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Old 02-01-2015, 04:53 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by jgaiser View Post
They're pleasant, funny little books. I enjoyed them first time I read them (they *were* the first Pratchett books I read), but the quality of his writing improved, his character development improved and he found his voice in the later novels. And having read a large proportion of the novels I would *never* start a new reader on the first two. You can always go back and enjoy Rincewind, Twoflower and the Box.
I enjoyed them the first time I read them too -- but they weren't the first of his books that I read, and I didn't enjoy them quote as much as his later books.

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