rich Burlew
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2009-10-26, 04:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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In one of the early Discworld books, the Librarian at the wizard university gets turned into an orangutan. He can't be turned back, and he doesn't take too long to conclude that he likes it better anyway. He's still a wizard, and still the Librarian.
Er, if you actually wanted to know. I don't think that short paragraph could possibly influence your writing, anyway.Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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I'm not a fan, and in a maliciously petty kind of way I'm sort of glad the Giant isn't either. Not because it gives us a commonality - he's largely unaware of Pratchett's work, whereas I'm largely nauseated thereby - but pure selfish malice. Hey, I'm honest at least, right? :)
I've never read anything of Pratchett's which amused me or with which I agreed, until that linked article - which is not terribly amusing. I'd say more but after all, there's no need to get the thread locked just out of spite. :)
NrS - see, the trouble is, I'd pay money for a book written by Donaldson with Alzheimer's before paying for a book written by Pratchett with his full faculties. Your sick little notion does have a morbid appeal though.Don't bother trying to appeal to my better nature; I don't have one.