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Originally Posted by JSWolf
It's not an opinion. if you read Discworld in order and pay attention to what's going on with the characters who are not the main characters of the story and you also pay attention to the places, then you would notice these things. This is a fact that they do progress. You miss this progression when you read willy-nilly. Try reading in order from Book 1 and you'll see this is what Terry does.
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We aren't disagreeing with your assertion that characters in the background appear and change as the books progress in publication order.
We disagree that that matters when introducing someone to the series. The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are for hard-core fantasy/SF fans, who will recognise (most of) the references to other series. A different starting point s (IMO) best for other people.