Discworld

[MrKip]

I've not read Nightwatch yet (being a poor student I have problems with buying hard back) but out of his recent books I would say Thief of Time was his best in a long while.
And what's wrong with Rincewind? I prefer his books to the witches. They're usually rather dull bar Wyrd Sisters and possibly Witches Abroad.

[Dominus]

Wow, 27 books! Is it a whole series or multiple series/standalones set in the same world?

[MrKip]

The first two - Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic - run together but apart from that they're all stand alone. There are recurring charectors: for instance Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms and Feet of Clay all have the city watch as main charectors but there are books where the main charectors never turn up again like Moving Pictures and Small Gods.
Hope that helps.

[Dominus]

Yeah it does, thanks.

[Sammie]

Also, though, a number of those with recurring characters make a TONNE more sense if they're read in publication order.

[Stor-All]

I've only read Guards! Guards!, and I really liked it as just a light, humorous read.

[TheElusiveCamel]

My favourite books would be the stand alones such as the truth or moving pictures as you get used to the 'character jokes' in a certain series. However my favourite series would easily be the Guards, i really don't like the witches but then the only two books of the discworld i haven't read are lords and ladies and carpe jugulum

[Lani]

I started reading The Colour of Magic a week ago or so and I had to put it down because I found it absolutely uninteresting. I know the book is supposed to be funny, but it seems to be unable to draw me in. I can't develop a feel for it and it seems like there are endless descriptions and no plot. I read the first part and now I can't bring myself to continue the book.

[TheElusiveCamel]

Yeah the colour of magic and the light fantastic are pretty dismal. If i were you i'd start on equal rites, mort, wyrd sisters or guards guards.

[Kirby]

Ook?
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Ook!

[Loque]

Have to say I agree with the opinion that his work has been a bit lacklustre of late. When reading The Truth and Thief of Time I just had this incredible feeling that I'd been there before. I expect if you have only read a few of his books though they probably seemed fine. that saud Nightwatch was a spectacular return to form, completely unputdownable for me do there's life int eh old dog yet.

PS: I think Maurice and Last Hero made a really nice break from the normal Discworld books and I suspect they helped him come at Nightwatch from a new refreshed angle, hence it's superiority.

[Annuzza]

What did anyone think of Strata?


*mild spoiler*



Introducing even surreal and impossible science into the background of discworld spoilt it a bit for me, I'm trying to forget it now (though some bits were really funny).

[jks]

The Discworld books helped me keep my sanity while I was in grad school. They provided much-needed humor and a break from homework.

This site show how all of the books are related to each other. http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~gidnsuzi/readord.html

This one lists some favorite quotes from the books. http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/pqf/

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. (Jingo)

[Shef]

Okay. This has been bothering me. I truly enjoy Terry Pratchett's books. Now I have read and enjoyed, The Color of Magic, Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, Guards, Guards, Feet of Clay, Jingo, and the short story The Sea and Little Fishes.

I have followed the link that the kind and caring jks has provided, but all i now know is that I should start with Equal Rights for the witches and Mort for Death. So I was hoping some generous soul would give me a hand.

Thank you

[Sammie]

Hi Shef - welcome back, sweetheart!!

My honest and heartfelt advice re you and the discworld series is to simply read the whole bloody lot, from beginning to end, in publication order. That way all the 'sub-series' within fall neatly into place, plus you have the benefit of 'knowing' minor characters that are 'cameoing' in the other sub-series etc. If you like all those you've listed, you'll like pretty much all the others, to varying degrees, and you will LOVE many of them. The in-order list is printed in the front of each novel.

GO NOW!

Get stuck in....


Oh wait - one exception - you REALLY shoulld have read Men At Arms inbetween Guards!Guards! and Feet of Clay - it's excellent and one of my FAVE's. Read that first - then go back to the beginning of the list and fill in all the gaps of novels you haven't read yet!

Why are you still here? GO!