[ SECRET POST #5563 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5563 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

My recollection is basically - it's very unpolished, and it's mostly just a satirical fantasy runaround. It doesn't have the character or the emotional themes or the overall wittiness that mark Pratchett's later work. And it's also just not really representative of the series as a whole.

[meadowphoenix]

hmm, that's an interesting thought process, and to me it implies that if you don't love love something you won't continue. It's possible that really is how people read now, but I don't think that's how I read when I encountered Discworld.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it's how everyone reads. But I think it is how a lot of people read, and if I'm trying to get someone into Discworld, it's a safer bet to cater to that.

Another way to think about it maybe. It's really easy for me to imagine the failure state if you recommend someone to start with The Colour Of Magic - it's really easy to imagine a hypothetical person who would like the later books, but doesn't like The Colour Of Magic, doesn't make it through that or The Light Fantastic, and so never reads the series as a whole. It's hard to imagine the person who is the converse of that - the person who would read Discworld if they started with The Colour of Magic but who wouldn't read Discworld if they started with Wyrd Sisters or Guards! Guards! or whatever.

[meadowphoenix]

I think I disagree on your failure state (Guards! Guards! wouldn't be my choice for most of the people i know because the witty playfulness of light social policy commentary wouldn't overcome having to read about policy at any depth; I think Wyrd Sisters accomplishes something similar to Color of Magic but I actually think the audience is slightly more specific than it might seem). I think the anon below(? above?) talks about finding what fits your audience and that's probably where I land, but I can't be certain until I read The Color of Magic again, which I am happy to do!