Which one? I’ve been meaning to give his stuff a shot. Something like this sounds like a fun place to start
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Arigion@feddit.org 1 month ago
This is just stolen from a Terry Prachett Novel.
DaleGribble88@programming.dev 1 month ago
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
I’d start with either The Watch, or The Witches. Both are great, I’d avoid The Unseen University initially, his writing gets significantly better so the early books are harder to read.
Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The Watch subseries mentions vampires quite a lot, and is a really good read. IIRC, the fifth elephant and thud! Have them as more than just ‘extras’ and names mentioned.
While you can pick up most any discworld book as a first one, and have a good time, a lot of people recommend reading at least the sub series in order, the watch series starts with Guards! Guards! And is really enjoyable all the way through, and a great place to start your discworld journey.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
I’d start with either The Watch, or The Witches. Both are great, I’d avoid The Unseen University initially, his writing gets significantly better so the early books are harder to read.
scholar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Carpe Jugulum has vampires who ‘reform’ and integrate into society (but I won’t spoil anything else)
Arigion@feddit.org 1 month ago
I think it might be en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_(novel)
It was somerhing with the wiki.lspace.org/Ankh-Morpork_League_of_Temperance
WillFord27@lemmy.world 1 month ago
tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Come on man. Bury the hatchet, with Terry Pratchet.
Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 1 month ago
I see Terry Pratchett, I upvote! GNU
thejoker954@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Its not really stolen from Discworld. I mean I could argue it was “stolen” from Myth-adventures as much as it was “stolen” from Discworld.
Pratchett takes the piss on a lot of ‘norms’.
Yes there is a vampire temperance league and there is a side character who is a vampire who talks like that, but it’s just background pretty much.
pseudo@jlai.lu 1 month ago
And I would have not read it if it was not “stolen”.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Then credit the author. That way people who enjoy it can know where it came from and may wind up reading his books.
So, yes. It was “stolen” as in plagiarized, since it does not provide appropriate credit.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 month ago
“Plagiarism is cool and everyone should do it.”
-King Louis XIV
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Intellectual property is the fangs of IRL vampires, you know it’s true!
WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
The author was plagiarized by copying the genes of two parents. Credit the parents.
That way people who enjoy it can know where the author came from and may wind up reading his parents books.
Karl@programming.dev 1 month ago
Lmaoo
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 month ago
But is this even plagiarism of Terry Pratchett? Every reply seems to mention different books and that it’s not from them. Unless this is a quote from Terry Pratchett it isn’t plagiarism. Two pieces of media can be similar and not be plagiarism.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not sure, but I was mostly outlining how dumb that person’s argument is.