I've been working my way through the Discworld City Watch books (re-reading) and I've just started Jingo. I keep meaning to also start something new but I'm lazy about it. I have so many good graphic novels waiting...
That's interesting, because I often wish I had got into Terry Pratchett earlier in life (there was no shortage of opportunity!) but there's a chance I might have bounced off it, too.
As it was, I finally started Discworld in 2021 after a lot of indecisiveness about Where to Start, and read the City Watch books because they were said to have great character development. Definitely don't regret that as an intro to the series; it's excellent. But then I didn't really read more Discworld books until this year when I read Small Gods and then Going Postal as part of a buddy read with friends, and then checked out Making Money on my own. I will probably do Raising Steam once I finish the Watch re-read!
I recommend Going Postal et al if you like the City Watch books, they're a good set to go onto afterwards :D
I probably tried when I was....well...in the single digits. It came off as being "not serious" to me then, because I just didn't catch the incisive parody happening because I'd not yet seen enough of the world. :P
I also picked the Watch books to try again, because it seemed like A) I'd like Vimes, B) it was a relatively self-contained intro, and C) folks with a-little-but-not-much power trying to help those with even less is one of my jams. :D
And I've heard good things about Going Postal! Thanks for the rec. I suspect that I will definitely be coming at the rest of Discworld from the "bureaucracy/infrastructure" angles, same as you.
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Date: 2024-04-26 12:04 pm (UTC)As it was, I finally started Discworld in 2021 after a lot of indecisiveness about Where to Start, and read the City Watch books because they were said to have great character development. Definitely don't regret that as an intro to the series; it's excellent. But then I didn't really read more Discworld books until this year when I read Small Gods and then Going Postal as part of a buddy read with friends, and then checked out Making Money on my own. I will probably do Raising Steam once I finish the Watch re-read!
I recommend Going Postal et al if you like the City Watch books, they're a good set to go onto afterwards :D
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Date: 2024-04-26 12:11 pm (UTC)I also picked the Watch books to try again, because it seemed like A) I'd like Vimes, B) it was a relatively self-contained intro, and C) folks with a-little-but-not-much power trying to help those with even less is one of my jams. :D
And I've heard good things about Going Postal! Thanks for the rec. I suspect that I will definitely be coming at the rest of Discworld from the "bureaucracy/infrastructure" angles, same as you.