Any other Discworld fans on here?
Any other Discworld fans on here?
As title. If so, what was your first DW book? What's your favorite?
The fifth elephant. It actually made me read through all the other Rincewind books and then everything else I could find by Mr Pratchett. Loved his world building.
I really don't know which one I read first. It was either The Colour of Magic or Going Postal. Either way, I found the book in my school library, where I was told to cool down during sports after I fainted because we had a heatstroke.
As to my favourite book, it's between Lords and Ladies and The Thief of Time. Don't make me choose between Shakespeare and old Hongkong kungfu film tropes...
My first was Mort! And I immediately fell in love with Pratchett's style
As a child my first introduction to Terry Pratchett was the wee free men as an audiobook, and then a few years later some kind person recommended Mort to me, which I loved. It took me a while to figure out that my beloved childhood Tiffany Aching books were the same as the new Discworld series that I had discovered.
That's so sweet!
How, with such a breadth of outstanding novels, am I supposed to pick a favourite?
I also can't remember which is my first, a family friend lent us everything up to The Last Continent in one go, and I read them all in a completely random order.
First is hard to remember, but was probably The Color of Magic which delayed my reading of his other books for a time. It’s not bad, but didn’t grab me like the later books did. Favorite is hard to pick. The Last Continent, Monstrous Regiment, and Guards! Guards! are all great.
- Yes
- The Color of Magic, decades ago when I was in high school.
- It varies, often it's whichever one I just finished. Going Postal and Small Gods are always good.
I’m pretty sure it was Reaper Man, and then the Hogfather.
My dad was always a huge fan and after I started reading the books, The Hogfather movie became one of our regular Christmas watches.