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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8950273" data-attributes="member: 20564">Bit late to the party, but I love Pratchett and I can't stand Colour of Magic and the other early Rincewind books.&nbsp; He wrote it really early, was going more for the absurd brand of Brittish humor that Hitchhikers exemplifies without really finding his voice nor having fleshed out the Discworld itself beyond what was needed for the next gag.It gets a lot more nuanced the further along it gets (until he starts to descend sadly into Alzheimers).&nbsp; The Tiffany Aching books don't feel like they are written by the same author - unless you've been on the journey as both he as an author and the Discworld matured.There are several sub-series, If you ever do want to give it another try I'd suggest picking one of the others like the Night Watch or the Witches and reading from there.&nbsp; The later ones are also worthwhile, but then going back to the earlier ones it will feel like things are missing since the world changes and grows throughout the books, so I suggest those as they both start fairly early, but far enough along into the development.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 8950273, member: 20564"] Bit late to the party, but I love Pratchett and I can't stand Colour of Magic and the other early Rincewind books. He wrote it really early, was going more for the absurd brand of Brittish humor that Hitchhikers exemplifies without really finding his voice nor having fleshed out the Discworld itself beyond what was needed for the next gag. It gets a lot more nuanced the further along it gets (until he starts to descend sadly into Alzheimers). The Tiffany Aching books don't feel like they are written by the same author - unless you've been on the journey as both he as an author and the Discworld matured. There are several sub-series, If you ever do want to give it another try I'd suggest picking one of the others like the Night Watch or the Witches and reading from there. The later ones are also worthwhile, but then going back to the earlier ones it will feel like things are missing since the world changes and grows throughout the books, so I suggest those as they both start fairly early, but far enough along into the development. [/QUOTE]

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