[mooseboy84]

for the life of me, im not the sharpest blade in the drawer, not quite george w, but not tom wolfe.

i write this because i remember several years ago trying to read a book and not being able to. the book was one by terry prachett about some wizard. rincewood or something like that. the book was not horribly beyond something i could understand,[its like a 6th grade book] i just couldnt comprehend it. the writing style was to corrupt for me to read. i remember trying to get through the first chapter and just having a brain burnout from the way she phrased the sentences and the names. anthro morpak and all this nonsense. i just couldnt do it. honestly, i just through the book in a box and never picked it up again.

hsa this ever happened to anyone else. i just couldnt bring myself to read it past the first 10 or 15 pages. maybe if i would have tryed to consume a few chapters i would have become familiarized with it and could have finnished the book.

[onions]

You serious?!?
:confused:

[Belgarion]

Don't Panic! I absolutely agree. Pratchett's prose is ugly and horendous. It is totally addling and muddling! I gave him up after just reading 2 books. I had to buy the 2nd boom because I couldn't understand why everyone is raving about him!

As far as I am concerned, he is the most overrated fantasy author other than Terry Goodkind!

It is not you, to be fair on Pratchett, he tends to write very differently from the majority of the other authors and that may addle the reader's mind especially when he/she has been used to a different style of prose.

To summarise mate, Pratchett sucks and Tom Holt is a better option although I am not an avid fan of him.

;)

[fortytwo]

This thread is a wind-up isn't it?:confused:

[Belgarion]

i'M AFRAID NOT!

:D :D :D

[onions]

I've never met someone who claimed he was too dumb to understand Pratchett.
I mean, I can understand if you don't like his style or something, but this?
Onions

[mooseboy84]

no im not kidding. i couldnt stand the book and threw it back into the sfbc box it came in.

is terry goodkind that bad, i was planning on ordering the "sword of truth" series from sfbc. one of the books has an "explicit sex and violence" warning on it and i like that kinda stuff!:D

[Shanoncia]

May I make a suggestion? You should avoid silmarilion at all costs! It's loaded with all the stuff you seem to be having trouble with. But beyond the advice you requested I'd like to say please don't call yourself stupid! Being able to read good ol' pratchet isn't what makes us wise! It has always been my firm belief that brilliance is not at all a great store of kwnoledge of facts in areas like math, scince, geography, history, or literature. No, no my friend, brilliance in the willingness to learn out of admiration and respect for the greatness of the human mind,and the ability to adapt to and cope with everyday surroundings and/or circumstances. Showing your enemy such a great courtesy that he is in awe and can neither say nor do anything, yet still burns within in deep humble anguish while you maintain your dignity and innocence is brilliant. Being able to read challenging books is just a nice skill to have, but it won't save you from the world ending or any other possible catastrophy. If your still interested in the book give it one last shot.. sometimes when it gets frustrating like that if you just tough it out long enough to get nicely into the storyline the confusion dissapates, and things work themselves out. You just need to get use to his writing style... or maybe you just don't like his writing style and have a short attention span. Either way, you need not call yourself stupid. Cheer up! :D You seem to very honest and open which is an attribute some of the reats in this world do not share. Maybe we could learn from you? ;)

[hclark]

I don't know if this is a serious thread or not, but I'm going to answer anyway.

For some reason, certain books are really hard for some people to read, and not others. For instance, for a recent literature class, I felt like it took me forever to get through The Great Gatsby. This is by no means a hard book to read, but it was just the way it was written, combined with a lack of interest in the plot that made it feel that way to me.

I like Pratchett for the most part, but the Rincewind books are my least favorite of anything he's written. I like the luggage, but guess I just didn't like the old wizard very much. Try some of Pratchett's other stuff if you've only read one of his books. If you think you're dead set against him because of his writing style, that's fine. Just don't bash him, or any other author for that matter. You're entitled to an opinion, but you can always bet almost half the people on here won't share it.

[Cannon Fodder]

I'm a big fan of Pratchett but I remember I had trouble getting started on him, with The Colour of Magic, when I was about 12 or so. I found the book a little difficult to read but as I got used to it I enjoyed it a lot more. With Pratchett's later books his (Not her) style definitely improves and Pratchett is one of those authors who is a lot more entertaining once to you get used to his style and familiar with his way of doing things.