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[swatkat]

+ Stupid eye infection. It's a residue from my trip to the Seaside with No Beaches (which was a great trip, otherwise), and now my left eye won't stop watering. I have been advised not to sit in front of the computer, but obviously I can't be expected to go as far as that. Eye-drops will have to suffice.

+ 25th May. *points to icon* I hope there's wank. *eg*

The first Discworld book I read was Feet of Clay. I picked it up from the library after much hesitation, knowing that this was a *huge* series and I'd have to read *all* of them if it was really as good as was advertised. By the time I was half-way, I was a convert, through and through. Feet of Clay is still one of my favourites, ranking right up there with Reaper Man and Thief of Time among Books That Made Me Cry, and Worship PTerry. I was lucky to begin with that one, I think. Vimes! Golems! Angua! Carrot! Vetinari! Religion! Mystery! - all rolled into one. I never stood a chance.

Share your first Discworld experience with me?

+ I have LJ Talk. Hmm.

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[dangomango.livejournal.com]

Share your first Discworld experience with me? The first one I read had to do with DEATH. The one where he became the Hogfather? And it had little rat!DEATH, I think. DEATH (hee) is the best character, hands down. *fangirl squee*

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Death! I wish Pterry would write more books with him in them...

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

My first Discworld experience was thanks to you! *g* I haven't read any more yet, but that's due to lack of time, not lack of wanting to!

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

You introduced me to Wicked - it's only fair that I respond in kind, lol!

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

My very first experience did not involve the books. I had been given a Playstation for my birthday, and what my sister described as 'basically a roleplaying game, it's based on these books and it's a puzzle/story game'. It was the first Discworld game. I was intrigued and hooked, and wondering about the books this wonderful bit of intelligent humor came from! It was so different! It was so clean and smart and brimming with clever satire and social commentary! So while Christmas shopping that year, I picked up The Hogfather. I now own the whole collection and love very few books more than the Discworld books.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

I've never played the Discworld game, but I know what you mean about the smartness of the books. *worships Pterry's brain*

[eska-rina.livejournal.com]

I picked up a translation of Equal Rites when I was... young. Dunno how young. It was before I started using the 'Net as my first username on the 'Net was - tada - Eskarina. And, yeah, I'm still using it -_-

I loved that book so much. Looking back now I don't know why - the humor wasn't particulary good in Danish. But the whole idea about wanting it all... well, I liked it :)

It's around three years since I picked up my second Discworld novel (looong time between one and two!) - this time in English and this time about Death - and now I'm trying to get all the books I can. But it's difficult to find them in DK :(

My fav. books are def. the ones about Death and Susan. The comes the witches. I'm actually not particulary fond of the Watch-books. I like the crime/mystery stuff, but the humor doesn't speak so well to me as the humor does especially the witches-books do.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the Witches. And also Death and Susan. And the Watch. It's only the Rincewind books that I can't seem to connect with, for some reason.

About the books - have you ever tried e-bay? If that's not too expensive, that is? I wouldn't know, but they often have excellent stuff...

[roga.livejournal.com]

When I was in eighth grade, I read about these two animated series that the Children's Channel was about to broad cast, Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters. I watched one or two episodes, and a few weeks later at the bookstore I noticed a book called Soul Music in the science fiction section and by reading the back of it realized it must be the same story. Despite its beautiful, grotesque Kirby cover he book looked like it was adult oriented, but I figured since the show was airing on the Children's Channel it was worth a shot, so I bought it. I loved it, even though I didn't understand a significant portio f the vocabulary and probably didn't get half the jokes. From there it was more Death books, and Witch books, and Moving Pictures, and then a friend got me Men At Arms for my birthday and I fell in love with Carrot.

The only ones I never connected to were Rincewind novels. I don't know why. I do know that reading the first book (the first three, even) after reading the other books is a mistake, because they simply don't compare. (And reading the first book without having read the rest is also a mistake, because after that one you probably won't even want to read the rest. so really, just don't read the first book.)

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

You know, Soul Music is actually pretty disappointing, compared to the rest of the Death books. I read it right after Reaper Man, and it was something of a let-down, even if it introduces Susan. The Death series picks up again with Hogfather, and Thief of Time is, well... there are no words. I love it THAT MUCH.

I don't like the Rincewind books either!

[lyras.livejournal.com]

Was there wank? *thinks nostalgically of last year* Some of the wank has been so depressing recently, I could do with a good bit of Pterry idiocy to cheer me up.

I started from the beginning of the series - there were about eight books out at the time, I think. I liked Rincewind instantly, but whenever I've gone back to reread those first two books, I've been struck by how poor and unengaging they are compared to the others.

I read all the books that were out at the time pretty much in one go, so my first reading experience was a blur of Mort and Cohen the Barbarian and Esk and Reaperman and witches (I found it terribly difficult to like Granny at first, although she's been one of my favourite characters since Lords and Ladies). I think Eric is an inferior book, but I'm not sure you can beat the first couple of pages as a beginning.

And then somewhere along the line, Guards Guards came out, and I lost my heart to Sam Vimes. Ah, nostalgia!

I reread Feet of Clay recently, and was so glad to see that it stood up to critical reading. I think it's one of his best - it's sustains that wonderful blend of hilarity and angst that Pratchett does so well right to the end.

[lyras.livejournal.com]

PS - and Hogfather is the only book I reread regularly - I've read it nearly every Christmas over the past few years.