The end of Discworld...

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Nostromo
Based on the first Discworld novel, I don't care much for his work.

But this is sad news nonetheless.

HEATHEN!

Perhaps you should read a different discworld novel...

[Zkribbler]

It took me three tries to get all the way through The Colour of Magic." Almost everything else is far better.

[Lord Avalon]

It's been a long time since I read the early books, but as I recall, I liked Colour of Magic more than Light Fantastic. But there are a number of later books which I liked far more.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Yes, but Year(Asimov's Death) < Year (Vesayen hearing of Asimov)...

Right, so let's take a look at what Vesayen wrote once more:

First Isac Aasimov dies before I even knew he existed, then Douglas Adams dies.... now this .

Oh lord, why do you take all my favorite authors away from me?

Obviously when God took Asimov, he wasn't yet Vesayen's favourite author. Thus he was "taken away" from Vesayen in the same manner Homer was. Why then is the mentioned Vesayen whining?

[Proteus_MST]

Lets just hope that he will be able to write books till it is time for him to meet the ANTHROPOMORPHIC REPRESENTATION THAT TALKS IN CAPITALS and that there will be many years till this final day

As snoopy said, there is always hope. Maybe he will stay capable to write books till a cure for Alzheimer is found.

[Zoid]

Maybe Vesayen likes to read authors that are alive?

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon
It's been a long time since I read the early books, but as I recall, I liked Colour of Magic more than Light Fantastic. But there are a number of later books which I liked far more.

Yeah, the first two (three, if you include Strata) were really a feeling-out phase for how the universe worked, what sort of tone he wanted, etc. Equal Rites was starting to settle in, and Mort was the first really strong one, imo. I usually recommend that people start out with Small Gods or Pyramids...they're far enough along that you get a good feel for the universe, but far enough outside the rest of the continuity that they don't spoil anything or require any knowledge of previous books.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Obviously when God took Asimov, he wasn't yet Vesayen's favourite author. Thus he was "taken away" from Vesayen in the same manner Homer was. Why then is the mentioned Vesayen whining?

Perhaps he's whining because it means that he'll never be able to look forward to new books from Mr. Asimov.

[Kuciwalker]

Why the hell would you want to "look forward to new books"? The waiting time between reading one book and buying the next is the ****tiest part of reading an ongoing series.

[Lorizael]

Oh Christ. This is such a dumb argument.

[Kuciwalker]

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by Lorizael


Perhaps he's whining because it means that he'll never be able to look forward to new books from Mr. Asimov.

Correct. I read many of his books and collections of short stories, only to learn he was dead before I even had heard of him. This meant I could only enjoy what was already written, I could not look forward to future books yet unwritten.

Waiting for new books to be written is indeed unpleasent, however if the author is dead, no new books ever come.

A live author has the potential to write new books, a corpse does not.

I think I was 11 or 12 when I wrote a fan letter to Asimov about how incredible one of the foundation books were, then while trying to find his residence, discovered he had been dead for 4 or 5 years.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Vesayen

A live author has the potential to write new books, a corpse does not.

Somewhere, Stephen King gets an idea for his next novel.

[Vesayen]

"oooooh lamp monster! Scary!"

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Somewhere, Stephen King gets an idea for his next novel.