spoilers, emails, and books

Jun 24, 2009 09:58

Three mini-posts on completely unrelated topics:

spoilers and TV tropes )

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mabus101 June 24 2009, 03:43:47 UTC
I've never read a single one of the Discworld novels....

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deird1 June 24 2009, 07:03:23 UTC
Oh, they're great!
*loves the Discworld*

(If you feel inclined to try them out, I'd recommend Guards! Guards! or Reaper Man, to start with...)

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JL disagrees about Reaper Man - sorry ,deird1... jl_in_the_lane June 24 2009, 09:46:15 UTC
With respect (hehe) I'd like to recommend against 'Reaper Man' as an opener ( ... )

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Re: JL disagrees about Reaper Man - sorry ,deird1... washa_way June 24 2009, 11:13:22 UTC
I always tell people to start with Small Gods, which is one of the very best Discworld books anyway, but is also fairly self-explanatory.

I started with Mort, couldn't get through it, and a few years later picked up Reaper Man and quite enjoyed it.

I think Pterry may be the only writer on earth whose series got better as he went along.

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deird1 June 25 2009, 00:21:46 UTC
I never really liked Small Gods that much, actually...

My Discworld love increases the more Vimes, Death, and Granny Weatherwax are around.

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curiouswombat June 24 2009, 12:18:30 UTC
When we read them to our daughter we started with Equal Rites - it was easily accessible to her as it 'starred' a young girl (D-d was about 6 or so, I think,). It worked very well as an entry point though.

These days, of course, I would have started her at that age with Tiffany Aching.

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deird1 June 25 2009, 00:20:36 UTC
Tiffany is great!
Although Maurice and his Educated Rodents are even better, IMO.

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