One of my friends feels strongly that I should start with Guards Guards. I'm a complete noob and have no idea where the best place is to jump in.
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
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."
Steph L. - Oct 16, 2015 5:49:30 pm PDT #23618 of 28297
I look more rad than Lutheranism
DXMachina - Oct 16, 2015 5:50:27 pm PDT #23619 of 28297
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Also, there's this:
which is a simple graphic showing the various groups of books.
Connie Neil - Oct 16, 2015 6:05:35 pm PDT #23620 of 28297
brillig
Yes, reading the Guards books in order is a great deal of fun, watching the progression of Sam Vimes.
Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2015 6:26:59 pm PDT #23621 of 28297
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
One of my friends feels strongly that I should start with Guards Guards. I'm a complete noob and have no idea where the best place is to jump in.
That is a great jumping point, as Connie says. I did the Guards books in order a couple years ago and it was awesome to see Vimes and the Watch grow and change. I think if you start by doing all those books in order, you get a strong backbone for Discworld since they're ones where Ankh-Morpork is a character in and of itself.
Also VETINARI.
-t - Oct 16, 2015 6:27:37 pm PDT #23622 of 28297
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I read Pyramids first, which was a good place to start, and then whatever I came across until I happened upon The Colour of Magic at which point I started going through mostly in publication order as affected by availability until I caught up and had to wait for something new to come out at which point I, of course, read in publication order. Worked for me, but would be hard to recreate exactly.
Guards Guards is a good place to start. I'm partial to the witches in general. You could make list of what would be easiest to get from your library and throw a dart at the list, read whatever title it hits.
Or you could read Nation which isn't Discworld at all but is great. While you decide where to start with Discworld.
Steph L. - Oct 16, 2015 6:32:03 pm PDT #23623 of 28297
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I still have a pile of library books to get through first (Cherie Priest's second Lizzie Borden book, Chapelwood [which I got stalled on when I got Jenny Lawson's new book]; Libba Bray's second Diviners book, Lair of Dreams; a book about caring for elderly dogs (god damn it); and Dietland).
...I have a book problem.
I'm also deeply resentful there are no more new Harry Dresden books for now.
-t - Oct 16, 2015 6:52:12 pm PDT #23624 of 28297
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
A book problem or a book opportunity?
And if you figure out what kind of opportunity that would be, let me know, as I may have it, too.
Liese S. - Oct 18, 2015 3:22:03 pm PDT #23625 of 28297
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I approve of the Guards Guards progression.
Emily - Oct 19, 2015 3:04:36 pm PDT #23626 of 28297
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I started with Small Gods, which - no matter what the graphic says - has very little connection to ANYTHING else. (Although it means I have a soft spot in my heart for Omnians, no matter how crazy they are.)
Connie Neil - Oct 19, 2015 3:09:52 pm PDT #23627 of 28297
brillig
It makes Constable Visit-The-Heathen-With-Explanatory-Pamphlets more amusing.