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Patreon Exclusive: Discworld, What To Read First (Extended edition) (Patreon)

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2021-08-28 08:18:00
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2021-08-28 08:21:14
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2022-01

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Been working on this side project between my main videos this month. I'm going to put out a super short version on Youtube at some point but the full video is just for you guys <3

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Discworld: What To Read First

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Anonymous

Wow I've never seen anyone recommend Pyramids as a starting point

Anonymous
>>66671694

My first ever Discworld was "Amazing Maurice" and "Reaper Man" was the first adult-targeted one I got to (the joys of being limited by my library's collection) However, my mum had already read the Johnny trilogy to us before that, so Discworld wasn't my first Pratchett

Anonymous

Thanks for this, Dom! I've been meaning to get into these books for years.

Anonymous

My first book has been The Amazing Maurice as well. :) I remember the rats' discussion about life and death, and if their sudden sentience means they'll have their own version of death to guide them to the afterlife. I found it really a touching philosophical question, and I'm glad I didn't know anything else about the Discworld universe at this point. But I agree with your choice of books, I generally recommend people to start with Guards Guards or Wyrd Sisters (depending on the person I'm recommending it to).

Anonymous

GNU Sir Terry Pratchett

Anonymous

My first Discworld book was Wyrd Sisters, and it worked pretty well as a starting point, I'd say. I'm oop north and have always been a bit fascinated by the Pendle Witches and similar local mythology, so kind of a natural tie in. though my first Sir Terry book was actually my dad's copy of Dark Side of the Sun (an absolutely unrelated sci-fi book that I mostly remember as Very Weird.).

Anonymous

I followed a handy chart from another Discworld-fan which suggests a starting point, and got Reaper Man. I loved it and it didn't feel like a sequel. After that I just started with the first one and went from there.

Anonymous

A friend was just lamenting to me the other day that the one thing holding him back from starting was the fact that no one seemed to agree on where to start. I firmly told him that the only place to start was Colour of Magic and to read them in strict publication order. That's how I read them and I firmly believe that's how everyone should read them.

Anonymous

I went in a completely different direction and started with Maskerade. (In my defense I was feeling nostalgic for my Phantom Of The Opera fangirl days.)

Anonymous

My first experience with Pratchett was the second point and click game. Then I ran out and got the Rincewind triology as a result.

Anonymous

My first was Mort and then Colour of Magic or Sourcery. I read the whole series a few years ago in publication order. BTW: I bought a Death of Rats tee shirt also. (I had to find one after seeing yours!)

Anonymous

My favorite suggestion is to start with one of them movies from sky and then Color of Magic. Also if you didn't know there are professional movies for The Hogfather, Going Postal, The Color of Magic, and The Wyrd Sisters. The last one is a cartoon.

Anonymous

I started at the beginning, with The Colour of Magic, and went through chronologically. TCoM was a bit bewildering to me, since I hadn't read or watched Conan the Barbarian, but the writing more than made up for any confusion I felt. His writing and satire got so much better as they went on, the last ones were just incredible.

Anonymous

I had a few first Discworld novels because I read both Small Gods and Pyramids (years apart) without realizing they were part of a series or related to each other. Then I read The Wee Free Men, Hogfather, and Night Watch all in one afternoon. That’s when I got hooked.

julphines

As someone who has not yet read Discworld, I look forward to this!

percysowner

I started with Mort and it didn't catch me. I mean, I liked it well enough, but it didn't make me go "Wow, I've got to read more by this author". Then I picked up Guards, Guards and I was hooked. It also turns out, I'm just not a big fan of Rincewind. I love all of the other subseries, but just don't connect with most of the Rincewind books. That didn't stop me from buying them so I have a comprehensive collection. I like all of your recommendations. My being meh on Rincewind aside, I do think you can start with any of the books you mention and get a good feel for Pratchett.

Anonymous

my first experience was our school's performance of the Guards Guards play. I enjoyed it immensely and went straight on to read the sequel men at arms (I was 12 and foolish). Before realizing adaptations tend to leave bits out and backtracked to read guards guards and then back to feet of clay which I think was the most recent guards book at the time so I then expanded out to rincewind and the witches. My school library had every book and got in every new one as they came in so I never needed to buy a copy up until I think Thief of time which weirdly at the time read as a sort of finale to the whole series to me so was surprised when I was in college to see more books for sale.

ryan anderson

My first discworld was hogfather, the miniseries, was skimming through Netflix one day and saw it and i thought “well at-least this look interesting” and after maybe the third time watching it i realized that it felt “too big” to just be one miniseries and that was it, so i looked online and found the series as a whole. After watching the other miniseries i came to the dilemma that i was missing out on most of the stories so i took the leap and got into the audiobooks and that opened me up to the idea of listening to books for fun. If i was giving guards guards in hs i would have read alot more books by now

Matthew Foweraker

My first Discworld novel was Men at arms, on the basis of it looking cool in the school library. As for starting points, i have managed to get several people interested by showing them The Truth. True it is a later book, but it is ideal for anyone who likes political thrillers and doesn’t need too much prior knowledge. Also Maurice and Wee Free Men are good onboarding points for younger people.

Anonymous

My first Discworld novel was Monstrous Regiment. I really enjoyed it, but somehow didn't realize it was part of a series until years later. When I realized that there were more books by Sir Terry, I started at the beginning with The Color of Magic and I was hooked.

Anonymous

i started with the death series, then witches, then guards, then went back to the beginning and read them all in order. I was a relatively late convert but got to enjoy the last sets (Moist and Tiffany) as they came out, GNU Sir Terry

Anonymous

My introduction was actually Hogfather. It was Christmas time, Overly Sarcastic Productions had just named it the best Christmas story that wasn't about Christmas, an I was in the jingle mood!

Kelley Runyon

I randomly picked up The Colour of Magic in a bookstore a few years after it came out. I thought it was amazing and recommended it to all my fantasy loving friends. (In fact, I lost my original copy because I lent it out.) As great as I thought it was in 1987, later books just got better and better. I wouldn't recommend starting with Colour of Magic now.

Anonymous

Monstrous Regiment was my first Disc novel. Then Small Gods. Then Men at Arms. Order? What order?

Anonymous

My first experience with the Discworld series was your video about it.

Anonymous

My first experience with Discworld was, weirdly, Light Fantastic 😅 due to my young self’s confusion stemming from my brother’s book collection being completely out of order on the shelf. I read that about five times, then did the same with Colour of Magic and loved both so much I never stopped until I read all of Discworld. I feel like the best book to start the series though are the second one for each arc - personal recommendation will always be Reaperman :)

Anonymous

Crash Noble: How To Get Into Terry Pratchett. ("Dominic Thompson" isn't an internet reviewer. That sounds more like an undersecretary in the ministry of agriculture.)

Anonymous

My first discworld was hogfather and i still loved it enough to read them all, i have a hogfather quote tattooed on my arm

Anonymous

My first introduction was Maskquerade, then Small Gods

Anonymous

I was read the first five in order as a kid, then read the rest by myself when I went back to them for nostalgia. My go-to reccomendation for newbies is Guards! Guards!

Anonymous

My first experience was the old animated series that was repeated once a year on tv, then later I discovered they were based on books and read them mostly in the order they were written, depending on availability at my local library.

Anonymous

I reopened my Audible account and went with The Doms first suggestion Wyrd Sisters but no audiobook available instead there is a radio play, is this a good place to begin?

Anonymous
>>67670883

I suspect this is from radio adaptations done by the BBC many moons ago. Adaptation being the key word here. The reviews on Amazon rate them rather highly (95% 4* and above) but then they ARE rating the plays enjoyment value, not necessarily the skill or accuracy of the adaption. The bad reviews give a few clues on what to expect and as such I would probably avoid them, but that's just me. https://tinyurl.com/s32jxzew

Anonymous

My first book was Maskerade, and then Thud!, and I was absolutely hooked! I dove into the Tiffany Aching series recently and I'm really enjoying it!

leofiniarel

I just became a parteon just to watch this video. Have heard of Discworld for the first time thanks to you and loved the introduction video to that universe you made. I will definitely start the series with Small Gods. Of all the books you mentioned here that might be a good idea to start with it is deinitely the must who i find more intriguing, but the pthers sound pretty cool as well

Anonymous

My first and still one of my favorite Discworld books is Snuff. I love that it explores gender, class, and culture, having the different characters learn from each other and grow. It’s also great to see such a loving and respectful interaction between Vimes, Lady Sibyl and young Sam. I also how each of the characters seems relatable in some way. The book pulled me into the series, 1st with all the Sam Vimes books, and then beyond.