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Originally Posted by montsnmags
To second Jon's recommendation, and to give you an idea of how they're not hard fantasy, but also science-fiction-friendly, there have been three Science of Discworld books which alternate between talking about "science" (in our world) and a Discworld storytelling. They manage even this in an amusing manner.
As Jon says, they can make fun of "fantasy type works", but also there's a rational science behind them too that is also made fun of (in that it's only rational within the logical bounds of irrationality that pervade Discworld - trust me, it makes perfect, easy sense in the books.  ). Here's a wikipedia link to a few "Minor Discworld Concepts":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Discworld_concepts
Have a look at "Quantum" and "Retrophrenology" for instance. I think the "soft"ness of the definitions might be right up the alley of someone who doesn't want to get bogged down in hard science while waiting for a plot to come along.
Cheers,
Marc |
Should we try starting at book 1 for the Discworld series?