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Any Terry Pratchett fans here?

Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 7:39 am
by PoodlesAgain
i picked up and am reading "Mort" by T. Pratchett on a trip, after reading a recommendation to start with that one from the Discworld series, as a beginner TP reader.

I am hooked, and I do not read fiction, these days.

Anybody into it? Recommendations?

Re: Any Terry Pratchett fans here?

Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 8:28 am
by toomanycats
I have only this to add. When Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, was asked in a 2007 interview what he would add to the the 1979 inspirational reading list in the back of the Dungeon Master's Guide (Appendix N), he said this:

"The fact is that I wouldn't change the list much, other than to add a couple of novels such as Lanier's second Hiero yarn, Piers Anthony's Split Infinity series, and the Disc World books."

Though I haven't read the Disk World books myself, for a long time I have meant to, in large part because of Gygax's recommendation.

Re: Any Terry Pratchett fans here?

Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 6:58 pm
by PoodlesAgain
Some say each Discworld part can be read as an independent part.

I got "Mort" from the local library network, and there very few copies, which I find odd for this fairly well-known and unique author.

Re: Any Terry Pratchett fans here?

Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 10:28 pm
by bleys21
Oh yeah, I love Terry's work. And there's a lot of it, but he tended to be more like Roger Zelazny in length of novels...think more around 300-400 pages max, most of the time.

This page, from his website, shows all the books, sorta in order, with a recommendation feature as well:

https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/boo ... discworld/

If you want to look at something outside his Discworld stuff, I can highly recommend Good Omens, which he wrote with Neil Gaiman. Its (as of this writing) a standalone book, although Terry gave Neil permission to write a sequel based on ideas they came up with, as Terry passed away shortly thereafter. There also a fantastic Good Omens show on Amazon (I believe) which stars David Tennant, of Doctor Who fame.