Late night letters to people...

[bardsong]

Dear Mr. Pratchet,
Please smack your fans for me. They should have told me to start reading Discworld books with anything featuring Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. I'm sorry, but I did not enjoy The Color of Magic or The Light Fantastic though they did have their amusing moments. But the short story you submitted to the Legends anthology "The

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[poopsmoothie]

Bizarrely enough, I liked his books about the cops the most. I think Night Watch was my favorite.

[bardsong]

Those also seem interesting. As do the ones about Death. I guess I just didn't like Rincewind.

[cat_mcdougall]

*looks innocent* I'm just here to aid in procrastination hinder help!

[bardsong]

Sure. That's, um, what they all say. *LOL*

[bardsong]

Well, The Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic were the first books in the series, or at least the first published, so I thought it would be a logical place to begin. Ah, well, I think I'm going to see if I can get my hands on Equal Rites after Nanowrimo annd try from there.

[bardsong]

Sure I'm interested. :)

[redrosebeetle]

The Sword of Truth books, like all fantasy series, actually, weren't so bad, at least for the first two or so books.

[bardsong]

I'm sure they weren't, but I still say the names were cheese incarnate.

[koshii]

YES. THEY. WERE

[bardsong]

Please... don't hold anything back! Tell us how you really feel!

Such vitriol has a place on my friendslist, so consider yourself friended. :)

[floriatosca]

The Discworld books are rather uneven. I didn't dislike "Colour of Magic," but I could never completely get through it, while I zipped through "Interesting Times" and "Monstrous Regiment." I suppose it's all a matter of individual taste, but a lot of fans aren't as fond of the very first books.