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Date: 2011-03-22 08:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diplopod.livejournal.com
'kay, so that expert advice I was talking about this morning.

I was talking to Uni awhile back and she mentioned Pratchett in passing which reminded me I wanted to read some of the Discworld series. I've been avoiding it because there are just so many books, but I figure if they can be read on their own, then I don't have to read them all anyway... I could just stick to a single storyline or something.

Anyway, forgot about it for awhile, and then the topic of fantasy novels came up and reminded me again. And I just finished off the last book I own, so I kind of have to order more anyway. I'm not really sure which ones to start with though. ;3; I guess what I'm saying is I need some recs, either your favorites or somewhere to start? Or you can just punt me and tell me to look up stuff, myself.

I have some other books I'm going to order too, but they're not really for entertainment as much as research, so yeah. Might get World War Z too, though. Thumbs up or thumbs down? 'Cause you know I've got this horrible habit of reading about things that scare me shitless. But I can save it for later if it's just eh.

/rambles all over your spam post

Date: 2011-03-22 11:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diplopod.livejournal.com
Oh man, that was a bit more than I was expecting. I knew you were the right person to ask! Ahh, this is so helpful and you are awesome, thank you! <3 /bookmarks for future reference

I think I've actually seen you complaining about people's opinion of The Colour of Magic on twitter before, haha. I was planning to start with that one since it was the first and I probably still will, and if it turns out I don't like it at least I'll know the other books are different.

But anyway, I think I know where I'm going with this now. Good thing I asked, or I would've just picked a storyline and stuck with that. But I think I'll get one from a few different ones to begin with, like you said.

Also, World War Z: noted. o7 I'll try not to read it in the dark.

Did I mention you are awesome?

Date: 2011-03-23 02:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diplopod.livejournal.com
I see, I see. Even if you haven't read it in a while, I'll take your word for it. I suppose Now that I think about it, I could save for after I read some of the other ones, if it's so different. To read when I feel like I need something "new." But we'll see.

Aha, and I'm just looking for stuff to read in general, they don't necessarily have to be Discworld (or fantasy for that matter, though I will admit it takes up the majority of my bookshelf), but it's something I've wanted to read for a while. Anyway, I looked those two up and they both sound interesting! *3* ...Annnd I just looked up Johnny Maxwell also and remembered I wanted to read Only You Can Save Mankind too. Honestly, I hear about all these books I want to read and forget about them five minutes later, it's ridiculous. /makes a goddamn list this time

And tl;dr all you want, I certainly don't mind. It's interesting. I knew you liked his writing, but I didn't know you were so passionate about it. Definitely picked the right person to ask.

Date: 2011-03-23 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iceandheather.livejournal.com
On the one hand, saving it for later might be a good idea. On the other hand, it provides a relatively good introduction to the Discworld and Ankh-Morpork, so there you go. At the very least, it's a short and quick read. IDK. Flip a coin or something.

I hear ya' on wanting to read things but then forgetting. Make a list! ... 'Only you can save mankind' was excellent, by the way. :V Hmm, come to think of it, I find that in terms of texture (and feel and whatnot) the Johnny Maxwell books, as well as the Carpet People, have a similar "feel" to them as Colour of Magic and the other very early Discworld books, considering they were written earlier in Pratchett's career. There is quite a distance between those ones and, say, Night Watch or Monstrous Regiment or Nation for that matter.

And... with regard to my feelings on his writing, "Passionate" is a good word for it. To be honest, I wanted to do my honours thesis on his work (Though not all of it, of course -- I'd considered picking maybe three novels). The main thing that prevented me from doing so is that there wasn't a professor at my school who was familiar enough with it to be an adequate supervisor for the subject, sigh.

Fuck, I forgot to log out.
... Well, I suppose Norway would like Pratchett too. ;p
Edited Date: 2011-03-23 03:00 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-03-23 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diplopod.livejournal.com
You're not helping my indecisiveness! Well, no matter. I'll worry about it when I actually have the book to worry about.

List, made. o7 Ahh, there's a lot. I'll go through and see what I want to buy the most tomorrow since s'getting late now. Anyway, I'm not surprised. If someone writes for that long of course their writing is going to change, though whether it's improvement or not is a matter of opinion, I suppose. But I don't think it's a bad thing. I know I'd get bored if I read a bunch of books and they were all written exactly the same way. ...But ngl, I might be too blunt to even notice. I'm err, definitely lacking in the literature/English department.

Anyway, that's a shame. To be honest, I don't really know what goes into an honours thesis, but I bet it would have been easy for you since you care about it so much, maybe even fun. But, well, it's in the past now.

And considering you're practically Norway, I do not doubt it one bit.

askdjfhk I really have to go to sleep now. G'night, Yuu!

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