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Originally Posted by Crusader
Finished reading and just posted a review of Snuff, the latest Discworld novel.
It's the darkest Discworld novel I've read so far. While the humor is still there it's toned down somewhat due to the gravity of the topics the novel tackles. Overall a good read, but don't expect the silly hilarity of the earlier Discworld novels. |
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The Discworld novels are more or less standalone, but you might want to read Thud! before reading Snuff in order to understand some of the references.
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They aren't really standalone. And as you say, read
Thud! before
Snuff in order to get the references. There's a chart going around that shows reading Discworld out of order and ruining the series. This chart suggests it's OK to read out of published order. The only way to properly read the series (the first time) is in published order. Terry doesn't recap and he does reference some of what came before. So if you read out of published order, some of the jokes and references won't make sense.