And they will probably suggest where to start (probably their favourite sub-series). Jon, it is unlikely that someone would now start the Discworld books completely blind. How do people know that another order is better? Or at least ok? Easy, they come here and ask what the best order is, you say "publication order", and others reply with alternative orders and reasons why they are good orders. And a lot of people do like the first few books. So when you give the suggestion to read out of order, also give the pros/cons of reading in order. How do you know some things will be spoiled by reading out of order? You don't. If you are reading Discworld for the first time, how do you know that reading in published order is not the better way to read the series? You don't. After the first read, any order is not a problem for rereads. The problem is that nobody else is saying to read in publication order for the first read as an option. And there are some great characters in Discworld. The better books rely on story and character. Still raises a smile but not as often LOL. Once you've read a dozen or so you get the feel for the humour and can see the jokes coming. Also I think that read-it-in-a-day enthusiasm came from a) me being young and b) never having read anything like it before. I think you are always guaranteed a certain level of quality, but some are really good. One possibility might be publication order depending on the person.Īfter a while I found my relationship to Discworld books settled down. If someone were looking for a recommendation of where to start I'd ask what kind of thing they like to read, and try from there. (I love Adams by the way, no shade intended there) The lazy comparison is to say he did for fantasy what Douglas Adams did for SciFi but really apart from add humour to a usually non-humourous genre they both did things very differently. I was initially disappointed with Equal Rites because it didn't seem as funny but later I realised it was the first time he tried to write an actual novel as opposed to a string of comic scenes riffing on standard fantasy tropes. So obviously I read them in publication order because I was buying them as they were available. Then I had to wait for Equal Rites to come out. I went right out and bought Light Fantastic which I devoured in a couple of days. But it's a sign of how much I enjoyed it.
That's no big deal for some of you but I rarely did that, much less rarely now. Read them in any order you like but let me just stick up for Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic.Ī friend lent me Colour of Magic in 1987 and I read it in a day.
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