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Discworld was a real joy of mine in my early teens. I think some of my early computing forays including a Discworld mailing list I found on a webring via Yahoo

Discworld was a real joy of mine in my early teens. I think some of my early computing forays including a Discworld mailing list I found on a webring via Yahoo or somewhere. I had the Discworld official map on my wall and used to love getting the editions printed as tiny hardbacks. Probably my favourite sub-series was the Witches and Nanny Ogg. As I caught up to the newer books I found myself enjoying them less because it felt like there was more and more philosophising. Probably what happened was that they got a bit more sophisticated and I was too immature to understand many of the themes and allusions. Time to start working through them all then! I recently reread Colour of Magic and it was enjoyable but also clearly had far too much going on. Either Pyramids or Moving Pictures was the only one that I really struggled to enjoy for some reason.

dcminter 4y ago
> it felt like there was more and more philosophising If you're referring to the much-later books like Unseen Academicals, then sadly I think Terry's alzheimers affliction was probably to blame. As I understand it he reached a point where he was no longer able to type, but could still dictate. Certainly somewhere in that process they lost the tautness of the earlier works. Something to enjoy still (for me) but not quite the glittering jewels of his intellectual peak.
- bambataa 4y ago
  Yes, from Making Money onwards I think. I haven’t actually read the most recent few because of that. It’s a shame to hear that but still, what a body of work to leave.
- stevekemp 4y ago
  I own the full set of books, and I have to say that Unseen Academicals is such a chore to read that I've only finished it twice. Quality varied throughout the run, but that was the only one that I actively didn't like. Even the last few, getting simpler, or more verbose, didn't bother me as much as that one did.

dcminter 4y ago

> it felt like there was more and more philosophising If you're referring to the much-later books like Unseen Academicals, then sadly I think Terry's alzheimers affliction was probably to blame. As I understand it he reached a point where he was no longer able to type, but could still dictate. Certainly somewhere in that process they lost the tautness of the earlier works. Something to enjoy still (for me) but not quite the glittering jewels of his intellectual peak.

bambataa 4y ago
Yes, from Making Money onwards I think. I haven’t actually read the most recent few because of that. It’s a shame to hear that but still, what a body of work to leave.
stevekemp 4y ago
I own the full set of books, and I have to say that Unseen Academicals is such a chore to read that I've only finished it twice. Quality varied throughout the run, but that was the only one that I actively didn't like. Even the last few, getting simpler, or more verbose, didn't bother me as much as that one did.