5punk

Okay, I've been pondering over this for a while, and the Discworld series of books seem to be my cup of tea.

However, I have never read a single one of them, and a member of the family has offered to buy me some for Xmas.

So what I need to know is, which books (i.e. titles and orders) should I tell her to get, as I don't know myself?

I definitely don't want to have random ones that aren't in any particular order, and seeing as quite a few of you have read them (whether you think he's an arsehole in real life or not) I thought I'd ask you lot.

So, what's the names, any decent sites they can be ordered from?

Thankyou my book finding bitches

i've heard of some little site, amazon, i think it's called.

meant to be pretty good for books

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:meant to be pretty good for books

... but shit for delivering them


Edit: Thanks for the bath WEY!!

it doesnt really matter which order they get read in, but if you read the first one involving each set of characters, then they will make more sense. heres a list ripped off from another forum i frequent:

Ace-T on another forum said wrote:I will post here so I can be corrected as I have not read every single one

Rincewind the Wizard
1. The Colour of Magic (1983)
2. The Light Fantastic (1986)
17. Interesting Times (1994)
22. The Last Continent (1998)


The City Watch/Sam Vimes
8. Guards! Guards! (1989)
15. Men at Arms (1993)
19. Feet of Clay (1996)
21. Jingo (1997)
24. The Fifth Elephant (1999)
27. Night Watch (2002)
30. Thud! (2005)


Death and his family
4. Mort (1987)
11. Reaper Man (1991)
12. Witches Abroad (1991)
16. Soul Music (1994)
20. Hogfather (1996)
26. Thief of Time (2001)


Granny Weatherwax and the other witches
3. Equal Rites (1987)
6. Wyrd Sisters (1988)
14. Lords and Ladies (1992)
18. Maskerade (1995)
23. Carpe Jugulum (1998)


Standalones
5. Sourcery (1988)
7. Pyramids (1989)
9. Eric (1990)
10. Moving Pictures (1990)
13. Small Gods (1992)
25. The Truth (2000)
The Last Hero (2001) (with Paul Kidby)
28. Monstrous Regiment (2003)
29. Going Postal (2004)

Ace-T





[small]>> Edited by Ace-T on Saturday 29th October 20:59[/small]

also, the rest of the thread, with more recommendations as to the order is here: http://snipurl.com/jxou

get the hogfather seeing as its near the festive season.
my favourite has to be "the truth" though

don't forget soul music and moving pictures

and any of them with rincewind in

ah yes, moving pictures is amazing, i forgot all about that.
not read a lot of them though, but my dad has just bout all of em so i'll need to start reading em

Don't forget The Carpet People, and Johhny And The Dead.

Blimy, I shoulda just asked here. been wondering which ones to get myself...

Dog Pants wrote:Don't forget The Carpet People

amen


i've got them all, muhahahahaha!!

Ive read about 10 of them and they are very funny. From experience though I'd recommend you dont read too many of the trot, I got a bit fed up of them after I read 3 or 4 in a row so take a break now and then and read something else so the humour stays fresher, they can be addictive

it's true, i once read 3 in a day... :o

Thanks for the list

No wonder I was getting confused as to which book was which and in what order.

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The only exposure to his work I've had was an MS-DOS game called Discworld. I don't know how close it is to the books, but I didn't find it that appealing. It wasn't the greatest game, and I only managed to go to about 5 locations and got stuck, even with Eric Idle doing the voices it got annoying hearing the same things over and over. I found it sort of "ho-ho very jocular" rather than "piss your pants funny".

I've never played that- I didn't read any until a few years ago. I love 'em though- especially the Watch series.
The books are certainly laugh-out-loud funny... I do need something new to read though.

FatherJack wrote:The only exposure to his work I've had was an MS-DOS game called Discworld.

Weird

This is the exact reason I've thought about reading the books for years, all be it that the game was on the PS1.

P.S. I completed it

Personally, I would try one of the really gooduns, then when you have decided you like them, go back and start at the beginning and work through. The timeline of the storys goes along with the order the books were released, so as far as finding out which one goes next, just look at the bit where it says "the 5th discworld book" or whatever.

As for which one to read first; I would read Mort first. From past experience I think its the one with the most appeal to people who are not already fans. Hell, my mum hates the other books, but loved Mort.

Alternatively, get one with Death in

But once you have read that, definately read them in chronological order. Theres one hell of a lot of in-jokes in the discworld series that you just wont get if you read them out of sequence. You wont even notice that there is a joke there to miss.

Plus, theres a little bit of a lull in the middle. The first books are really funny, then theres a brief period of slightly rubbish books, then they have great stories, but are not that funny. His last few books have had both the great stories and been really funny, which is a relief.

As to the games: Ive played all of them and I can honestly say that pretty much the only jokes in there are in-jokes, and they are not very funny ones. Didnt like em at all, and this is coming from a major discworld fan.

Didnt like the animated series either. Just wasnt funny.

Joose wrote:Personally, I would try one of the really gooduns, then when you have decided you like them, go back and start at the beginning and work through.

This

wyrd wrote:i've got them all, muhahahahaha!!

and This

Another thing I like about the books is that they are actually incredibly informative. An awful lot of the bizarre historical facts from the Discworld happened in real life. You'll be amazed about the amount of info you pick up from them.