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 Terry Pratchett, Discworld Universe

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post Aug 7 2009, 07:40 PM

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QUOTE(teongpeng @ Aug 7 2009, 07:07 PM)
I'm intending to start exploring the Discoworld soon...

Any idea which title to start with..thanks!
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Hmmm. There are many "sub" series of Discworld books, like the Rincewind tales, Witches, etc. Pls refer to following image:user posted image

But it's just a rough guide, my 1st Discworld books were Small Gods & Hogfather. Based on above, I suggest starting with the first 3 of either the City Watch books, Witches and/or Death books.

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post Jun 7 2010, 01:40 AM

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QUOTE(legolas1118 @ Jun 2 2010, 08:22 PM)
Hey, i actually like Neil Gaiman's writings. Will i like Pratchett?  unsure.gif
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Try Good Omens, which was written by both of them. If you like it, you'll definitely like at least 75% Pratchett's stuff.

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post Jun 13 2010, 08:08 PM

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QUOTE(legolas1118 @ Jun 8 2010, 10:34 PM)
Yup i read that, and i kinda liked it. Any nice titles from Pratchett to recommend?  wink.gif
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Pretty much anywhere in the reading order diagram I posted earlier in the thread. Heck, you don't even have to follow that thing, my first Discworld books were Small Gods & Hogfather.

But if you're a Gaiman fan, I suggest giving the Witches or Death sequences a try first, they have more overlap..

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post Oct 8 2010, 01:02 AM

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Just finished I Shall Wear Midnight, & read Unseen Academicals some time ago...

UA is actually very good, but is built on a lot of previous Discworld stories, despite having mostly new main characters.

ISWM, the "Young Adult" novel, is - like all of pTerry's YA books, darker in tone than the normal Discworld books. It's at best average as the story just doesn't seem to go anywhere.
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post Apr 1 2011, 09:21 PM

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QUOTE(spacelion @ Mar 31 2011, 07:24 PM)
OMG OMG OMG OMG
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Hope it's good... & wonder if Lewton from the Discworld Noir game will show up


 

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