Discworld

[Anonymous No.16917514]

I never see it posted on here, I was wondering what does /lit/ think about Discord series and Terry Pratchett?

[Anonymous No.16917517]

>>16917514
>Discord
Screw you autocorrect, you embarrassed me in front of all these Anons

[Anonymous No.16917781]

Ive only read the 1st one and all the Lipwig ones. I like them, they can be chuckleworthy and seeing society develop in front of your eyes is pretty sick

[Anonymous No.16917794]

>>16917514
It gets brought up but sometimes it's derided as 'Reddit literature' the same way as Hitchiker's Guide.

[Anonymous No.16917801]

>>16917794
>Reddit literature
Never visit that site. What is exactly meant as Reddit literature?

[Anonymous No.16917917]

based but bluepilled
Also Guards! Guards! is the funniest book ive read

[Anonymous No.16917922]

>>16917514
Reddit garbage

[Anonymous No.16917927]

wth, I like Pratchett. I thought everyone thought he was comfy British fantasy lit

[Anonymous No.16917940]

>>16917917
this

there are a lot of discworld books and some are god tier some are meh

Guards! Guards! is my favorite as well

[Anonymous No.16917957]

>>16917514
He's lots of fun and generally ideologically sound, in a good-natured homespun G. K. Chesterton sort of way.

The middle-period City Watch ones -
>Guards, Guards
>Men At Arms
>Feet Of Clay
- are best for me. Some great characters (Vimes, Carrot, Nobby, The Patrician) and a nice satisfying multi-book progress arc.

Many people rate
>Small Gods
very highly. It does have a good villain and lots of wacky antics with Greek philosophers.

>Hogfather
has the single best sequence in his whole oevre (Death going to a department store as Father Christmas and giving all the children awesome free stuff).

[Anonymous No.16917963]

>>16917794
>>16917801
they are absolutely redditcore

[Anonymous No.16917975]

I have friends who tell me about it, and from what I've heard I think they get more excited by the world building than the actual story - which is totally ok. It does sound like a fascinating universe with a variety of tonal depth to scratch most fantasy itches, but none of them have been quick to praise the writing as anything but fanciful.

Where is a good place to start with the series?

[Anonymous No.16918018]

>>16917975
Mort then Guards! Guards!
The firs two books are alright but honestly dont need it, he only got funny from Mort onwards

[Anonymous No.16918046]

>>16917922
>>16917963
Weren't both Pratchett and Adams active DECADES before Reddit was created?

[Anonymous No.16918110]

>>16917514
yeah, it's generally good fun stuff although i've read less than half of the series. they do get a bit samey after a while but if you just read one every now and again they're fun. i prefer the older ones, the colour of magic up to sourcery.
i also like some of pratchett's other non discworld books. strata is good (obviously an influence on discworld). the two compilations of his short work, a slip of the keyboard and a blink of the screen, are pretty interesting. the nome trilogy (truckers/diggers/wings) are good stuff for kids.
>>16917927
>I thought everyone thought he was comfy British fantasy lit
he is. fuck all these shrieking retards bitching about reddit, they only do that because they haven't learned to think for themselves.

[Anonymous No.16918135]

>>16918046
yes but they are hideously popular on reddit and with that demo

[Anonymous No.16918233]

>>16917514
I think it's too much sometimes. I don't know what it is, but I've bought a number of his books, and never really felt compelled to finish them.
I do like Sam Vimes as a protagonist though, and after having read THUD! I'm starting the Nightwatch series from the beginning.
But like I said. Pratchett is just too "british humor" for me sometimes.

[Anonymous No.16919088]

>>16918046
"Reddit" in this case means accessible, humorous, irreverent, somewhat smug/pretentious, built on references to existing genres, easy to reference in turn. This makes it something nerds can easily bond over. See also: Rick and Morty.
None of this is necessarily bad, but liking it is low-status. You wouldn't want to be like the cringy people over on Reddit, would you?

[Anonymous No.16919178]

>All this talk of reddit
imagine not liking something just because people you don't like enjoy it, it's almost as cringe at not liking something just because it's popular.

[Anonymous No.16919188]

They are good, only newfags call it Reddit.
Pratchet is actually good.

[Anonymous No.16919211]

>>16917514
Pratchetts not bad. Le reddit meme is just latest in a series of anti-intellectual non-conforming conformists attacks on what people genuinely enjoy.

[Anonymous No.16919224]

It does feel like reddit, but I don't mind

[Anonymous No.16919249]

>>16917514
He got too far up his ass with later Guards books

[Anonymous No.16919299]

>>16919249
Either that or the fact he was dying.

[Anonymous No.16919405]

>>16917975

[Anonymous No.16919427]

it's comfy before-Christmas reading, whats not to like?

[Anonymous No.16919483]

>>16918110
>>16917927
A lot of his books have themes of not being an autistic turbo-sperg racist, so bringing it up brings out the gremlins bored from shitposting on their containment board.

>>16917514
They're good, so there's not a lot to talk about them.

[Anonymous No.16919671]

They are reddit, only newfags call it good.
Pratchett is actually reddit.

[Anonymous No.16919691]

I like them a lot. They're funny but also heartfelt with good character writing. Really comfy and really British

[Anonymous No.16919693]

>>16917514
i read the colour of magic and it was decent. seemed a bit dated but still fun read. nothing to write home about though

[Anonymous No.16919738]

>>16919693
The first 3 are... Well they're not his best. Read Mort, if you don't like that then you probably wont like the rest.

[Anonymous No.16919803]

Good light hearted fantasy with solid character writing, along with some great 80s era british lefty satire that gets a lot more pointed as the series goes on

[Anonymous No.16919985]

>>16917917
>based but bluepilled
The correct understanding of these books indeed.
>>16917794
It absolutely is reddit, but it’s not as but as hitchhikers, which is two decent books followed by abject trash. Also the radio show of hitchhikers was better and less bloated than the books

[Anonymous No.16920287]

>>16917514
It's based. The board you want is /tg/, though.

[Anonymous No.16920372]

>>16917917
The City Watch books are the best

[Anonymous No.16920394]

>>16919088
>thimble theater
Weird choice but deep cut.

[Anonymous No.16920465]

are they plot driven or is it mostly just satire?

[Anonymous No.16920716]

>>16917514
I've read nearly all of them, and also nearly all of his non discworld novels too, like 50 or so books total since I was 12. I haven't read all the side material, he has a lot of stuff like maps and guides to certain countries from the discworld.
Yeah he's a great writer, very funny, very creative. His first 2 discworld books with Rincewind and Twoflower were kind of frantic and random, but he improves dramatically after that. It's like he didn't realise he was going to make so many and it had a more kooky vibe, but then he struck gold and shaped it up.
It's very cool to see reccuring protagonists that come back in multiple books. Death, Rincewind, the City Gaurd, the Wizards, the barbarian heroes, and theres a lot of side characters that make regular cameos. Death appears in every single book, even if it's just to reap one random guy who dies suddenly. It's probably got the best character roster outside of the simpsons.

If you want to read a couple of based non discworld books then get Strata and The Dark Side of the Sun. Both are sci fi space exploration.
Strata is where he first created the discworld idea, where 3 space explorers land on an unknown disk shaped planet inhabited by medieval level humans. The people have rare magical artifacts and are occasionally attacked by legendary monsters, which the crew realise are just technology that is even more advanced than what the crew are used to. They figure out the whole planet is artificial and have to figure out how to leave, it's a very cool concept.
Dark Side of the Sun is also very good, it's just a display of Pratchetts creativity. It's surprising how strong his sci fi concepts were and how well he could write years before he even started discworld.

[Anonymous No.16920779]

>>16920372
The Unseen University set are also top tier now that I think about it.

[Anonymous No.16920791]

>>16920716
It helps to read Strata with the knowledge that it's a Ringworld parody, though you can read it without that.

[Anonymous No.16921170]

>>16920465
Plot driven.
The first 2 are basically just kooky satire lol so random let's visit 100 new locations where whacky things happen with a loose plot. But then he changes the tone for the better and it stays that way.

His pre discworld books are much better written than his first 2 discworlds, perhaps he intended it to be a one time fun satire thing.

[Anonymous No.16922009]

>>16917514
Your pic related is pretty fun, I had a good time reading it. Some other books in the series arent so funny, it's sometimes too much, and the humor does get repetitive. Still a good and pretty unique take on fantasy.