Discworld and Red Dwarf

[Adam81]

Discworld is my favourite series of books (UK fantasy/humour) and Red Dwarf is my favourites TV series (UK Sci-Fi/Comedy).
Terry Pratchett, the guy who has written all of the Discworld books, is an avid fan of Red Dwarf as well.
I am wondering if anybody has come across these, and I would like to know their opinions on them.

My favourite joke from Discworld is 'An Ecclesiastical Rev Counter', which is an item mentioned briefly in one book in a religious context. 'Rev' could easily mean Reverend, but it could also mean Revolution - ie turn, turn, turn, which is a song by The Byrds, in which the words are taken from a passage in Ecclesiates.
There are probably hundreds of very subtle jokes in each of the Discworld books, as well as some more obvious ones. There is a lot of tongue in cheek parodying of a lot of things as well.
Red Dwarf is a BBC space/sitcom made with very little money, with 8 series made from 1987 to 1998. Hopefully the movie will begin production next month in the Gold Coast.

 

[SquareC]

I love the discworld series! I think (although it's a very hard call) that if forced to choose a favorite, I'd have to say Mort but then.....and then there's.....okay, I'll stop. I like them all.

I've never seen Red Dwarf. I don't get BBC here, I'm afraid.

 

[Adam81]

I think that the Sci-Fi channel (?) has them in the US? I'll have to check.

 

[Adam81]

Oh, and Mort is great. Apparently a few years ago, some American producers asked Terry Pratchett for permission to do a movie based on Mort in exchange for a wad of cash.
What they wanted to do, however, was to drop a certain character - Death, the big man himself (the main character for those who haven't read the book).

 

[Battie]

I've been meaning to read something of Terry Pratchett's, but he has so many books that I don't know where to start.

Is there a first book or good introductory book that I could try? Thanks!

 

[Lady_Firehawk]

Well, there's The Colour of Magic... first in the series. (I love the Discworld books... hehehe.)

 

[Kira Faye]

I LOVE RED DWARF so very funny! I have all the episodes its absolutly great!

 

[Lycana]

I've seen all the episodes of Red Dwarf and I like it, it's pretty funny!

 

[Adam81]

My most favourite Discworld books are (not in any order), Moving Pictures, Mort, Feet of Clay, Jingo, Carpe Jugulum, Going Postal (the new one), The Truth and Maskerade.
However, I would recommend going from book one through to the most recent, however, it isn't imperative to read them all in a chronological order.

 

[mala]

just finished reading the truth
lubbed it ^_____________^

my favourites are: small gods (the best) feet of clay (the 2nd best), the truth, guards guards, and jingo

still got carpe, nightwatch, and theif of time left to read

strangely enough i didnt lift hogfather as a favourite but i love it because of the senior staff of the UU are in it
any book with them in it is always great

 

[mala]

the best scenes so far i think had to be in the last continent with the god of evolution explaining about creating a more combustible cow

 

[erin74]

I have recently discovered discworld and absolutely love it. My hubby and I are reading our way through the ones we have. I got given Thief of Time as a gift a few years ago and couldn't get into it. Since then I have been given about 4 others as gifts - my family got the idea that I liked them because I had been given the first one!!! Anyway - I've read like number 2 or 3 - light fantastic?? Wyrd Sisters, Pyramids, Thief of Time, and Nightwatch.

I loved Thief of Time and really liked Wyrd Sisters as well. Nightwatch was good too.

I love how he sets up stereotypes and then breaks them down. It cracks me up.

 

[68 balcony]

Yeah The Truth is excellent! I love red dwarf and hitchhikers guide also. I really like the first few red dwarf novels but I didnt really like backwards or last human, I heard from a friend that a red dwarf movie was in production, I don't know whether its true or not.

 

[Adam81]

Carpe is great, read it. Nightwatch is also great, but 'Going Postal' is brilliant. Monstrous Regiment is hit and miss, and with me, it was a miss. Feet of Clay is one of my favourites, but I think Maskerade is my all time favourite.

 

[Adam81]

Hopefully production will start soon in the Gold Coast for the Red Dwarf movie. They have been trying to make it for the last five years, but they have had four companies who were going to give them the money go under, as well as various other ways of funding the movie not work, as well as the BBC (for whom Red Dwarf has made millions) deciding not to fund it, but 'Thunderpants' instead.
Plus there was this guy from Melbourne who claimed to be the Duke of Manchester and was going to put 60 million (100 mil US) into the movie, but his bank statement he sent them was a fake (the real Duke of Manchester moved to Melbourne with has family 50 years ago or seomthing like that).