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.
Vimes and Vetinari are, indeed, one of the great characters of modern literature.
All right, so they're two characters. But neither would be as mind-bogglingly excellent without the other.
I don't know why some books are tagged as "starter novels" and some aren't. Or maybe I do: it looks like a "starter novel" is defined as one that has no plot links, even minor ones, with a previously-written book. But some of those plot links are very minor; there's no reason you can't read e.g. Wee Free Men before Maurice; likewise just because you haven't read Moving Pictures doesn't mean you can't handle The Truth.*
Personally I think The Truth is a fine place to start, but that's just me. (Anal me, who started with The Colour of Magic and read the series pretty much in order from there -- of course, there were only about eight or ten books in the series at the time.)
* This whole comment was just an excuse to use that gag.
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Date: 2004-07-07 05:28 am (UTC)All right, so they're two characters. But neither would be as mind-bogglingly excellent without the other.
I don't know why some books are tagged as "starter novels" and some aren't. Or maybe I do: it looks like a "starter novel" is defined as one that has no plot links, even minor ones, with a previously-written book. But some of those plot links are very minor; there's no reason you can't read e.g. Wee Free Men before Maurice; likewise just because you haven't read Moving Pictures doesn't mean you can't handle The Truth.*
Personally I think The Truth is a fine place to start, but that's just me. (Anal me, who started with The Colour of Magic and read the series pretty much in order from there -- of course, there were only about eight or ten books in the series at the time.)
* This whole comment was just an excuse to use that gag.