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Subject: Re: Highlights and Lowlights - June 2024
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On 3/07/24 14:11, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/2/24 7:23 AM, Bice wrote:
>>> On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 15:56:58 -0400, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now Reading:
>>>> Long work - Guards! Guards! - Pratchett [Discworld #7]
>>>
>>> Isn't Guards! Guards! #8?
>>>
>>> I just recently started reading the Discworld series for (what I
>>> thought was) the first time.  Turns out the first two or three were
>>> really familiar - I probably read them back when they first came out.
>>> Just finished Sourcery yesterday. I've got #6-9 on the shelf waiting
>>> to be read.
>>>
>>> Anyway, Wikipedia lists the first nine as:
>>>
>>> 1. The Colour of Magic
>>> 2. The Light Fantastic
>>> 3. Equal Rites
>>> 4. Mort
>>> 5. Sourcery
>>> 6. Wyrd Sisters
>>> 7. Pyramids
>>> 8. Guards! Guards!
>>> 9. Eric
>>>
>>
>> You are exactly right - thanks. I miscounted while (lazily) using the 
>> list of titles on the pre-title page.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
> 
> Let me introduce you to http://lspace.org, the Pratchett wiki. It has
> several readings guides, including 
> 
> https://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-20.jpg
> 
> Most agree that the first few written aren't as good as later ones PTerry
> was learning his craft.
> 

I hadn't read any for many years because too much of his humour dulls it
considerably for me but when they were discussed here a few years ago
with agreement for Jibini's claim that Guards! Guards! was the best from
Discworld, I re-read it and loved it.