Discworld Series:
The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Equal Rights
Mort
Sourcery
Wyrd Sisters
Pyramids
Guards! Guards!
Eric
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man
Witches Abroad
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies
Men at Arms
Soul Music
Interesting Times
Maskerade
Feet of Clay
Hogfather
Jingo
The Last Continent
Carpe Jugulum
The Fifth Elephant
The Truth
Thief of Time
The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Night Watch
The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching book 1)
Monstrous Regiment
A Hat Full of Sky (Tiffany Aching book 2)
Going Postal
Thud!
Wintersmith (Tiffany Aching book 3)
Making Money
Unseen Academicals
I Shall Wear Midnight (Tiffany Aching book 4)
Snuff
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Review:
I first discovered Terry Pratchett's Discworld series when I was in my teens and I have been a massive fan of his work ever since, over the years I've read most of the series but I thought it was about time I started a re-read. Although you don't have to read the series in order I have a bit of a thing when it comes to series so I have had to start again at the beginning.
If you've never discovered the Discworld books (although that is highly unlikely lol) then I can't recommend the series enough, Terry Pratchett has a fantastic imagination and a way of writing that will have you laughing throughout the whole book. The Colour of Magic is our introduction to Discworld, a flat, circular world that rests on the back of four giant elephants who are standing on an even bigger turtle that is flying through space. Has that caught your interest? How can you resist something as brilliantly crazy as that? I would love to spend time inside Terry's mind and see where he gets his ideas from!
Here we follow the adventures of the not very successful wizard Rincewind as he tries to keep hapless tourist Twoflower safe. The pair bumble along from one mishap to the next somehow managing to avoid serious injury despite being in the most difficult circumstances. They will meet dragons & barbarians, have more than one brush with Death and are constantly trailed by a walking luggage chest with very big teeth.
There are hundreds of reviews out there for this book so I'm not going to go into much more detail, I'll just say that I love the characters, I love this world and from experience the series just gets better and better with every book. If you like fantasy and are looking for something that is quirky and fun you can't go wrong with any of these books and I would highly recommend the series.
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4 comments:
I've never read a discworld book... my sister LOVES them and even my boyfriend who doesn't read has read this one and loves it, he's still working on the next!
I think I have to read this soon though because I've only heard good things!
The Colour of Magic is a fair introduction to Pratchett's humour, but it's generally agreed that the series got a lot better when the books started to include things like plots -- TCoM is a fairly random pastiche, primarily of Fritz Leiber.
I wouldn't say don't read it, but you will get a better impression of the Discworld if you skip to Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters or even Guards! Guards!
Last year I made it my goal to read as many Terry Pratchett books as I could. I started off great, but I think I only 4-5 over the year before I got distracted by other things. I'd still really love to read more Discworld books, especially catching up on the Tiffany Aching books.
@ Raimy - you really must try a Discworld book, they're fab! Even my ex (who only read about 5 books in the 9 years we were together!) really enjoyed this one and The Light Fantastic. I love trying to find the book that will turn a non-reader into a reader lol.
@ Clint - I agree that this isn't the best in the series, I'm always impressed with each new release and the later books are much, much better but I still love this for the complete randomness and the humor. Terry is definitely one of my favourite authors :o)
@ Clover - I keep thinking I must finish re-reading this seris so I can get started on the more recent ones. The trouble is that TBR pile is just way too big! I'm sure you have the same problem. You should definitely read the Tiffany Aching ones though, I love the witches :o)
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