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Originally Posted by gmw
I am quite sympathetic to the view offered by JSWolf, I enjoy the Discworld books so much that I don't want to miss a word of it, even if some of the words are less perfectly chosen than others. And JSWolf is right to the extent that there is a richness in even the walk-on parts like CMOT Dibbler (the ubiquitous nature, the default fallback after trying and failing at bigger ventures are not progressive, but knowing the number of times he has tried and failed all add depth to a part that might otherwise seem entirely superficial).
But I'm not so hard-core that I can't see that there are potential problems with new readers starting at the first books. The early books are weaker books, and the fact is that most of the books can be read in isolation and still enjoyed. There maybe some small cost to the total experience, but it is a cost that can be regained by further reading - so where's the downside?
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I don't understand where you are coming from.
I (and I assume everyone else who doesn't demand an order
) have never tried to imply that one should skip the first books entirely -- just that maybe one shouldn't
start there...
And CMOT Dibbler has the same depth in every book, depending on whether you have read the entire series before.
I fail to see why it matters which particular books have that depth, during the first comprehensive read-through of the series.
In a purely numerical sense.
You won't regain the cost by further reading -- there is no cost.