tourist, rincewind decided, meant idiot.

[txorakeriak]

At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl, gave a small scream and, within the hour, had sold her jewellery, various magical accoutrements, most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse

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[txorakeriak]

Same here! But as I recently rediscovered the joys of coming home from work and just lying on the sofa and reading a book, I thought I should finally give "Discworld" a try - and it was a good choice! I'm looking forward to "Eric" already! :D

[txorakeriak]

VERY UNDERSTANDABLE! :D

[txorakeriak]

I'd like to read the books in chronological order, but I'll pay special attention to the books you mentioned! Thank you! :D

[dfotw]

Bill! You hadn't read any Pratchett yet?! My goodness! How have you survived so far?!

OK, yes, I exaggerate a little, but Sir Pterry is just... gah! There are no words to express how fantastic he and everything he has ever written I think is.

And those two first books are not even amongst his better works. "Guard! Guards!", "Witches abroad" or "Good Omens" (not a Discworld book, and written with Neil Gaiman, but amazing all the same) never fail to cheer me up.

So, yeah, I heartily recommend them and I'm available for chatting about them whenever you want!

:)

[txorakeriak]

I've read "Good Omens", but that's it! I totally forgot to mention it in the entry - of course it was another reason to finally dive into the "Discworld" saga. :D

So glad I'm not the only one here who's intrigued by "Discworld"! :D

[txorakeriak]

I even used to have a "Good Omens" icon, before I had to get rid of it because of lack of icon space:

[dfotw]

All I can say is: SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!

OK, inappropriate reaction to your icon aside (though I'm sure Crowley would very much approve), yay for Good Omens! It's a fantastic read, isn't it?

And Discworld is even better! All the books with a significant presence by Death, or the Lancre Witches, or the people of the Unseen University, or Rincewind, or... well, just every book.

The good thing, besides, is that you can read them in any order and choose them along with your other interests... like Shakespeare? You'll howl with "Wyrd Sisters". Love fairy tales? "Witches abroad" is for you. Old Hollywood in "Moving Pictures", old-style detectives in "Guards! Guards!", the Phantom of the Opera in "Maskerade", thrilling whodunnits in "Feet of Clay" and I could go on and on...

You have a good time ahead of you if you intend to go into the Discworld... :)

[angualupin]

ZOMG SECOND FAVORITE AUTHOR EVER. And Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are PTerry's two worst books. Wait 'till you get to the good ones.

[txorakeriak]

You serious? I'm enjoying "The Colour of Magic" A LOT! Does that mean it gets even better? *bounces around excitedly*

[angualupin]

Oh, the Rincewind books are by far the worst of the lot, and the first two are the worst Rincewind books. He doesn't really get into his stride until, oh, Wyrd Sisters and Guards! Guards! are ok, but the second book in each of the sub-series tends to be the first one that's really good, and then each of the sub-series gets better as it goes along.

A few years ago I wrote a summation of the sub-series, and the order in which I thought one should read them, here. There've been a few more books out since then, but it's a good place to start.

PS The "Angua" from my username is a character from the Guards sub-series of Discworld. That's her in my icon -- she's a werewolf. The "Lupin" from my username is, of course, Remus Lupin from the Harry Potter books. What can I say, I have a thing for werewolves.

[txorakeriak]

LOL, I'm sure I'll ADORE the others, then! :D

Thanks for the link, I'll definitely check it out! :D

(Someone mentioned a character called Angua so I figured that's where you got the name from. ;) Nothing wrong with having a thing for werewolves! :D)

[oneiriad]

They get better - and better and better and better. Actually, the Rincewind books are my least favourite Discworld novels... just wait until you meet Granny Weatherwax. And Greebo. And Susan Sto Helit. And Angua. And and and...

[txorakeriak]

That's great to know! :D I like Rincewind because he's just so human and he amuses me a lot, but I'm sure Pratchett created a lot more fascinating characters. I already know about some places in Ankh-Morpork from "Discworld Noir" and I'm very excited to read more about them. :)

[oneiriad]

They're great - but then, I'm a Discworld addict. I even have the cd. :-)

Which reminds me, I need to check when the new one's out - even if Ankh-Morpork wizard football doesn't sound like a candidate for my top 5 Discworld favourites, but still - Pratchett is the only author who has consistently managed to make me laugh out loud at least once per book...

[txorakeriak]

CD? Which CD?

There's Ankh-Morpork wizard football? *dies* OMG, that sounds like the perfect thing for me! :D