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I love Terry Pratchett. I have read (and reread and reread) nearly everything he has written. His early works were more monty-pythonesque than his later ones (l

I love Terry Pratchett. I have read (and reread and reread) nearly everything he has written. His early works were more monty-pythonesque than his later ones (less plot, more random hillarity). I advise against a "let's start from the beginning and read to the end" strategy where Color of Magic or the Light Fantistic were your starters. Pratchett is a superb satirist (Vonnegut is the only equal I have discovered). His dialog is great. There are so many chuckle worthy moments. And then there are just really deep profound moments as well. You can read them in any order. There are reappearing characters, but each book stands on its own. They focus more on immediate content than overall plot arcs. The more you soak yourself in discworld in general, in any order, the funnier and more rewarding it all gets. The book that has the most cross over with the reasons we all post to HN is probably Going Postal, because it satirizes the world of information dispersal. Who owns the content? Who gets to be the gatekeepers, etc. If you like Monty Python style humor, you'll probably enjoy those that have Rincewind and/or the Unseen University the most. I love any of the books with Death in it (Hogfather, Reaper Man, Mort, Soul Music, Thief of Time). My son loved all of the Sam Vimes books. If you love police/detective stuff, this is for you. If you want a little more plot, the Tiffany Aching series has that. Read all of these aloud (multiple times) to all of 3 of my girls. I don't even know how best to introduce/characterize/promote The Witches (Weatherwax, Ogg, et al). If you value common sense and wish there were more of it in the world? If you couldn't be bothered to read, then watch the BBC mini series "Good Omens", it's on Prime. It's derived from a book of the same name written by Pratchett and Gaiman (though I think Terry did most of it, since it feels much more Pratchett than Gaiman to me). And they did a superb job of adapting and staying true to the book.

cycomanic 4y ago
> If you couldn't be bothered to read, then watch the BBC mini series "Good Omens", it's on Prime. It's derived from a book of the same name written by Pratchett and Gaiman (though I think Terry did most of it, since it feels much more Pratchett than Gaiman to me). And they did a superb job of adapting and staying true to the book. I'm not sure I agree. I find the book definitely has a clear signature of both authors, which makes it so great. I love Pratchett and some of Gaiman works are absolutely genius (although I find that unlike Pratchett reading a book from him is not guaranteed to appeal to me, even for his popular books), so this combination is just a dream team, the only way it could be topped is if their story was published in an anthology edited by George RR Martin).

cycomanic 4y ago

> If you couldn't be bothered to read, then watch the BBC mini series "Good Omens", it's on Prime. It's derived from a book of the same name written by Pratchett and Gaiman (though I think Terry did most of it, since it feels much more Pratchett than Gaiman to me). And they did a superb job of adapting and staying true to the book. I'm not sure I agree. I find the book definitely has a clear signature of both authors, which makes it so great. I love Pratchett and some of Gaiman works are absolutely genius (although I find that unlike Pratchett reading a book from him is not guaranteed to appeal to me, even for his popular books), so this combination is just a dream team, the only way it could be topped is if their story was published in an anthology edited by George RR Martin).