They do quickly become old friends.

It dawns on me that as I read them I see specific characters- they were dim at first, but they fleshed themselves out eventually. For instance- for me, Havelock Ventnari can only be Jeremy Irons. Mustrum Ridcully can only be Theodore Roosevelt. When I read Rincewind I invariably picture a very young Gene Wilder. (No, don’t think Willy Wonka, think Leo Bloom) Eddie Deezen can only be Ponder Stibbons. Nobby Nobbs is Gilbert Gottfried. Lady Sybyl can only be Penelope Keith. And Sam Vimes is Jack Lord.

These are the faces I see when I read the book. Whose faces do you see?