[OT] Pratchett and Pullman [Was: Re: DUNE and Interim reading]

[Firebolt]

No: HPFGUIDX 3426

<Terry Pratchett. "Wyrd Sisters" has the funniest take on Macbeth
you'll ever read. "Reaper Man" is one of my favorites, as is anything
with the Ankh-Morpork Watch. Avoid "The Last Continent" unless you're
Australian.>

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is well-written and absolutely hilarious,
especially the ones about Death or the Death of Rats (Mort, Reaper Man, Soul
Music, Hogfather...). I'm actually reading one of them, Soul Music, for the
first time right now. If you liked, oh, say, Douglas Adams (his Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy series is also great), Terry Pratchett is the fantasy
equivalent.

> P.S. Oh, and Phillip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" and "The Subtle
> Knife." The third book's out in hardback, but I've forgotten the
> title.

You're talking about the His Dark Materials trilogy. The third book is The
Amber Spyglass, which I haven't read (why do I need to live in a country
where English books are about twice as expensive as in the States and where
it takes forever for anything interesting to arrive?), but I have the other
two books, and highly recommend them - although they're supposedly Young
Adults books.

~Firebolt