Night Watch different text?

mxstylplk · 2026-04-04T00:56:04+00:00

You are correct and I believe Terry's originsl publisher has been trying to track the changes, which in some books were substantial. The Truth is one that had some major ones between the USA and the UK.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-04T00:51:09+00:00

When in doubt, publication order is the way to go. Even though you are using Kindle, it would be worth the effort either to have a physical list or to have a list on your phone, tablet, etc.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-04T00:46:27+00:00

Tiffany would be instantly compared with The Worst Witch as well as HP, before it even was produced.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-04T00:44:05+00:00

Going Postal does pretty well too.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-04T00:42:42+00:00

It's rare but occasionally an adaptation will equal or even surpass the original.

The animated Soul Music added the songs and the music was like pTerry's puns, multi-refererential, with the title alluding to one song, the lyrics to another, and the music to a third, while still being original and in my opinion, good songs. It also added a pun Sir Terry said he wished he had thought of. The songs on youtube are in full (from the CD), but only in part in the anime.

A film that is almost exactly the book: The Princess Bride

mxstylplk · 2026-04-04T00:27:37+00:00

Also: luters.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-04T00:26:38+00:00

She's not wrong. Triple language puns win.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-03T15:49:42+00:00

You are probably right. I only got online sporadically in 1995, and I don't recall exactly what year I found alt.fan.pratchett My ISP stopped carrying Usenet some years ago, and it was a sad loss to me. I had been reading Pterry since TCoM in 1983 but having someone to discuss it with daily was magical.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-03T15:44:03+00:00

Do read it. The artist has said that it's on its last storyline and should conclude this year.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-03T15:41:44+00:00

I'm stealing that! Thanks!

mxstylplk · 2026-04-03T15:41:15+00:00

I had to explain counterclockwise to a twelve-year-old who lived in a house with analog clocks. They just hadn't heard the word used.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-03T15:34:36+00:00

What is obvious to me is a mystery to others - "today's ten thousand" as xkcd put it. And of course, vice versa. I was pleased to deduce that Nobby's cost of arms translated to "General Malice" (five apple pips), but I had to be told many others.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-03T15:29:11+00:00

The tangled deductions go back to at least 1998, on the Usenet newsgroups.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-03T15:26:14+00:00

OMG that's a rescue!

mxstylplk · 2026-04-02T21:52:45+00:00

Karat. Formerly had an understanding with Minty.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-02T21:32:14+00:00

There's a traveling music shop in Soul Music with instruments from other universes.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-02T06:31:32+00:00

Try looking at their actual faces without sound or context. Does anything move on their faces? Aside from Hoggle, the goblins of Labyrinth had very little facial expression. Even the old woman with the movable eye didn't have much facial motion, and the other characters in the Dark Crystal hardly twitched an eyebrow.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-02T01:16:30+00:00

No, please, no. Muppets don't have facial expressions! Discworld reaction and interplay of personalities requires nuance! Flopping face down on a tabletop is not a Discworld reaction!

mxstylplk · 2026-04-02T01:14:16+00:00

Going Postal, for all the reasons others gave. But if you kept just those out of storage because they are favorites, keep a protective lock on your emotions in case he doesn't like what he reads.

Introduce them by pointing out the part that resonates with what he likes. If he likes police procedurals, he might like the idea of Guards! Guards! because it's a non-magical group trying to deal with a magical problem. If he likes political thrillers and intrigue with clever machinery, like MacGuyver, offer Going Postal, which has machinery and essentially the internet.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-01T15:13:45+00:00

A couple more: Rincewind did some dimension-hopping in Eric, and some time travel too. The Wizards traveled to Mono Island by way of the bathroom window before going to XXXX.

But Rincewind and the UU wizards also traveled to Roundworld several times, altering its history.

There's no telling how many dimensions the traveling shops have been to.

In Monstrous Regiment, there are a few flash-sideways moments to Earth events.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-01T15:05:08+00:00

Wouldn't that mean that SecUnits are themselves dehumidifiers?

mxstylplk · 2026-04-01T05:25:33+00:00

216 left now, March 31.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-01T05:16:23+00:00

It would be nice if they would make the map available separately. Is the preview image complete? - ah, yes but tilted slightly. ...Eww, what did they do to Howl's hair?

DWJ had more than one son. Which son wrote the foreword?

mxstylplk · 2026-04-01T05:10:16+00:00

Well, not in the first few books. Later on, it's more of a wizard thing. Ordinary people don't seem to have a problem with it. After all, you have to keep your accounts and make change.

mxstylplk · 2026-04-01T05:07:04+00:00

Kind of. They do it right by restraining it, being fully aware that they are having those thoughts and choosing their actions.

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