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This sounds like you might have read only the early novels which, yes, were mainly silly. Try Night Watch perhaps? There's a bit of background silliness - resid
by dcminter 2y ago
This sounds like you might have read only the early novels which, yes, were mainly silly. Try Night Watch perhaps? There's a bit of background silliness - residual from all the world building that's gone on before - but to me it's one of his most thoughtful novels.
It's perfectly ok for them not to be your cuppa of course; my Mum and I loved them but my Dad never got into them despite trying quite a few times. Funny because generally our tastes intersected quite thoroughly.
- lelanthran 2y agoNight watch is probably my favourite, but for me Jingo is the one with the most depth.
- stevekemp 2y agoI can see why you'd choose it, but if picking a standalone "Small Gods" is the one I'd always choose. (To be honest I'm lying, the standalone book I prefer myself is Pyramids, but the one I'd recommend to others is Small Gods.)
- travisgriggs 2y agoThief of Time is my fav of the standalones. Always wish there had been more of that. If you like Death, Hogfather is my first recommendation.
- dcminter 2y ago"The trouble with you, Ibid, is that you think you're the biggest bloody authority on everything" :D So many good gags in that one. I love the cinematic flashback scenes while Pteppic is falling off the wall. Plus it's where the "Pterry" nickname comes from of course.
- rdtsc 2y agoThank you for the suggestion. I might even have it in my library, someone gifted it to me.
- zem 2y agobe warned that night watch is perhaps the least standalone of the discworld books, though. to my mind it is unquestionably the pinnacle of an already brilliant series, but it builds upon the earlier watch books.
- Cosi1125 2y agoNight Watch is really dark. Also, The Monstrous Regiment. But the books I love the most are the ones with an "Alistair MacLean vibe" to them: Thud! (MacLean's Fear is the Key) and The Truth (Discworld version of All the President's Men?).
- dcminter 2y agoThe Truth definitely spends some time parodying ATPM (a film I adore) and is one of my favourite PTerry novels. I re-read it last week as it happens.