I think Guards! Guards is a good Discworld starting point. Then again, I prefer Vimes to Rincewind, so others may well disagree.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Calli - Dec 22, 2010 8:55:26 am PST #13329 of 28282
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Connie Neil - Dec 22, 2010 8:58:16 am PST #13330 of 28282
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I'm with Calli, start with the Guards books. I always want to drown Rincewind. There are guides to the Discworld books that will show the various character groups: the Guards and Ankh-Morpork, Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax and the witches of the Ramtops--you'd like Granny Weatherwax, ita.
Jessica - Dec 22, 2010 9:10:31 am PST #13331 of 28282
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've bought a few new releases on the Kindle - cheaper than the hardback and more instantly gratifying than waiting for the library's copy to become available.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2010 9:10:45 am PST #13332 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The only characters I remember clearly are Death and Susan. And...Death of Rats?
Okay, I'll grab Guards! Guards! if it's available as an ebook. I've just realised I'm way behind on Dragaera books, and grabbed three of those. I think I should be set up well for vacation.
Liese S. - Dec 22, 2010 3:01:49 pm PST #13333 of 28282
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I`m a Vimes girl myself, although I also love Granny Weatherwax and Susan. So I am just finishing up a reread of the guards series, although I`m missing my favorite from that, Night Watch. I am not up to it in my buying order yet. I don`t know what I`m going to do with my Pratchett buying plan once I get my Nook. I think I`ll have to see where my reading habits lie overall. I am tempted by those giant compendium purchases where it`s like three bucks for fifty books. I know I can get much of that on Gutenberg, but I will have to see if it`s more convenient this way. Oh, can you get books straight from Gutenberg over 3G? You can`t I bet, huh?
It`s supposed to come tomorrow but it`s not in Phoenix yet tonight, so I am dubious. The SO`s gift was delayed, late flight in Jersey.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2010 4:16:22 pm PST #13334 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I will pimp for the Tiffany Aching books, since that's how I came to Pratchett.
Also, The Wee Free Men is super funny.
"Waily, Waily!"
Consuela - Dec 22, 2010 8:19:49 pm PST #13335 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read one of the Tiffany books (Wintersmith) and really liked it: I need to get the rest.
Atropa - Dec 22, 2010 8:41:42 pm PST #13336 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, Tiffany! The Hogfather is bringing me the latest one (from the UK, because we're picky about cover art here at the House o' Reason), but I've been told that the shipping elves are being slow.
I love the Discworld books, and my favorites keep changing. At the moment it's either Carpe Jugulem or Hat Full of Sky.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 22, 2010 11:28:01 pm PST #13337 of 28282
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The Death books are my favourite, especially Soul Music, but I love the witches ones too.
Connie Neil - Dec 23, 2010 5:44:38 am PST #13338 of 28282
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Soul Music rocks. Susan convincing the wizards that, yes, she is who she says she is, is a lovely scene. And that last concert. Wow.