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Bilbo1967 · 09-21-2015, 02:35 PM

I personally like the first two as a primer for the Discworld universe. They are definitely not as rich or complex as some of the others mentioned, but I think that they do stand up in their own right and introduce some of the basics of Discworld you need to know (magic's real; wizards are powerful; what Ankh Morpork is like etc..).

It's akin to not starting to learn about physics by picking up a book on quantum mechanics I think.

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Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I personally like the first two as a primer for the Discworld universe. They are definitely not as rich or complex as some of the others mentioned, but I think that they do stand up in their own right and introduce some of the basics of Discworld you need to know (magic's real; wizards are powerful; what Ankh Morpork is like etc..). It's akin to not starting to learn about physics by picking up a book on quantum mechanics I think. Last edited by Bilbo1967; 09-21-2015 at 02:40 PM.