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Anyone know a good entry novel from this set? Is the recommended in the promo good? I know that Discworld is something else, but a complete noob
Me and some other Pratchett fans had this discussion last week and we concluded the "Going Postal" was the best entry into the series as by that point Pratchett had mastered his wit, and there's a movie to watch afterwards. Second place went to "Guards Guards" as the watch is easily one of the best arcs Discworld has to offer.
I read them in release order because I love seeing an author grow and master their craft. I also love seeing the "order" in which an author builds their world.
So do I, but I can see why someone would be put off the whole series after reading The Colour of Magic, so having some other books to recommend makes sense to me.
Going Postal is the second pratchett book I read and it has always been the book that flipped me from "curious reader" to "fan"
I've just picked up "Guards, Guards!" never having read any of the series. It's absolutely hilarious and I question myself why i haven't started earlier. This definitely won't be my last.
It depends on your tastes. I started with equal rites and wasn’t disappointed. Don’t start with I Shall Wear Midnight though. There are a lot of excellent places to start and that just isn’t one of them.
Seriously though, Mort, Guards Guards, Pyramids, Going Postal, Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, or The Colour of Magic.
Actually no. Small Gods. Nobody was ever disappointed by Small Gods. It’s a one off. It’s funny and clever and makes you think. It’s not his best by any means but it’s around where he hit his stride. It’s chronologically separated. Read Small Gods, it’s excellent.
I love small gods and nobody ever talks about it
The turtle moves!
The problem Small Gods faces is that books like the thief of time, raising steam, late watch books, and everything with Tiffany Aching exist. It’s around where he hit his stride, but it doesn’t leave you sobbing like I Shall Wear Midnight or The Shepherds Crown. It’s somewhere in the middle of an excellent series. I don’t want to recommend the best when someone starts, but I want to recommend something that will get people to stick through sourcery and such.
But yeah I do love it
There are recurring protags in the series, and I've heard that many people read those batches together. I myself just looked up the release order and read it that way and it's been alright so far. It jumps around to different places and fleshes out the discworld pretty early on.
People generally recommend the death arc or city watch. Rincewind is the canonical start though, so its also good.
Just reading them is good. Don't over think it too much.
Don't underthink it too much though, there are arcs and while it wouldn't be too awful to read an arc out of order, it could be more confusing than necessary.
Yeah night watch is amazing but would struggle without guards guards. And without the context of Wyrd Sisters a lot of what deals with Lancre would be lacking what it can be