Sir Terry Pratchett has died

Re:Sir Terry Pratchett has died by lucraft on Thursday March 12, 2015 @12:35PM (#9191882)

Night Watch was amazing. Moral, moving, exciting. It could stand on it's own as literature without any of the other books.

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Re:Sir Terry Pratchett has died by vacri on Thursday March 12, 2015 @04:50PM (#9193804)

Apart from his pun-a-thon books, most of his Discworld novels have some sort of moral underpinning. Small Gods on being religious versus being good is an obvious one, Feet of Clay being about slavery and what defines a person is another. But if you take a step back and look at most of his books, you'll find a moral lesson intentionally put in there.

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Re:Sir Terry Pratchett has died by the_af on Thursday March 12, 2015 @02:59PM (#9192984)

Night Watch is amazing and moving.

Other Discworld stories that surprised me include Lords and Ladies and Thud!, in which Pratchett manages to write genuine horror stories.

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Re:Sir Terry Pratchett has died by ErrantX on Thursday March 12, 2015 @06:13PM (#9194317)

I think Night Watch is my favourite too. A little bit dark, and lots of deep questions about morality.

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