Discworld Series - Terry Pratchett in general

I first discovered Terry Pratchetts work at 12, in the form of the Last Continent. This was the first book I ever truly fell in love with; since then I've gone on to buy every one of the main Discworld books, and have read most of the books Pratchett has written in collaberation with other people. I continually go back to these books, and read the whole series at least once a year. It has developed into something of an obsession! When reading that first book, the Last Continent, I found the way of writing very friendly and funny. I've re-read that same book many times and each time it seems to develop into something deeper and more meaningful, making you ...  Read the complete review

Terry Pratchett :- The Discworld Novels. To properly introduce you to the Discworld let me use the authors own words from the prologue of The Colour Of Magic, In a distant and second hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part.....see.... Great A'Tuin the turtle comes, swimming slowly through the interstellar gulf, hydrogen frost on his ponderous limbs, his huge and ancient shell pocked with meteor craters. Through sea sized eyes that are crusted with rheum and asteroid dust He stares fixedly at the destination. In a brain bigger than a city, with ...  Read the complete review

Authors Note: The architecture, characters and cuisine are all probably soundly trademarked by one Mr. Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld stories, but I’m sure he wouldn’t mind me pinching them if it got him more sales. _________ It was with great trepidation that I stood in front of the large gates that supply one of few legitimate entrances in to the city of Ankh-Morpork. Ankh-Morpork. The city sits upon Discworld, a disc shaped world that resides on four elephants, who in turn are transported through the cosmos on the back of “The Great A’Tuin” space turtle. The walls of the city ran in both directions ...  Read the complete review

Terry Pratchett, like most really popular authors, is by no means universally admired for his writing; indeed, not a few (including a good chunk of this esteemed site's members) can't understand why those who enjoy his Discworld books (like me), and especially those who think he can do no wrong (not like me) can ignore what they see as his major shortcomings; they fail to see quite how he has maintained not only his enormous popularity, but also the majority of critical opinion. So, here goes... you'll note that I'm restricting myself to the Discworld series, as while I have read quite a few of his other works (Strata, The Carpet People, The Science of ...  Read the complete review

Even at the tender age of eight, I was addicted to reading about magical fantasy worlds, populated by mythical creatures, witches and occasionally the odd barbarian. I had the standard introduction to this kind of fiction - The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings series, Dune and The Hitchhiker's Guide all spring to mind as prime examples of the kind of Worlds and writing that interested me. Over years, I assumed, I would grow out of reading fantasy type books and settle into a sort of Wilbur Smith/Tom Clancy old person reading hobby. I was wrong. I distinctly remember in my teenage years a friend of mine asking me if I'd heard of Terry Pratchett. I ...  Read the complete review