This would be a good place to find out where to start. The latest version (1.21) is missing "A Hat Full of Sky", which is the third book in the "Maurice"-"Wee Free Men" arc. I am, of course, a huge Vimes fan, so i'd recommend the first row first.
This reminds me that I've still never read "Small Gods."
I started with "The Color of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic," which of course were the first written and most unformed in style, but I found them pretty amusing nevertheless. After that I think I skipped to reading some of the Death books, "Mort" and "Reaper Man" and the rest; Death was the first character who really grabbed me. It was interesting to see Pratchett's style grow up; "Reaper Man" particularly bowled me over, that Pratchett allowed himself to put so much genuinely moving material in what was ostensibly a humor book. I've always thought of the Discworld series as progressing gradually from parody to satire, and maybe to some extent to out-and-out serious fantasy worldbuilding.
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Date: 2004-07-06 11:59 pm (UTC)I started with "The Color of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic," which of course were the first written and most unformed in style, but I found them pretty amusing nevertheless. After that I think I skipped to reading some of the Death books, "Mort" and "Reaper Man" and the rest; Death was the first character who really grabbed me. It was interesting to see Pratchett's style grow up; "Reaper Man" particularly bowled me over, that Pratchett allowed himself to put so much genuinely moving material in what was ostensibly a humor book. I've always thought of the Discworld series as progressing gradually from parody to satire, and maybe to some extent to out-and-out serious fantasy worldbuilding.
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