Terry Pratchett (was: Smell of Cabbage)

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "abigailnus" 
<abigailnus at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "shanna" <slstich at h...> 
wrote:
> > Hi Abagail.
> > Do you recommend a particular Pratchett book to start with?  I've 
been wanting to read his work for a while now, but honestly forgot 
about it till you brought it up in this post!  
> > Shanna
> 
 
> The Witches Series - starring Esmerelda 'Granny' Weatherwax, who 
beats Snape hands down as the nastiest good guy ever.  These books 
are often parodies of literary works.
> Equal Rites
> Wyrd Sisters 
> Witches Abroad
> Lords and Ladies 
> Maskerade
> Carpe Jugulum 
> 
> The Watch Series - these books tell of the city watch in the 
metropolis of Ankh-Morpork.  They are mostly mysteries, with a 
decidedly Pratchett flavor.  
> Guards! Guards!
> Men at Arms
> Feet of Clay
> Jingo
> The Fifth Elephant
> Night Watch
> 
> The Death Series - on the Discworld, Death is a person, with all 
the problems that come with that.  These books deal with Death and 
his extended family.
> Mort
> Reaper Man
> Soul Music
> Hogfather
> Thief of Time
> 
> The Rincewind Series - Rincewind is probably the most beloved of 
Discworld characters (after Death) which is strange because the books 
he stars in are almost unanimously agreed to be the worst in the 
series.  The inept wizard wants nothing more then to live a boring 
life.  You can imagine how often that happens.
> The Light Fantastic
> The Color of Magic
> Sourcery
> Eric
> Interesting Times - the only really great Rincewind book, in my 
opinion
> The Last Continent
> The Last Hero - a graphic novel
> 
> The standalones - these are settings and characters Pratchett never 
came back to, although he might some day.
> Pyramids 
> Moving Pictures 
> Small Gods
> The Truth
> The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - a book for children
> The Wee Free Men - also apparently for children
> 
> If I had to pick favorites, they would be Wyrd Sisters, which is a 
wonderful parody of Macbeth, Mort, in which Death decides to hire an 
apprentice, Small Gods, a wondeful look at religion, or just about 
any one of the Watch series.
> 

Beautiful job of delineating the threads, Abigail, but I would 
put "The Truth" in the City Watch thread, even though the Watch is 
peripheral to the main story, because it concerns that same plot-line 
that moves the othes in the thread:  another plot to remove or 
neutralize the Patrician.  The Truth is my favorite of the Discworld 
novels-- albeit by a Dwarf's hair-- not least because it introduces 
my favorite minor character, Otto Chriek.

One other point.  Even though "Equal Rites" is the earliest written 
of the witches' thread, I too, would recommend starting with "Wyrd 
Sisters".. pTerry had changed enough of the underpinings of the 
thread that it is effectively the beginning of a new thread.

In conclusion, let me just echho Abigail's sentiment.

Enjoy!  -Haggridd
> Enjoy!
> Abigail