Thanks for all the info. We ended up getting our visit cut short yesterday so I didn't get to book talk. I'll be bringing it next time, though, so thanks for your input!
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
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."
Glamcookie - Mar 14, 2008 7:37:17 am PDT #5234 of 28344
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Jars - Mar 14, 2008 2:32:22 pm PDT #5235 of 28344
So I think this may have been asked before, but if someone wanted to start reading Discworld stuff from sort of beginning to end, where might one start?
Polter-Cow - Mar 14, 2008 2:41:47 pm PDT #5236 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Color of Magic is the first book.
Jars - Mar 14, 2008 2:44:39 pm PDT #5237 of 28344
Thanks P-C!
P.M. Marc - Mar 14, 2008 4:14:15 pm PDT #5238 of 28344
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So I think this may have been asked before, but if someone wanted to start reading Discworld stuff from sort of beginning to end, where might one start?
CoM is the weakest book in the series. I'd consult this [link]
dcp - Mar 14, 2008 4:17:20 pm PDT #5239 of 28344
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Also Wikipedia: [link]
I came across them out of order. AISTR Mort was pretty good, but the first one I remember really liking was Guards! Guards!
DXMachina - Mar 15, 2008 3:03:37 am PDT #5240 of 28344
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Another possible place to start is Small Gods, which isn't really part of any of the sub-series. One of the great things about Pratchett is that he doesn't really need to be read in order. I started with Thud!
Jars - Mar 16, 2008 1:39:08 am PDT #5241 of 28344
Okay, so yesterday we bought The Colour of Magic and Guards! Guards!, so we'll see how we get on with them. Thanks again guys!
DXMachina - Mar 16, 2008 2:44:08 am PDT #5242 of 28344
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Speaking of the Colour of Magic, the sky one adapation will be out on Easter. Here's a trailer. [link] Ooh, and a making of featurette. [link]
And finally, "A Tourist's Guide to Ankh-Morpork & Discworld" (with Tim Curry). [link]
Miracleman - Mar 17, 2008 5:06:30 am PDT #5243 of 28344
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
My first Discworld was Reaper Man. Then came Men at Arms.
I think Men at Arms is still my favorite, though it's a close race between that and...almost every other Discworld book.