[Ajax12]

Well i have at last decided to start reading the series.
I just want to know what i am going up against. I have never read funny fantasy before ,so what do i expect?
I know this is vauge but then :D...
Cheers!

[Waylander1]

Just open your mind and have a really good laugh. Make sure you read all the footnotes as they can be some of the funniest prose.

Don't expect any chapters, either.:D

Enjoy yourself.

[Phellim]

I just read them as fantasy, that I happen to find amusing.


I never even noticed the lack of chapters until other people mentioned it - I enjoy them too much.

[Banger]

Be prepared to be inundated with references - classical, biblical, philosophical, pop cultural, you name it. Pratchett riffs on just about everything. If anything you read sticks out as something that you think is supposed to be a joke but it went over your head (even the most "with-it" of us are going to miss at least some of the references), you can check out the Annotated Pratchett file here (http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html).

I'm reading them in order (up next is book 16, Soul Music), but they don't have to be read in order, and the first book, The Colour of Magic, is one of the weakest, IMO.

[Waylander1]

Be prepared to be inundated with references - classical, biblical, philosophical, pop cultural, you name it. Pratchett riffs on just about everything. If anything you read sticks out as something that you think is supposed to be a joke but it went over your head (even the most "with-it" of us are going to miss at least some of the references), you can check out the Annotated Pratchett file here (http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html).

I'm reading them in order (up next is book 16, Soul Music), but they don't have to be read in order, and the first book, The Colour of Magic, is one of the weakest, IMO.

Thanks for the link, Banger. Great reading and very informative.:D

[kalitara]

Well i have at last decided to start reading the series.
I just want to know what i am going up against. I have never read funny fantasy before ,so what do i expect?
I know this is vauge but then :D...
Cheers!

Expect to discover your new favorite author. ;)

[AndyNevada]

I have read everything by him more than once and find him continuously amusing and insightful. Unlike most series', they keep getting better than the earlier ones. Pratchett's books are not only well writen, but insightful and humerous. Well above the cheap puns and grade school humor of Xanth.

[Ko-jah]

i'm currently reading the last hero and i have no idea where that fits into the series. its the first of his books that i've read.

pratchett is not really a page turner for me even though its amusing. i've put the book down twice now without any desire to resume - i guess i will when i get bored.

maybe its a little too far removed to immerse myself in... is the series a good one or are his books all pretty much the same?

[Phellim]

is the series a good one or are his books all pretty much the same?

It's a very good series, though some books are bound to be better than others. I suggest reading a book that follows the Watch. If you don't like those, then maybe Pratchett isn't for you.