I'm reading the Disc World series for the first time in my life and kind of kicking myself for not reading it when I was younger.
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I'm reading the Discworld series for the first time in my life and kind of kicking myself for not reading it when I was younger.
It's a nice break from my usual diet of dour cyberpunk novels.
Reading it in order you can see him kind of growing into a voice and that's really enjoyable. Something to be said for writing a story in order.
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I'm reading the Discworld series for the first time in my life and kind of kicking myself for not reading it when I was younger.
It's a nice break from my usual diet of dour cyberpunk novels.
Reading it in order you can see him kind of growing into a voice and that's really enjoyable. Something to be said for writing a story in order.
@futurebird It's really sad that you can kinda tell when his illness started affecting him.
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I'm reading the Discworld series for the first time in my life and kind of kicking myself for not reading it when I was younger.
It's a nice break from my usual diet of dour cyberpunk novels.
Reading it in order you can see him kind of growing into a voice and that's really enjoyable. Something to be said for writing a story in order.
I think I didn't read it when I was younger because the opening of the first book is very awkward and kind of clunky, but carried by its absurdity... then it sort of takes off and loops you in.
It's very much written as a story being told to you, one night after the next and the world keeps expanding and becoming more real as it goes.
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@futurebird It's really sad that you can kinda tell when his illness started affecting him.
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I think I didn't read it when I was younger because the opening of the first book is very awkward and kind of clunky, but carried by its absurdity... then it sort of takes off and loops you in.
It's very much written as a story being told to you, one night after the next and the world keeps expanding and becoming more real as it goes.
It's also pretty obvious in the first two that this was not initially intended to be a series but a parody of other books at the time.
I have recommended to some people that they skip those the first time and come back to them later
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It's also pretty obvious in the first two that this was not initially intended to be a series but a parody of other books at the time.
I have recommended to some people that they skip those the first time and come back to them later
I think someone told me this in my late teens and I didn't listen because I like to read an author in order from their first book to their last when possible.
I might have gotten into him earlier if I'd only listened.
Being older I'm more willing to just ... go with it.
And still too hard headed to take your advice. LOL.
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I think I didn't read it when I was younger because the opening of the first book is very awkward and kind of clunky, but carried by its absurdity... then it sort of takes off and loops you in.
It's very much written as a story being told to you, one night after the next and the world keeps expanding and becoming more real as it goes.
@futurebird I’ve been reading them too! I read a few when I was a teen but figured “enh, I guess I’m a Douglas Adams person”. I’m really enjoying them now, despite some winceworthy moments (especially in an orientalist vein). I have been using a complex reading order so I can deal with my library’s long hold times/gaps in availability on the excellent audiobooks. I love the witches ones (both the text and narration) and I’m putting off reading the last one of those so I won’t run out.
